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Kacper Filip Szkalej

About me

I am Assistant Professor of Law and Technology at the Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI) and part of Digital Futures.

My PhD thesis Copyright in the Age of Access to Legal Digital Content investigates copyright protection from a user perspective and focuses on lawful access to protected content. The thesis comprehensively considers the scope of copyright protection, copyright exceptions, sanctions, the interface with  human rights and consumer protection law. The study is characterised by a cross-disciplinary approach encompassing both regulation by technology and contractual practices on the digital market.

Beyond the confines of my doctoral reserarch, I have co-authored an accessible book on EU copyright law and co-edited an international publication on employees' intellectual property rights, which is in its second edition, while also participating in numerous external research projects on copyright law and regulation of autonomous systems.

My current research interests centre on the intersection of copyright and human rights, platform liability, AI, information security (infosec) and data protection law, and sustainable approaches to regulation of technology in the R&D and copyright sector.

Appointments

  • Course Director, IT Law (JU358A)
  • Board Member, Int'l Assoc. for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Sweden
  • Director of the Master Programme (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property Law, Uppsala University (2019-2021)
  • Course Director, Advanced IP Law (2JS610), Advanced Trademark Law (2JS607), Copyright Protection in the Digital Society (2JS608), Patent Law and Pharmaceuticals (2JS609), Master Thesis (2JE660), Uppsala University (2019-2021)
  • Director of the Institute of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMK), Uppsala University (2019-2020)
  • Assist. Course Director, Adanced IP Law (2JS610), Advanced Trademark Law (2JS607), Copyright Protection in the Digital Society (2JS608), Human Rights and Intellectual Property Rights (2JS507), Master Thesis (2JE660), Uppsala University (2015-2018)

Academic backround

  • Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), Uppsala University
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European Intellectual Property Law, Stockholm University
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law and Information Technology, Stockholm University
  • Bachelor of Laws with Honors (LL.B. Hons), City University London 

Visiting Researcher

Outreach

Outreach is fundamental for effective dissemnation of research results and academic existence in such a dynamic and polarised field as law and informatics. My outreach activity is multi-faceted and covers participation in national and international conferences, organisation of events, research visits, publication activity, and participation in media. But I also try to be active outside such traditional frames. I often use social media to disseminate research results, information about legal developments or events, and participate in conferences, seminars and workshops outside of academia. Some examples of such fora include the American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) or the Danish Commmittee for the Protection of Scientific Works (UBVA).

My pedagogical practice also contributes to disseminating knowledge about my fields of expertise as I regularly teach on programmes outside of law school at technical schools, presently the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). 

Teaching

Teacher and examinator on

Cyber Law 

IT Law (also Course Director)

Legal informatics

Supervisor of master thesis work in Law and Information Technology

Publications

A selection from Stockholm University publication database

  • Non-Fungible Tokens as a Framework for Sustainable Innovation in Pharmaceutical R&D: A Smart Contract-Based Platform for Data Sharing and Rightsholder Protection

    2023. Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci (et al.). International review of law computers & technology

    Article

    Research and Development (R&D) in the pharmaceutical sector traditionally occurred in closed, siloed institutional settings. This approach was a function of a rights-oriented model which framed access and reuse of data (data sharing) as a threat to rightsholders. However, a closed model of explorative collaboration is less suited to today’s more complex scientific ecosystem, where external engagement and dynamic partnering with multiple actors and diverse information sources has become essential. As such, devising alternative approaches is vital in ensuring that opportunities for scientific advances are not lost or innovation stifled.

    This article introduces a hybrid contractual framework that combines the benefits of the automated functionality of smart contracts and non-fungible tokens embedded in the blockchain with more traditional rights-based licensing schemes. The framework described is based on the outcome of an experimental pilot platform that enabled participants to store, find and reuse data following FAIR data principles. The platform documents real-world physical assets in the drug discovery of chemical molecules in an immutable digital ledger.

    More generally, smart contracts and non-fungible token’s point us towards an open and global collaborative platform for exploiting and advancing drug research assets. The resulting platform creates mechanisms for resolving issues regarding standardization, interoperability, and disclosure. As such, it overcomes many of the practical hurdles currently obstructing collaboration in pharmaceutical R&D, as well as providing a framework to address the central conflict in drug discovery, namely the demand for greater data sharing and the protection of rightsholder interests.

    Read more about Non-Fungible Tokens as a Framework for Sustainable Innovation in Pharmaceutical R&D

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