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Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

KATHERINE SPELMAN: Our first two speakers are Deirdre Merrill and Sophie Cohen. Deirdre is the director of contracts at Chronicle Books here in San Francisco. In her work at Chronicle Books over the last dozen years, Deirdre's primary focus has been all things copyright and exploiting of copyright. She is expert in getting copyright applications, in drafting, negotiating, maintaining copyright licenses, publishing agreements. Anything having to do ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

DAVID: We're in countdown. All right. Our first presentation is on Section 512 of the DMCA which continues to see a lot of activity. And our speaker is Gerry Davis. Gerry is one of the best known IP litigators for some years now in Silicon Valley, and has represented all sorts of companies, litigating leading edge issues. And he likes to call himself the world's oldest computer lawyer. Gerry? GERRY DAVIS: Thank you very much, David. I think we're, ...

Recorded on: Feb. 27, 2012

IRA J. LEVY: As they're making their way up to the platform allow me to start the introductions of our next two speakers. We're going to switch gears a little bit and move over to issues of copyright licensing and trademark licensing. And I believe we've settled out that going first is going to be Ruby Zefo, who's going to speak on advanced brand licensing. Ruby is the legal director of trademarks and brands and information technology at Intel Corporation. ...

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: Everybody ready for the afternoon? I'm happy to introduce Kate Spelman, who's going to lead us through the copyright enforcement segment. Kate is a member of Cobalt LLP in California. Berkeley, right? KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: Correct. KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: There you go. And is listed in one of the Best Lawyers in America, and just really knows her stuff on copyright. So, Kate? KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: Thank you. It is truly an honor ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH LANG: At this point I'd like to introduce Cydney Tune. Cydney is the first of our two sort of content and entertainment related speakers. And Cydney is counsel at Pillsbury's San Francisco office and leads the firm's copyright, media and entertainment practice in the industry team. The Daily Journal's name Cydney one of 2008's top 10 copyright lawyers in California and listed her among California's top 25 portfolio managers, prosecutors, and ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

RICHARD DANNAY: Are we back on? Here's Gloria now with her presentation on copyright restoration. For those of you, which seem to be most people in the room when I asked, who do not know that much about this area, listen carefully because this is not really an esoteric area that doesn't come up. At least in my experience, it comes up a lot. And you really need to know about what copyright restoration means, both in terms of licensing and just more ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

RICHARD DANNAY: And now Nancy, copyright preemption. Do you want to go up here? You could sit there if you want, yeah, either way. NANCY J. MERTZEL: All right, I'll sit there. RICHARD DANNAY: Thank you very much. NANCY J. MERTZEL: Make sure you stay awake for this one. It will keep me focused. RICHARD DANNAY: OK. NANCY J. MERTZEL: Good afternoon. My name is Nancy Mertzel. My topic is preemption. And for some of us, at least for me, my first exposure ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

RICHARD DANNAY: We're now to our final speaker, last but not least, Bob Bernstein, who's going to talk about copyright remedies, something everyone wants to know, whether you litigate or not. Bob has specialized in copyright and trademark litigation and counseling for over 30 years. His practice includes mediation, both as a mediator and as an advocate, entertainment law, contracts, licensing, internet law, the rights of publicity and privacy, trade ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

ROBERT BERNSTEIN: And now my second speaker, Stanley Pierre-Louis is here. Let me introduce him. He is the Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Content Protection at Viacom. He's responsible for developing strategies to protect digital content, managing major intellectual property litigation, and leading other IP-related legal initiatives for Viacom and its various brands, which include-- as I'm sure you all know-- ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

SPEAKER 1: --a lot more knowledge. Let me now introduce our first two speakers, who will be talking about the transformational force of ebooks on the publishing industry. The first of the two speakers is Suzanne Bell, who is a partner at the Wilson Sonsini firm here in the Valley, who is involved with technology transactional matters. She does a wide variety of technology and IP transactions involving complex strategic alliances, outsourcing for ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: We will proceed with our fantastic odyssey through copyright as a meal. Michael Keyes is our next speaker on the topic of enforcing copyright in the data era. Enforcing is, of course, exactly what everyone wants that copyright registration to be able to sustain the action. In order to be ready to enforce, you have of course followed all of Sophie and Deirdre's advice. And now you are thinking about how to get through the portals ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: For those of you who have watched Monty Python, you know where we got the title, "Everything You Know is Wrong." For those of you who haven't, I commend to you having a look at YouTube and you'll see the funny little video that comes from Monty Python days. When we were preparing for the topic, the three chairs in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco in February, we began to make a list of interesting trends, interesting ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

SPEAKER: Our next pair of speakers is a dynamic duo of bi-coastal origin. Please come forward. Dean, Toby, take a seat. We'll start with the New York member of the duo. Toby Butterfield is a partner in the Frankfurt Kurnit firm, in the firm's litigation and intellectual property group. He has over 20 years of experience litigating and counseling on copyright, trademark, defamation, and related areas. He speaks commonly and frequently for associations ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

LORI E. LESSER: So I timed my presentation to include audience participation on the hypotheticals. So if you want to make sure you get your CLA credit, I'm afraid everyone's going to have to speak up. I'm the first speaker, so I know your breakfast caffeine is probably still good. So hopefully-- So fair use. What is the basic philosophy behind fair use? It has been called "the most troublesome doctrine in the whole law of copyright." And ...

Recorded on: Apr. 13, 2012

JOSE A. ESTEVES: OK, we're going to go ahead and get started. During this hour we've got two presentations. We've got one by Sally Abel on trademark monetization. And Eddie Stone will be speaking on litigation financing. Sally is a partner at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in technology and life science matters, as I'm sure you all know. And she is chair of the firm's trademark group. She focuses on international trademark and trade ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

KATHERINE C SPELMAN: Did everybody have a good lunch? Thank you for coming back so promptly. We're going to start as soon as I get queued to it. And I think we're going to have a terrifically fun afternoon. Thank you very much for being here. Welcome. Welcome back to part two of the copyright feast. We're delighted you're here. And for those of you who are just tuning in, you missed a superb morning of lots of exciting topics, including enforcing ...

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

PETER BROWN: Well let's all settle in. Are we live? Yep. OK. Very good. The agenda was for me to speak with one of our successful entrepreneurs who has actually worked and lived in the digital data environment. By the way, the screen up here with the speaker's screen does not have the PowerPoint. If someone could change it. Thank you. I need that. The clicker, where's the clicker? Where'd the clicker go? LORI E. LESSER: Ah, good question. Is it ...

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

BRIAN W. BROKATE: I think at this point we're going to bring our next panel up. And the next panel is always one of my favorites, and that's the practical advice on stopping blatant infringements. And we're going to be addressed today by Katie McCarthy, by Andrea Colby, by Merillat Frost, and by Peter Welch. By now, all of you know Katie. So I'm going to spend just a couple minutes on some introductions as to our other speakers. Andrea Colby is the ...

Recorded on: May. 3, 2012

RICHARD DANNAY: OK. Alright, we're going to begin the afternoon session. It's obvious that a lot of people are still at lunch and will be coming in, but let me introduce our two new speakers for the afternoon. One speaker will arrive later, and I'll introduce him, Bob Berstein, when he arrives. Our first speaker this afternoon is Eric Schwartz. He'll be talking about statutory termination issues. Eric is a partner at Mitchell Silverberg and Knupp ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Good morning. Welcome to day two and welcome back. Our first presentation this morning is a discussion between two gentlemen, both of whom have been actively involved representing their respective sides of the content delivery industry. One of them representing content providers, the other representing the people who would like to bring you content in various forms and packages. I will make the observation before they start, that since ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

ROBERT TAYLOR: With that, I'm going to introduce our first speaker. Professor Nimmer is Dean and Leonard Childs Professor at the University of Houston Law Center. And he is a co-director of the Houston Intellectual Property Information Law Institute. He has a very, very impressive resume. He's been a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the office of legal adviser of the State Department, and is a Fulbright distinguished chair of international ...

Recorded on: Sep. 20, 2012

CYDNEY A. TUNE: All right, welcome back. To those in the room and those on the live webcast, thanks for hanging in there with us. And we're down to the final hour. But fasten your seat belts because we're about to hear a lot of really fascinating information. There's a lot to it, and it's very cutting edge. Here to present to us for the litigation update is Ian Ballon. Ian represents internet, technology, entertainment companies, social networks, ...