Estelle Derclaye

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Biography

Estelle Derclaye holds degrees in law from the University of Liège (Licence en droit; Diplome d'Etudes Specialisées en droit), The George Washington University (LLM) and London (PhD). Prior to joining the University of Nottingham in 2006, she practiced intellectual property in an international law firm in Brussels and prior to that, was a lecturer at the Universities of Leicester and London (Queen Mary). She also spent time as a scholar at the Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (Munich) in 2002 and 2004. Dr Derclaye's main interest is intellectual property law, in particular copyright and designs law. From 2008 to 2010, she was a member of the Copyright Expert Panel of the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, which advised the UK Intellectual Property Office. In 2010, Dr Derclaye was a senior visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. She has done expert work for national and foreign law firms and international organisations and welcomes requests for expert work from both the public and private sector. She also welcomes proposals for postgraduate research in all fields of intellectual property law. She currently supervises five PhD students: J. Park, A. Radonjanin, B. Alghanim, T. Leepuengtham and O. Aluko.

Dr Derclaye is the author of The Legal Protection of Databases (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008), editor of Research Handbook on the Future of EU Copyright (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009) and Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010) and co-author with A. Strowel of Droit d'auteur et numérique: logiciels, bases de données et multimédia - Droit belge, européen et comparé (Bruylant, 2001) and with M. Leistner of Intellectual Property Overlaps: A European Perspective (Hart Publishing, 2011).

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Recent Publications

• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. The role of copyright in the protection of the environment and the fight against climate change: is the current copyright system adequate?. In: J. SARNOFF, ed., Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change Edward Elgar Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. Database rights: success or failure? The chequered yet exciting journey of database protection in Europe. In: C. GEIGER, ed., Constructing European IP: Achievements and News Perspectives Edward Elgar Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. Recent French Decisions on Database Protection: Towards a More Consistent and Compliant Approach with the Court of Justice’s Case Law? European Journal of Law and Technology.
• DERCLAYE E & COOK, T., 2011. An EU Copyright Code: What and how, if ever? Intellectual Property Quarterly. 3, 259-269

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PhD supervision

I am interested in supervising students who want to work on the following areas:

• trademarks, designs, copyright, patents, and related IP rights including unfair competition
• open access especially regarding works protected by copyright and related rights created by civil servants and publicly funded bodies
• empirical and/or historical approaches to any intellectual property right topic
• the exhaustion principle, at European and international level and both for analog and digital copies

Current PhD Students

• Alghanim, Bashayer: The scope of Copyright law protection of computer programs study on Private international Law: Kuwait and England (co-supervised with Professor Paul Torremans)
• Aluko, Ola: The Technical Assistance Saga! Does WIPO have the ultimate recipe for a successful implementation? (co-supervised with Professor Paul Torremans)
• Leepuengtham, Tosaporn: The Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space Activities (co-supervised with Professor Paul Torremans)
• Park, Jae Il: Non-Producing Entities (NPEs) and an Injunctive Reliefs in Patent Infringement Lawsuits (co-supervised with Professor Paul Torremans)
• Radonjanin, Andrea: IP Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions and Traditional Knowledge of the Modern Communities (co-supervised with Professor Paul Torremans)

• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. The role of copyright in the protection of the environment and the fight against climate change: is the current copyright system adequate?. In: J. SARNOFF, ed., Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change Edward Elgar Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. Database rights: success or failure? The chequered yet exciting journey of database protection in Europe. In: C. GEIGER, ed., Constructing European IP: Achievements and News Perspectives Edward Elgar Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2012. Recent French Decisions on Database Protection: Towards a More Consistent and Compliant Approach with the Court of Justice’s Case Law? European Journal of Law and Technology.
• DERCLAYE E & COOK, T., 2011. An EU Copyright Code: What and how, if ever? Intellectual Property Quarterly. 3, 259-269
• DERCLAYE, E., 2011. Database Rights: Success or Failure? In: Constructing European Intellectual Property : Achievements and new perspectives, European Parlement, Strasbourg - Université de Strasbourg - Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2011. L’arrêt Softwarová : une révolution en droit d’auteur ou une « erreur de jugement » ? Revue du Droit des Technologies de l’Information. 43, 57-62
• DERCLAYE E. & LEISTNER M., 2011. Intellectual Property Overlaps, A European Perspective Oxford: Hart Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. An EU copyright code: what and how? In: BLACA/Intellectual Property Institute seminar.
• DERCLAYE, E. AND TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2010. La Lettre d’Angleterre Proprietes Intellectuelles. 36, 907-913
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. Are Fashion Designers Better Protected in Continental Europe than in the United Kingdom? A Comparative Analysis of the Recent Case Law in France, Italy and the United Kingdom Journal of World Intellectual Property. 13(3), 315-365.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. Les reponses graduees francaise et britannique: des coups d'epee dans l'eau ou des modeles pour le Canada? Les Cahiers de Propriete Intellectuelle. 22(3), 571-592
• DERCLAYE, E, KRETSCHMER, M and FAVALE, M. & WATT. R., 2010. The relationship between copyright and contract law - literature review: in Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. Introduction. In: DERCLAYE, E., ed., Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World Edward Elgar. viii-.xvii.
• ASTRID ARNOLD, CHRIS AIKENS, JEREMY CRONK, ESTELLE DERCLAYE, STEPHEN GARES, ALEXANDRA HARDY, THOMAS HEIDE, PHILLIP JOHNSON, JONATHAN KEWLEY, PAUL MCCLENAGHAN, RON MOSCONA AND ARTY RAJENDRA, 2010. Question 216A, UK report, Exceptions to copyright protection and the permitted uses of copyright works in the hi-tech and digital sectors In: AIPPI Annual Congress. 1-10
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. Conclusion. In: DERCLAYE, E., ed., Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World Edward Elgar. 233-241
• DERCLAYE E & FAVALE, M., 2010. Copyright and Contract Law: Regulating User Contracts: the state of the art and a research agenda Journal of Intellectual Property Law, University of Georgia. 18(1), 67-140
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. Not only Innovation but also Collaboration, Funding, Goodwill and Commitment: Which Role for Patent Laws in Post-Copenhagen Climate Change Action John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law. 9(3), 657-673.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2010. The European Union and copyright. In: P. GELLER, ed., International Copyright Law and Practice Lexis Nexis (Matthew Bender). 150 p.
• DERCLAYE, E., ed., 2010. Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Access to Works in a Digital World Edward Elgar.
• A. BROWN, K. CULVER, A. DAVIES, E. DERCLAYE, S. KINGSTON, D. MCGRORY, K. MCMAHON, E. MORGERA, J. SANTAMAURO, D. TAYLOR AND B. TUNCAK, 2010. Towards a holistic approach to technology and climate change: what would form part of an answer?”: U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2010/32 SSRN. Available at: <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1697608>
• DERCLAYE, E. AND TORREMANS, P.L.C., 2010. La Lettre d’Angleterre Revue Juridique Thémis. 44(2), 149-168
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. Introduction. In: DERCLAYE, E., ed., Research Handbook on the Future of EU Copyright Edward Elgar Publishing. 1-11
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. "Should patent law help cool the planet? An inquiry from the point of view of environmental law - Part I" European Intellectual Property Review. 31(4), 168-184; republished in [2009] IELR 185-200
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. The three step test a la francaise In: Annual BLACA/IPI Seminar, London.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. Repair and Recycle between IP Rights, End User License Agreements and Encryption. In: CHRISTOPHER HEATH & ANSELM KAMPERMAN SANDERS, ed., Spares, Repairs and Intellectual Property Rights Kluwer Law International. 21-56
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. La Belgique : un pays de cocagne pour les créateurs de dessins et modèles ? Intellectuele Rechten - Droits intellectuels (IRDI). 100-109
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. Patent's role in the protection of the environment: re-assessing patent law and its justifications in the 21st century International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 40(3), 249-273
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. A Historical Journey of the Linguistic Influences in Belgian Copyright Law: from United to Lost in Translation?. In: Y. GENDREAU Y. & A. DRASSINOWER, ed., Langues et droit d'auteur - Language and Copyright Y. Blais/Bruylant. 123-147
• DERCLAYE, E., 2009. "Should patent law help cool the planet? An inquiry from the point of view of environmental law - Part II" European Intellectual Property Review. 31(5), 227-235; republished in [2009] IELR 229-237
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Flashing Badge v Groves: A step forward in the clarification of the copyright/design interface European Intellectual Property Review. 30(6), 251-254
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Intellectual property rights and global warming Marquette Intellectual Property Review. 12(2), 265-297
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Intellectual property rights and human rights: coinciding and cooperating. In: TORREMANS, P.L.C., ed., Intellectual property rights and human rights: Enhanced edition of Copyright and human rights Kluwer Law International. 133-160.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Does the Directive on the re-use of public sector information affect the State's database sui generis right?. In: J. GASTER, E. SCHWEIGHOFER & P. SINT, ed., Knowledge rights - legal, societal and related technological aspects Austrian Computer Society. 137-169
• TREVOR COOK, ESTELLE DERCLAYE, TOM FAULKNER, PAUL HARRIS, LUCY HARROLD, DAVID KNIGHT, EMILY PETERS, MICHELLE PRATT, CHRISTOPHER STOTHERS, PETER TAYLOR, JONATHAN TURNER AND DAVID WHITE, 2008. Question 205, UK report, Exhaustion of IPRs in cases of recycling and repair of goods In: AIPPI annual congress 2008. 1-10
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. "French Supreme Court rules fashion shows protected by copyright – what about the UK?” Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. 3(5), 286-287
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Of maps, Crown copyright, research and the environment European Intellectual Property Review. 30(4), 162-164
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Copyright reform in the EU In: “International Conference on Copyright Policies and the Role of Stakeholders”, Athens, Hellenic Copyright Organisation, Ministry of Culture, June 2008..
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. The legal protection of databases: A comparative analysis Edward Elgar Publishing.
• DERCLAYE, E & TORREMANS, P., 2008. La Lettre d'Angleterre Revue Juridique Themis. 42, 455-478.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2008. Appropriation et exploitation des bases de donnees: le droit sui generis, les mesures techniques de protection et les mesures anti-contournement peuvent-elles entrainer la monopolisation de l'information?. In: S. LACOUR, ed., La securite de l'individu numerise: Reflexions prospectives et internationales l'Harmattan, Paris. 191-235
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Copyright contracts, public policy and antitrust. A. Introduction: can adhesion contracts override copyright limits?. In: HEATH, C. and LIU, K., eds., Copyright law and the information society in Asia Oxford: Hart Publishing. 167-211
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Database sui generis right: the need to take the public's right to information and freedom of expression into account. In: F. MACMILLAN, ed., New Directions in Copyright Law, Volume 5 Edward Elgar. 3-23
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Can and should misappropriation also protect databases? A comparative approach. In: P. TORREMANS, ed., Copyright law: A Handbook of Contemporary Research Edward Elgar Publishing. 83-108
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. IPR on information and market power: Comparing the European and American protections of databases International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright. Issue 3, 275-298
• DERCLAYE, E. (WITH TORREMANS, P.L.C.), 2007. Lettre d'Angleterre Propriétés Intellectuelles. 503-509
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Compulsory access to Intellectual Property and Network Facilities L'Ingénieur-Conseil. 657-672
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Une analyse économique de la protection contractuelle des bases de données Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique. 4(XLV), p. 49-73
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Exploitation of databases, intellectual property, competition law and the sport industry: a missed goal?. In: B. BOGUSZ, A. CYGAN & E. SZYSZCZAK, ed., The regulation of sport in the European Union Edward Elgar. 206-225
• DERCLAYE, E., 2007. Droits de propriété sur l’information et pouvoir de marché: comparison entre les protections européenne et américaine des bases de données Propriétés Intellectuelles. 19-32
• DERCLAYE, E., 2006. One on the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. VOL 1(NUMB 6), 377-378
• DERCLAYE, E., 2006. Book review of C. Geiger, Droit d auteur et droit du public a l information, Approche de droit compare, Litec, 2004, 442 p.
• DERCLAYE, E (WITH P. BOGAERT), 2006. The interplay between the regulatory control of product names and trade mark law in the pharmaceutical sector BNAI IP & Technology. 28-31
• E. DERCLAYE (WITH A. STROWEL), 2006. ECJ clarifies collecting societies rights in relation to the cable retransmission right but leaves some questions unanswered Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice. 1(12), 755-756
• DERCLAYE, E., 2006. Book review of S. Dusollier, Droit d auteur et protection des oeuvres dans l univers numerique, Droits et exceptions a  la lumiere des dispositifs de verrouillage des oeuvres, Larcier, Brussels, 2005, 584 p.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2005. An economic analysis of the contractual protection of databases University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy. 1(2), 247-271
• DERCLAYE, E. (WITH TORREMANS, P.L.C.), 2005. La Lettre d'Angleterre Revue Juridique Themis. 39, 509-548
• DERCLAYE, E, 2005. Commentaire: interpretation du droit sui generis protegeant les bases de donnees Propriete Industrielle. 22, 34-36
• DERCLAYE, E, 2005. The Belgian Copyright Act finally revamped with the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29): the good, the bad and the ugly Euro. C.L. xi-xv
• DERCLAYE, E., 2005. What is the database sui generis right? Know IP: Stockholm Network Monthly Bulletin on IPRS. 1(9), 7-10
• DERCLAYE, E, 2005. Databases sui generis right: what is a substantial investment? A tentative definition International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright. 36, 2-30
• DERCLAYE, E, 2005. The ECJ interprets the database sui generis right for the first time European Law Review. 30, 420-430
• DERCLAYE, E, 2004. L'arret IMS Health: une decision clarificatrice et salutaire tant pour le droit de la concurrence que pour le droit d'auteur Auteurs et Media. 295-304
• DERCLAYE, E., 2004. The IMS Health decision and the reconciliation of copyright and competition law European Law Review. VOL 29(NUMB 5), 687-697
• DERCLAYE, E, 2004. Abuses of Dominant Position and Intellectual Property Rights: an attempt to clarify the case law of the Community courts. In: C. GRAHAM AND F. SMITH, ed., Competition, Regulation and the New Economy Hart Publishing. 55-75
• DERCLAYE, E., 2004. The British Unregistered Design Right: Will it Survive Its New Community Counterpart to Influence Future European Case Law? Columbia Journal of European Law. VOL 10(PART 2), 265-296
• DERCLAYE, E., 2004. The IMS Health Decision A Triple Victory WORLD COMPETITION. VOL 27(NUMBER 3), 397-405
• DERCLAYE, E., 2004. Databases "Sui Generis" Right: Should we Adopt the Spin-off Theory? European Intellectual Property Review. VOL 26(ISSU 9), 402-413
• DERCLAYE, E, 2004. La transposition de la directive "Droit d'Auteur dans la Societe de l'Information" au Royaume-Uni: quelques aspects relatifs aux droits et aux exceptions Proprietes Intellectuelles. 11, 599-606
• DERCLAYE, E., 2003. Abuses of dominant position and intellectual property rights: a suggestion to reconcile the community courts case law World Competition. 26(4), 685-705
• DERCLAYE, E, 2003. Recents developpements dans le droit britannique des dessins et modeles non enregistres au regard du nouveau droit communautaire des dessins et modeles Propriete Industrielle. 11, 13-17
• DERCLAYE, E, 2002. Abus de position dominante et droits de propriete intellectuelle dans la jurisprudence de la Communaute europeenne: IMS survivra-t-elle au monstre du Dr. Frankenstein? Les Cahiers de propriete intellectuelle. 15(1), 21-55
• DERCLAYE, E., 2002. Book review of A. Cruquenaire, Le reglement extrajudiciaire des litiges relatifs aux noms de domaine, Cahiers du CRID, n° 21, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2002, 201 p.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2002. Do sections 3 and 3A of the CDPA violate the Database Directive? A closer look at the definition of a database in the U.K. and its compatibility with European law European Intellectual Property Review. VOL 24(PART 10), 466-474
• DERCLAYE, E., 2002. La proposition de directive: présentation et analyse. In: J.L. GOUTAL, ed., Brevetabilité des logiciels, Travaux du CUERPI 1-2. 9. Hermes Science Publications, Paris. 17-33
• DERCLAYE, E., 2002. What is a Database?-A Critical Analysis of the Definition of a Database in the European Database Directive and Suggestions for an International Definition JOURNAL OF WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. VOL 5(PART 6), 981-1012
• DERCLAYE, E. and STROWEL, A., 2001. Droit d'auteur et numerique: logiciels, bases de donnees et multimedia, droit belge, europeen et compare Brussels: Bruylant.
• DERCLAYE, E., 2001. The Copyright Directive How will the statutory and case law of England and Wales be affected? COPYRIGHT WORLD. ISSU 114, 19-23
• DERCLAYE, E, 2001. Benelux trade mark case law update: 'war of colours' between Belgian and Dutch Supreme Courts to be decided by the European Court of Justice WIPR. 14, 11-12
• DERCLAYE, E, 2001. Judgment of the Court of Appeal: William Hill (appellants) v. British Horseracing Board (respondents) 31 July 2001 The CIPA Journal. 448-451
• DERCLAYE, E., 2000. Software Copyright Protection: Can Europe Learn from American Case Law? Part 2 European Intellectual Property Review. VOL 22(PART 2), 56-68
• DERCLAYE, E, 2000. Case note under Court of Appeals of Antwerp, November 30, 1998, Interbrew c. Valckeneers et Put Auteurs & Media. 420-427
• STROWEL, A and SALOKANNEL M. & DERCLAYE E., 2000. Moral Rights in the Context of the Exploitation of Works through Digital Technology European Commission, DG Internal Market.