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From the program: Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [00:56:19]What Are the Must-Know Recent Case Law Developments?  [00:56:19] Kirtsaeng v. Wiley (Supreme Court: first sale doctrine) Top Circuit Court cases Top District Court cases Top infringement cases Cases to watch for 2013-14 The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course ...

From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013

Released on: Apr. 4, 2013

Licensing transactions are more complex than ever. The constantly evolving legal, regulatory and technical landscape drives the need to stay current in all of these key areas. Whether utilized to develop technology, expand or create market opportunities, or generate returns from existing assets, managing complex licensing transactions requires a broad and varied toolkit. Additionally, whether licensing patents, copyrights, trade secrets or trademarks, ...

From the program: Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 18, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:17:32]Contributory Trademark Infringement / Ownership and Title Issues  [01:17:32]Contributory Infringement The business implications of contributory trademark infringement Liability of online service providers for the sale of counterfeit goods The viability of the Stop Online Piracy Act Can a Trademark Have ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

RICHARD DANNAY: OK. Welcome back. I hope everyone had a good lunch. We have a great panel for this afternoon. Unfortunately, the moderator's voice is barely in play, but I'm going to introduce all three of our speakers as I did in the morning. And then Simon will begin. To my right and our first speaker in the afternoon is Simon Frankel, who is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Covington & Burling and chair of his firm's intellectual ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

PETER JASZI: In fact, I actually am going to give a presentation today that will at least initially be a little more upbeat than the title suggests, the title being, Can Fair Use Be Fixed, implying, I think, that it needs to be fixed. And I actually would like to throw into doubt or open up for argument the question about whether any fix is required or, indeed, whether any fix is likely to do more good than harm. So let me start by going in at the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

LATEEF MTIMA: OK. This is like that Bette Davis line, "Fasten your seat belts, this is going to be a bumpy ride," not only because this is DMCA, but, literally, talk about up-to-the-minute developments. Some of the latest key decisions on the DMCA have been happening over the last couple of weeks. And in fact, we had a decision just yesterday. So last night I'm tinkering getting this stuff in. OK. So I'm going to talk about the DMCA. And ...

Recorded on: Apr. 18, 2013

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back, everybody to our afternoon session of this advanced trademarks program. We are going to hear this afternoon from Jonathan Hudis, Vanessa Soman, and Joseph Drayton. Jonathan will address the topic of dual ownership of a trademark. And then Vanessa and Joe will address the topic of contributory infringement. I'll introduce all three of them now. Jonathan Hudis is a partner in the trademark and copyright practice group of Oblon, ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the briefing Cybercrime: A Multi-Faceted Legal Challenge recorded April, 2013.Every day, more and more of our lives and our business is conducted online. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that savvy criminals are increasingly looking to the digital world as well. Each day brings new headlines about the growing threats posed by cybercriminals, ranging from thefts of personal information and intellectual property, to disruptive ...

From the program: Ethics in Social Media 2013

Released on: Apr. 1, 2013

Ethics permeates all areas of today's legal practice.  With the proliferation of social media, what types of personal information are companies permitted to access without the consent of their employees or applicants?  How is privacy and security addressed?  The New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association have all issued ethics opinions on "pretexting" and "social engineering" ...

Recorded on: Apr. 18, 2013

SPEAKER 1: We're going to continue right here from the table since we've shifted. Our next speaker is Kristina Rosette. Kristina is of counsel in the Washington office of Covington & Burling. Her practice focuses on domain name, internet, and trademark matters. She has unique expertise in domain name issues, including drafting the ICANN policy recommendations for new gTLDs, developing and implementing trademark protections in new gTLDs, drafting ...

Course Handbook from the program Information Technology Law Institute 2013: Privacy and Cybersecurity, Mobile Advertising, Digital Distribution, Social Media and the Third Industrial Revolution, held April, 2013.

Recorded on: Apr. 18, 2013

JOSEPH WELCH: Thank you, Karen. Good to see all of you here today. Some of you may remember from last year when I had to wear dark glasses. It's certainly much brighter in here this morning than I remember from last year. It's good to see all of you and I can see you a little better. Let's start out with one that made a big splash in the media. Apple gets to register its store design. You can see on the slide a partial description of what's in the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

NANCY J. MERTZEL: Good morning, everyone. It's a pleasure to be here with you and to be with the distinguished group of faculty. I particularly like the American University theme, since I graduated there and got my start in copyright law with Professor Jaszi. I took every class that he taught while I was there. SPEAKER 1: But you're not being graded today. [LAUGHTER] NANCY J. MERTZEL: That's right. SPEAKER 2: Not by Peter. [LAUGHTER] NANCY J. ...