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Patricia Akester (Ph.D in International Copyright Law and the Challenges of Digital Technology (Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Queen Mary College, University of London), L.LM in Intellectual Property Law (University College of London), PG Degree in EC Law (Catholic University of Lisbon), Law Degree (Catholic University of Lisbon), is a Leverhulme Fellow at Cambridge University, where she also teaches, and former IP Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Lisbon. She is also a member of the Portuguese Bar Association, an Executive Committee Member of the Portuguese Group of Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) (2001-) and a Member of the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (1999-).
Her research interests lie particularly in copyright law and information law. Among her publications are A Practical Guide to Digital Copyright Law (London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2008), “Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression" (2006) April-June UNESCO e-Copyright Bulletin; “Digital Rights Management in the 21st Century” (2006) 3 European Intellectual Property Review 159 (with R. Akester); “The political dimension of the digital challenge: copyright and free speech restrictions in the digital age” 2006 (1) Intellectual Property Quarterly 16; “The economic dimension of the digital challenge: a copyright perspective” (2005) 1 Intellectual Property Quarterly 69 (with F. Lima); “Authorship and Authenticity in Cyberspace” (2004) 20:6 Computer Law & Security Report 436; International copyright and the challenges of digital technology (Cascais, Principia, 2004); “Comment on Théberge v. Galerie d'Art du Petit Champlain Inc” (2003) 34:7 International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 833; “Private copying of audio and video: the common law perspective” (2002) 8-10 IP Themes 53; “Survey of Technological Measures for Protection of Copyright” (2001) 12:1 Entertainment Law Review 36; “The proposed Copyright Directive” (2000) 1 IP Themes 46.
Reports include “Study on the draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty and its impact on freedom of expression" commissioned by UNESCO; "Implementation of the protection of technological measures of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC) in the UK" (Euro Copyrights, Copyright Laws in Digital Europe); 'Implementation of the protection of technological measures of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC) in Portugal' (Euro Copyrights, Copyright Laws in Digital Europe)
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