Speakers

Speakers from the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and USA will consider questions such as what counts as original or as an innovation, and to what degree should and can these be protected in face of cheap copies and knock-offs flooding the markets at an unprecedented speed? And who has the definition power and the leverage in the form of market access and higher levels of protection in foreign markets?

Talks will investigate a range of exciting cases entangled in shared histories, from the rise of corporate identity design, criminalization of fashion piracy and a biography of the Danish PH Lamp, to Hells Angels’ tough protection of the power of their gang insignia vis-à-vis fashionable imitators.

Read more about each speaker by exploring the tabs to the left or you can download all speaker biographies and abstracts as a PDF.