Ismanjanov Akbar

INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION

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Education Information

• 2004 - 2006 PhD in Law, Tashkent State University of Law

  Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Internet Law

• 2014 - 2016 LLM with Merit, University of Westminster (UoW)

  International Commercial Law

• 1996 - 2001 Osh University

  Bachelor in Jurisprudence

• 2018 - 2024 Doctor of Science in Jurisprudence (DSc)

  Civil Law Status of Information

Dissertation

• 2004 - 2006 Legal Bases for Commercial Exchange of Information Products in Internet

  Can information in including its electronic forms be qualified as a commodity, and what contractual instruments can be used for the transfer of information.

• Analysis of Bileteral Investment Treaties

• Information as a commodity

• Ownership of computer-generated works and legal personality of AI

• Comparative study of trade secrets in civil law with law of confidence in common law

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW OF COMPUTER-GENERATED WORKS DERIVING FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://ijols.com/resources/html/article/details?id=190924&language=en

• Information as an Object of Civil in the Context of Related Categories
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://www.lawinfo.ru/catalog/contents-2019/informacionnoe-pravo/1/

• Achievement of Institutional Balance in Disparity of Competences of the European Union Institutions
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://www.scholarscentral.com/abstract/achievement-of-institutional-balance-in-disparity-of-competences-of-the-european-union-institutions-105106.html

• Akbar Ismanjanov, 'Uzbekistan', (2024), pp.1-174 in Hendrik Vanhees (ed.), IEL Intellectual Property, (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands)
  Books & Book Chapters

  https://kluwerlawonline.com/EncyclopediaChapter/IEL+Intellectual+Property/IPRO20210003

Supported Projects

Grant proposals

• 2020 - 2021 Analysis of Bilateral Investment Treaties

  Advancement of bilateral investment treaties for promotion and protection of foreign direct investment.

• 2022 - 2025 Central Asian Centre for European Trade Law (CACETL)

  Establishing Central Asian Trade Law Centre aimed at facilitating trade relations of Uzbekistan with EU through education and training programs tailored to equip future legal professionals with necessary knowledge base and skillset in trading with EU and assistance in this process. Expanding existing EU Trade Relations course by extending substantial institutional and constitutional aspects of EU and trade related aspects of EU Law with involving special areas of interest for traders from Uzbekistan and Central Asia such as EU contract, corporate, finance, taxation, consumer protection, privacy, IP & competition, consumer protection, environment protection cross-border dispute resolution, and advancing the courser into EU Trade Law undergraduate program.

Activities in Scientific Journals

• WIUT Law Colloquium

  Conducting research discussions on contentious issues of law

• 2022 CENTRAL ASIAN LAW FORUM 2022

  Commercial Law at the Time of Change: New Imperatives and International Standards The contemporary dynamism of law, gaining impetus from an evolving scale of legal reforms necessitates to examine its trajectories and implications. It presupposes outlook on the law from the comparative perspectives and position of international standards, with pointing at the next stage of its development under the increasingly interdisciplinary and transnational character of contemporary law. The central place of the Forum concerns the correlation of the mainstream developments in the industry, technology and professional practice with the legal standards in place, that are also in the state of flux, as well as the effect of a new generation of law on social reality. It includes pivotal areas of international trade and investment, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, law & technology, green finance, and other contemporary areas of inquiry. The Forum is an opportunity to construe broader picture of the next generation commercial law domestically and regionally, in light of international standards and practices across the disciplines, in synergy with industry and legal practice

• 2023 Central Asian Law Forum 2023

  The legal framework at the time of change: Central Asia, Europe, UK, and Global relations May 26. 2023 Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) Historically, Central Asia was crucial in linking trade relations between the Far East and Europe along the Silk Road. New regional and global transformations require relations of the Central Asian countries to be constantly revisited and dynamically evolved. The goal of the Central Asian Law Forum is to examine the legal setting of international trade relations and the legal systems' changes with nexus to Central Asia. To consider the development and legal prospects of joint trade and investment in Central Asian states for European and international enterprises. The Forum will serve as a platform to exchange views for academics, lawyers and stakeholders directed towards sharing regulatory models and best practices in Central Asia, European Union, the United Kingdom and globally. The Forum will involve an analysis of Central Asian law in general and the direction of Uzbekistan in particular, from the perspectives of trade and investment. To those ends, the conference will include a variety of prominent speakers, panellists, and events to discuss (tracks): International Trade and Investment Law Information Technology Law Law promoting innovative, green and sustainable development More specific topics within the three tracks can include but are not limited to international trade, intellectual property (IP), foreign direct investment, contract law, company law, tax law, environment law, data protection law, consumer protection law and other relevant areas of law.

Scientific Consultation

Invited Congress & Symposium Activities

• 2018 The Implications of Referring of Computer Generated Works to the Public Domain

  The magnitude of the software development, leads to a proliferation of the works autonomously created by computer, without any significant expenditure of human skill and effort. Nowadays, computer’s contribution to the works becoming increasingly substantial, and consequently the user’s input less feasible. Google Deep Dream Art can be exemplary in the substantial nature of the machine made creative output in the artwork. The idea-expression dichotomy of copyrights rendering protection to original expression rather than the idea. However, this expression in the form of content output is predominantly coming from the computer, rather than from the user with the use of a skill. In Ameretto Ranch Breedables, LLC v Ozimals, Inc., the copyrights over virtual animals in Second Life online computer game was not upheld due to claiming protection over the functionality of the object. This raises the question on possibility of recognizing the computer-generated works as open information and part of the public domain. Leading Australian case Victoria Park Racing & Recreations Grounds Co. Ltd v Taylor connotes lack of ownership in raw information. Moreover, the outcomes of recent Australian case IceTV also did not recognize copyrights over the fact-based works. However, this comes along with the calls to “remedy the lacuna of ‘authorless’ works”, as can implicate predatory attitude to CGWs defeating the incentivizing function of copyrights. It can further curtail the use of virtual tools that facilitate creativity in its contemporary form. Reported at the 8th International Conference on Information Law and Ethics (ΙCIL) 2018 Modern Intellectual Property Governance and Openness in Europe: A Long and Winding Road? 13-14 December 2018 University of Antwerp, Belgium

• 2025 New Technologies and Economy, Society and Law

  WIUT & Yokahama National University Joint Conference 6 June 2025 Presentation "The Ownership of AI-Generated Works: Leading Approaches from the Perspective of Reasonabless" Panel Moderator for International Investment Law

Citations

CV Ismanjanov WIUT 2021.pdf