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Gadi Oron

Gadi

Visting Professor

Email: g.oron@qmul.ac.uk

Profile

Gadi Oron is Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London, where he teaches on copyright and the music industry to LLM students. He is the Director General of CISAC, the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies. In this role, he oversees the activities of the world’s largest network of authors societies, covering more than 120 countries and representing over 230 collective management organisations and 5 million creators of music, film, TV, literature and visual art.

An entertainment and intellectual property lawyer by training, Mr Oron has had leading roles in different sectors of the music and creative industries. An expert in international copyright and entertainment law, Oron held both private practice and in-house positions and represented the creative sector to governments, legislators, and international bodies.

Mr Oron also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international ISAN (standard for Audiovisual works identification) agency.

He has published widely on copyright and intellectual property, and is one of the specialist editors of the book Copinger & Skone James on Copyright.

He has been named by “Legal 500” as one of the leading lawyers in France; and chosen by Billboard and by Variety Magazine as one of the top Power Players in the international music industry.

Postgraduate Teaching

Intellectual Property in the Creative Industries

Research

Copyright and entertainment law, Artificial Intelligence, international treaties.

Publications

  • The EU Copyright Directive Creates A Fairer Partnership Between Creators and Big Tech”, Music Business Week, April 1, 2019 (Op-ed)
  • “Department of Justice’s New Decision Could Wreak Havoc on Int’l Rights”, Billboard, August 18, 2016 (Op-ed)
  • “Creative Collecting”, Music Week, February 27, 2015
  • “Reflections on the 2013 World Creators Summit”, Music & Copyright, Issue 484, June 26, 2013
  • “The Moral Right of Paternity” (with M.F. Makeen) 33(1) European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) [2011] 26-34 
  • “Reappraising Originality” 41(6) Int'l Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) [2010] 708-717
  • “Ruling boosts IP Owners in Internet Cases”, 187 Managing Intellectual Property [2009] 42-43
  • “Getting in Shape (3-D marks)” (with N. Shemtov), 207 Trademark World [2008] 20-22
  • “Acts of Communication: the ECJ case of Hotel Rafael”, 168 Copyright World [2007] 12-13
  • “Complete Replacement: Legislative and Case Law Review”, 166 Copyright World [2006] 12-14

Public Engagement

  • The 2024 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture, UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law
  • The 2019 ALAI Congress on Collective Management keynote speech
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