Dr Ula Furgal

  • Lecturer (Law)

Biography

Dr Ula Furgał is a Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Information Law. She is a member of the CREATe, Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy, where she co-leads the theme on Dealing with Creators. Ula’s research lies at the intersection of copyright, information law and media studies, focusing on the dynamics between press, platforms and creators. She has published in peer-reviews journals such as GRUR International and EIPR, and contributed to the research projects on regulation of platform economy (AHRC/PEC), reversion rights (Horizon 2000, IPRIA), technical protection measures (KR21) and European media law (IViR). She is a managing editor of the the CREATe Working Paper series and an editor of the Copyright Directive implementation resource page.

Ula first joined the University of Glasgow as a postdoctoral researcher at CREATe in November 2019, after completing her doctoral studies at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. She defended her PhD thesis entitled "Rights on news: expanding copyright on the internet" which explores the effects of a new press publishers' rights in the EU copyright framework, in February 2020. She holds an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Trinity College Dublin, and a Masters in Law and a Bachelor in Public Administration from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Research interests

Ula’s research interests lie primarily in the field of intellectual property law, at the intersection of copyright, information law and media studies. She currently focuses on the legal protection of press publications, and the place and role of the authors in the European copyright framework.

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Number of items: 20.

2024

Furgal, U. (2024) The journalists' share. [Website]

Furgal, U. and Kretschmer, M. (2024) Bargaining in the Shadow of the Press Publishers' Right. Working Paper. CREATe, Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10948500).

Furgal, U. and Torremans, P. (2024) Collective Management in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In: Gervais, D. and Quintais, J. P. (eds.) Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, Fourth Edition. Kluwer Law International. (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Furgal, U. (2023) The emperor has no clothes: how the press publishers’ right implementation exposes its shortcomings. GRUR International, 72(7), pp. 650-664. (doi: 10.1093/grurint/ikad025)

2022

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2022) The emergence of platform regulation in the UK: an empirical-legal study. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2(2), w2.2.4. (doi: 10.34669/wi.wjds/2.2.4)

Furgal, U. (2022) Creator contracts: report on the implementation of Chapter 3 of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. Other. European Composer and Songwriter Alliance.

Furgal, U. (2022) Regulating news media vs digital platforms: Canada throws its hat into the ring. [Website]

Furgal, U. and Priora, G. (2022) Empowered to negotiate or obliged to contract? Lessons from the Italian implementation of the press publishers’ right. [Website]

2021

Furgal, U. (2021) Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage. [Website]

Furgał, U. (2021) The EU press publishers’ right: where do Member States stand? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 16(8), pp. 887-893. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpab105)

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2021) Policy Brief: The regulation of online platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field. Other. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.

Furgał, U. (2021) Interpreting EU reversion rights: why ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ should be the guiding principle. European Intellectual Property Review, 43(5), pp. 283-291.

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2021) The emergence of platform regulation in the UK: an empirical-legal study. Discussion Paper. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.

2020

Furgal, U. (2020) Reversion rights in the European Union Member States. Working Paper. UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4281035).

Furgal, U. , Kretschmer, M. and Thomas, A. (2020) Memes and Parasites: a discourse analysis of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. Working Paper. UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4085050).

Furgal, U. (2020) Making Google and Facebook pay? Comparing the EU press publishers’ right and Australian Draft Media Bargaining Code. [Website]

Thomas, A. and Furgal, U. (2020) Memes and Parasites: Analysing Discourse on the Copyright Directive. Gikii 2020, Online, 30-31 Jul 2020.

2019

Furgal, U. (2019) Author MIA. Place of Journalists in the Post-Press Publishers' Right World. TILTing Perspectives 2019: 'Regulating a world in transition', Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, 15-17 May 2019.

2018

Furgal, U. (2018) Ancillary right for press publishers: an alternative answer to the linking conundrum? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 13(9), pp. 700-710. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpy003)

2017

Furgal, U. (2017) Ancillary Right for Publishers: an Alternative Answer to the Linking Conundrum? Católica Graduate Legal Research Conference, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal, 21-22 Sep 2017.

This list was generated on Sun Dec 8 07:01:54 2024 GMT.
Number of items: 20.

Articles

Furgal, U. (2023) The emperor has no clothes: how the press publishers’ right implementation exposes its shortcomings. GRUR International, 72(7), pp. 650-664. (doi: 10.1093/grurint/ikad025)

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2022) The emergence of platform regulation in the UK: an empirical-legal study. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2(2), w2.2.4. (doi: 10.34669/wi.wjds/2.2.4)

Furgał, U. (2021) The EU press publishers’ right: where do Member States stand? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 16(8), pp. 887-893. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpab105)

Furgał, U. (2021) Interpreting EU reversion rights: why ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ should be the guiding principle. European Intellectual Property Review, 43(5), pp. 283-291.

Furgal, U. (2018) Ancillary right for press publishers: an alternative answer to the linking conundrum? Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 13(9), pp. 700-710. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpy003)

Book Sections

Furgal, U. and Torremans, P. (2024) Collective Management in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In: Gervais, D. and Quintais, J. P. (eds.) Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, Fourth Edition. Kluwer Law International. (Accepted for Publication)

Research Reports or Papers

Furgal, U. and Kretschmer, M. (2024) Bargaining in the Shadow of the Press Publishers' Right. Working Paper. CREATe, Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10948500).

Furgal, U. (2022) Creator contracts: report on the implementation of Chapter 3 of the Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. Other. European Composer and Songwriter Alliance.

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2021) Policy Brief: The regulation of online platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field. Other. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.

Kretschmer, M. , Furgał, U. and Schlesinger, P. (2021) The emergence of platform regulation in the UK: an empirical-legal study. Discussion Paper. Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.

Furgal, U. (2020) Reversion rights in the European Union Member States. Working Paper. UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4281035).

Furgal, U. , Kretschmer, M. and Thomas, A. (2020) Memes and Parasites: a discourse analysis of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. Working Paper. UK Copyright and Creative Economy Centre, Glasgow. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4085050).

Conference or Workshop Item

Thomas, A. and Furgal, U. (2020) Memes and Parasites: Analysing Discourse on the Copyright Directive. Gikii 2020, Online, 30-31 Jul 2020.

Furgal, U. (2019) Author MIA. Place of Journalists in the Post-Press Publishers' Right World. TILTing Perspectives 2019: 'Regulating a world in transition', Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, 15-17 May 2019.

Furgal, U. (2017) Ancillary Right for Publishers: an Alternative Answer to the Linking Conundrum? Católica Graduate Legal Research Conference, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal, 21-22 Sep 2017.

Website

Furgal, U. (2024) The journalists' share. [Website]

Furgal, U. (2022) Regulating news media vs digital platforms: Canada throws its hat into the ring. [Website]

Furgal, U. and Priora, G. (2022) Empowered to negotiate or obliged to contract? Lessons from the Italian implementation of the press publishers’ right. [Website]

Furgal, U. (2021) Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage. [Website]

Furgal, U. (2020) Making Google and Facebook pay? Comparing the EU press publishers’ right and Australian Draft Media Bargaining Code. [Website]

This list was generated on Sun Dec 8 07:01:54 2024 GMT.

Supervision

Teaching

Current:

  • Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Property Law (LLM) [convenor]
  • Information Law and Policy (LLM) [convenor]
  • Digital Creative Industries (Undergraduate) [convenor]

Past:

  • Copyright X (affiliated course offered by Harvard Law School)
  • Elements of Law for Engineers (Undergraduate)
  • Business Law (Undergraduate)