How to Go to GikII : a Beginner’s Guide!

For any out there wondering how you start preparing to give a GIkII talk, here’s a recent story that sums up the entire ethos I feel..

Printer Is Coming: Game of Thrones Fan Fashions 3-D Model of Winterfell

This story has everything: cutting edge technology, 3d printing, so hot it blisters, tick; cutting edge IT law topic of the IP implications — is it an infringement of copyright? of registered design? of trademark? does it matter if it is produced at home as a one off rather than commercially? what about the liability of Thingiverse where 3D blueprints are shared? tick; and the zinger, a great pop culture tie in.

As a clue, beginners could start with looking at the just passed Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act and the much debated s 74 repealing s 52 of the CDPA..

Summer is coming! Get your GIkII abstract in!