Profile
Email: m.blakely@lancaster.ac.uk (Megan currently serves as a Lecturer in Law at Lancaster University.)
Project Title: Intangible Cultural Heritage, Intellectual Property, and Cultural Branding in Celtic-Derived Cultures
Lead Supervisor: Martin Kretschmer
Second Supervisor(s): Kris Erikson
Research Interests:- Law and legal studies
- Corporate, Com. and Intellectual Property Law
Biography
Megan is currently a fully funded postgraduate researcher at the CREATe Centre, University of Glasgow. Her Ph.D. research explores intangible cultural heritage and intellectual property law in Celtic-derived countries, with expected completion in September 2016. She received her J.D. with honours from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, with a focus on intellectual property, and her LL.M. with merit from SOAS, University of London in Law, Development, and Governance. Megan’s previous legal work training includes positions with NBC-Universal in Partnerships, Licensing, and Digital as well as at the USC Institute for Innovation in research development and technology transfer.
Outputs
Publications
Pattern Recognition: Governmental Regulation of Tartan and Commodification of Culture, Megan Rae Blakely, International Journal of Cultural Property, 2015Conference Presentations
The 'Tangification' of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Self-reinforcing Intellectual Property Systems and Norms, Megan Rae Blakely, IPSC 2015, Chicago, USA, August 6th 2015Intellectual Property and Intangible Culture Heritage in Celtic-derived Cultures, Megan Rae Blakely, ISHTIP 2015, Philadelphia, USA, July 22nd 2015Poster for CREATe Project WP 1F (Celtic-derived Intellectual Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage), Megan Rae Blakely, CREATe All Hands Conference 2015, House for An Art Lover, Glasgow, September 15th 2014Legal and Design focused response to Interactions Session, Megan Rae Blakely, CREATe Technology Capacity Building Event, University of Nottingham, June 17th 2014Awards
University of Glasgow, CREATe Centre – Glasgow, UK
- AHRC CREATe Scholarship (Fully Funded)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
- CALI Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property Licensing
- Best Oral Argument: Hastings Moot Court Program
- Academic Merit Tuition Scholarship (Partially Funded)
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