Abbas Lightwalla is the Director of Global Legal Policy at IFPI, specializing in copyright law and digital policy within the music industry. Previously, they served as a Senior Global Legal Policy Adviser at IFPI, advocating for effective copyright protections and shaping discussions on copyright and artificial intelligence. Abbas built their expertise as an Associate at Bird & Bird, focusing on intellectual property and media law, also acting as an editor for the legal news publication MediaWrites. They currently hold a position as an Expert Advisor on AI and IP for the EUIPO, contributing insights on the intersection of technology and intellectual property. Abbas holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Oxford and a First Class BA (Hons) in English from the University of Nottingham.
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