{"id":838,"date":"2024-11-05T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/?p=838"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:13:13","slug":"melanie-stockton-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/melanie-stockton-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Stockton-Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;841&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Researcher<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Am.w.stockton-brown%40reading.ac.uk|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-globe&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reading.ac.uk%2Flaw%2Four-staff%2Fmelanie-stockton-brown|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>About<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Dr Melanie Stockton-Brown is an intellectual property academic, and has worked on a number of interdisciplinary and empirical research projects on intellectual property law and cultural heritage. 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