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 Spring 2012

 IP Surprise: Yoga & Dance

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Faculty Commons, W203
185 West Broadway

They don’t call ’em signature moves for nothing! Or maybe they do.

Recent publicity around the Bikram Choudhury v. Yoga to the People dispute has taken yoga from the studio to the courtroom, raising many questions about the possibility of securing IP protections for yoga and dance moves. The founder of Bikram Yoga sued the New York city-based yoga studio for copyright infringement, alleging it copied his style of spiritual exercise.

Does he have a case? What about ballet? Or dance routines more generally? Can creators of yoga moves and dance routines really use IP to secure exclusive rights over these non-static forms of expression? Please join the IILP for an exploration into the world of IP, yoga, and dance.

Speakers include:
Charles Colman, Charles Colman Law PLLC
Katherine M. Lyon, Associate, Colucci & Umans
Brendan Mee, Principal, Brendan Mee Law, P.C.

Advertising & Media Law Spring Rush

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

1:00 PM – Understanding the Many Facets of Social Media and its Effect on Businesses Today
• Liisa Thomas, Winston & Strawn
• Kathryn Farrara, National Advertising Division
• Brian Chase, General Counsel, Four Square
• Tom Chernaik, CEO, CMP.LY

2:30 PM – Negotiating Talent Contracts for Advertising & Media Purposes
• Brian Murphy, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
• Annmarie Cullen, Dir. of Integrated Business Affairs, Anomaly
• Jennifer Estabrook, Executive VP Business Operations, Fila

3:45 PM – Behavioral Tracking – Who’s Watching You? How Do They Do It?
• Ted Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Google
• Stephen Kline, Sr. Counsel, Omnicom
• Sal Tripi, AVP Digital Operations & Compliance, Publisher’s Clearing House 

5:00 PM- Cocktail / Networking Reception

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Please R.S.V.P. to Naomi.Allen@nyls.edu
This event will be at the New York Law School 2nd Floor Events Center
185 West Broadway
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Or e-mail us at - AdNauseumNYLS@gmail.com
CLE Credit WILL be available!
 

 Right to Remix: Appropriation Art in the Digital Age

Monday, April 9, 2012 @ 4:00 PM

New York Law School, April 9, 2012

185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 (Map)

2nd Floor Events Center, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The Copyright Act protects “original expression,” but what is considered “original”? From Girl Talk to Richard Prince, artists are continually borrowing elements of other works to shape their own. Call it “remix,” “mashup,” “appropriation,” or “transformative”—drawing the line between infringement and fair use can be murky! 

Join artists, attorneys, and academics for two panel discussions about the ways in which today’s ever-changing technologies have both facilitated the spread of creative work and sparked new debate over the current state of the Copyright Act.

Approximate Timeline:

      330 - 400  Sign-In/Registration

      400 - 515: Panel I

      515 - 530: Break/Cookies/Coffee

      530 - 645: Panel II

      645 - Onward: Reception/Beer/Wine,etc

*CLE credit will be available. 

 Panel I: “No Copyright Infringement Intended:” Attribution and the Influence of Digital Content Exchange on Copyright Law 

We see it all the time on YouTube: people communicating through shared content without permissions. Although the Copyright Act attempts to balance culture and commerce through exclusive incentive models and fair use defenses, the law just doesn’t seem to be keeping up with the way end users, developers, and content creators operate in the digital sphere. Attributing the original creator can be difficult when there is such a surplus of information on the web and when much of it is built off of preexisting works. What is original anymore? With the influx of innovative technologies comes new opportunities for artists and creators to earn a living, but it is often on the fringes of traditional copyright laws. This panel will gather artists, technologists, lawyers, and students to discuss how the law operates within these new business models, where the confusion sets in, and what needs to be done moving forward. 

Panelists:

• David Carroll, Director, Design and Technology (M.F.A.) graduate program, School of Art, Media and Technology, Parsons The New School for Design
• Kirby Ferguson, writer and filmmaker (Everything Is a Remix)
• Paul Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, electronic and experimental hip hop artist
• John Brit Payne, intellectual property attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP
• Maria Popova, cultural commentator and founder, Brain Pickings

Panel II: What is the Message? Transformative Commenting and the Chilling Effects of Judges as Art Critics

Before Cariou v. Prince, most copyright infringement claims associated with appropriated works were settled out of the court. However, after Judge Batts’ ruling in favor of the plaintiff, the debate in the art community over copyright law became heated. The Copyright Act allows a fair use defense for certain transformative works; however, how do the courts decide what constitutes “transformative?” Many judges are looking to the artist to comment on their own works to validate their transformative value; however, this often runs counter to the creative methods and ideas behind the artwork. This begs several questions. What gives a work its meaning? The artist’s intention, the viewer, or the context of the work itself? How should a judge make these decisions about art? Should the “transformative” requirement be taken out of the picture entirely? Is market effect the real issue here when it comes to the art world? This panel will bring together artists, lawyers, professionals, and students to discuss the subjective nature of fair use determinations and their effects on the art community. 

Panelists:

• Michelle Bogre, Associate Professor, School of Art, Media, and Technology, Parsons The New School for Design
• Daniel Brooks, Partner, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP (attorney for plaintiff in Cariou v. Prince)
• Paddy Johnson, founding editor, Art Fag City
• David Ross, Art Practice Department Chair, School of Visual Arts
• Sergio Sarmiento, Artist and Associate Director for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York City

Please RSVP to Naomi.Allen@nyls.edu.

 Current Trends in the Video Game Industry

 Wednesday, March 28, 2012

• Brian Pyne ‘09, Attorney for the ESRB and Former Counsel of Take-Two Interactive. 
• Janelle C. Bonanno ’09,  Executive Director of the Video Game Bar Association and Business Development Manager for Themis Group. 
• Patrick Myers, Esq., Intellectual Property and Patent Attorney for Proskauer Rose LLP.

• Professor Gregory Boyd, Video Game and Intellectual Property Attorney with Davis &Gilbert LLP and Adjunct Professor, New York Law School. 

International Perspectives on Copyright Reform

Co-Sponsored by the International Intellectual Property Society

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Faculty Commons, W201
185 W. Broadway St
6:00- 8:00 pm

Is current U.S. copyright law effectively dealing with online piracy? What laws have countries such as France, United Kingdom, and Spain implemented to address the piracy issue? Has anyone found the solution?

Our program will address various international approaches to copyright law regulation as a means to combat piracy.  Our discussion will focus on recent legislation such as HADOPI (three strikes) in France, the now-abandoned PIPA/SOPA in the United States, Sinde Law in Spain, and international treaties such as ACTAe. Panelists will compare the effectiveness of these approaches and the impact that it has on curbing online piracy.

Speakers Include:

Jonathan Lutzky, Esq., Associate, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Corporate, MasurLaw

Marie-Andrée Weiss, Law Offices of Marie-Andrée Weiss

Professor Peter Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law School

Moderated by Professor Molly Land, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School

 
To RSVP, please email Naomi Allen at naomi.allen@nyls.edu by Tuesday, March 20th.

  Threats to Personal Privacy: Location Tracking Technology

Symposium on Intellectual Property Licensing

IILP invites you to the annual Symposium on IP Licensing with presentations on drafting and negotiation.

Friday, March 9, 2012 • Room W301

9:00–9:45 a.m. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licensing and Licenses

This lecture covered the origins of the FOSS movement and explores the differences between the major FOSS licenses while explaining how software created and distributed under FOSS licenses should be accommodated in traditional software development and licensing practices.
Terry Ilardi is Copyright Counsel for IBM Corporation, and is responsible for handling copyright and open source matters. He is a registered U.S. patent attorney and has been involved in patent, trademark, copyright, and technology licensing throughout his career.

9:45–10:30 a.m. Character Licensing

This discussion examined the objectives of character licensors and licensees.
Jay Kogan is the VP of Business & Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel for DC Entertainment (DC Comics and MAD magazine). He also serves as chief intellectual property counsel, as his primary areas of practice include rights acquisition, publishing, and licensing.

10:30–10:45 a.m. Break

10:45–11:30 a.m. Licensing to Prevent/Resolve Patent Litigation

Examined patent dispute resolutions and key provisions of the resulting license-settlement agreements.
Mark Webbink is a visiting professor at New York Law School and Executive Director of the Center for Patent Innovations. He previously served as Senior VP and General Counsel of Red Hat, Inc. His legal career has focused on intellectual property transactions.

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30–1:15 p.m. IP Licensing in Fashion

This presentation described the role of IP licensing in the fashion industry and the approach taken to develop a business and legal understanding of each agreement.
Karen Artz Ash ‘80 is the National Co-chairperson of the IP Department at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, and Chairperson of its National Pro Bono Committee. Her primary practice is in the fashion industry where she focuses on licensing and related domestic and international commercial transactions and consults with the editors of Women’s Wear Daily.

1:15–2:00 p.m. Motion Picture Licensing in a Digital World

An overview of the life cycle of an item of intellectual property and the complexities of licensing in an increasingly fragmented digital marketplace.
Larry Sapadin is Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Entertainment One U.S., a leading independent producer and distributor of music, motion pictures, and television for all media, including digital, theatrical releasing, CD, DVD, and TV worldwide. Sapadin is responsible for Entertainment One’s acquisition and license agreements in the U.S.

Demystifying Patent Law: A Conversation about Careers in Patent Law

Thursday, March 8, 2012
12:45pm-2:00pm
40 Worth St., Room SW930
Lunch will be served.

What does it take to be a patent attorney? Is a science background really necessary to practice patent law? Can I take the patent bar before I graduate from law school? What is the differene between patent prosecution and litigation?

Patent law can be intimidating -- but it doesn't need to be. Robert Czarnecki '06, Associate at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, discussed his career in the field of patent law.

Fall 2011

IP Surprise: Tattoos -- Fleshing Out Copyright Law
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011
W 202 (Events Center)
6:00 - 8:00 PM

The recent publicity surrounding the tattoo design on Mike Tyson's face and the alleged infringment with Hangover II brings forth many questions: Can a tattoo be copyrighted? Is a person's flesh a tangible medium of expression? Who owns the rights to a tattoo once it has been inked?
These questions and more are left unanswered by the Copyright Act. Therefore, how should the courts judge the validity of tattoo infringement claims? More importantly, how can an attorney predict how the courts will act? The goal of this even is to flesh out these issues and more.
Speakers Include:
• Marisa Kakoulas, Esq (author of Tattoo Law, forthcoming)
• Michelle Myles (NYC-area tattoo artist)
And joining the discussion through Skype:
• Michael Kahn, Esq. (represented Victor Whitmill, the tattoo artist behind Mike Tyson's facial tattoo in Whitmill's suit against Warner Bros.
 

The Third Annual Sports Law Symposium

Register here: [http://www.nyls.edu/sportslaw]
Friday, November 4, 2011
12:30 p.m. - 8:00 pm
New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, NY
2nd Floor Events Center

Industry leaders will engage in panel discussions involving current legal issues in the sports industry including the legal infrastructure of developing and growing professional sports leagues, amateurism issues in collegiate sports, intellectual property management of sports and entertainments brands, and athlete agent regulation and enforcement. Panelists will also offer perspective on breaking into the legal side of the sports industry. A networking reception will follow the day’s events.

Program:
12:30 p.m. - 12:40 p.m Opening Remarks

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Overview of Current Legal Developments in the Sports Industry (1 CLE Credit)

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS
• Financial and Tax Considerations in Representing Professional Athletes (1 CLE Credit)
• Intellectual Property Issues in Sports (1 CLE Credit)
• Athlete Agent Regulations and Enforcement (1 CLE Credit)
 

3:10 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Legal Infrastructure of Developing and Growing Professional Sports League (1 CLE Credit)

4:20 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. Amateurism Issues in Collegiate Sports (1 CLE Credit)

5:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Breaking Into the Sports Industry

6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Networking Reception

From Pitch to Pilot: A Legal and Practical Analysis of Reality TV

Monday, November 7, 2011

6:00-8:00pm

185 W. Broadway, W203

Co-Sponsored by The Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), the New York State Bar Association's Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (EASL) Section Diversity Committee and the Black Entertainment and Sports Law Association (BESLA).
   
Attorneys, Business & Legal Executives, and Industry Experts provide insights and insider perspectives on key legal issues and deal points encountered in the Reality TV Industry.  Panelists will engage in a mock negotiation, followed by discussion and open Q&A.
 
Panelists include:

Stephen Harris, A&E Television

Traci Wilkes Smith, Esq., Willinger Talent Agency

Erika Munro Kennerly, Esq., TruTV /Turner Entertainment

Tiffany Bank, Cast Member of TLC's Reality Series "Big Sexy"
 
**Application for accreditation of this program in New York is currently pending.This program is transitional and appropriate for Experienced and Newly Admitted Attorneys for a maximum of 1.50 credit hours/professional practice. No credit shall be awarded for attending a portion of this program. 

Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law by Jason Mazzone

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
W201 (185 West Broadway)

Copyfraud is asserting false claims of copyright to control works not in one’s legal domain. Overreaching claims are a distinct problem in intellectual property; publishers, artists, producers, and others claim rights that are stronger than the law allows, thereby abusing intellectual property rights and misinforming the public.

Join Brooklyn Law School Professor Jason Mazzone as he talks about his new book, Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law, and discusses the depth of this issue and proposals on how to solve it. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

RSVP to Naomi Allen at Naomi.Allen@nyls.edu by October 24, 2011.

Visualizing Law in the Digital Age

Friday, October 21, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Events Center, 2nd Floor
 

Program:
Breakfast: 9:00 am — 9:30 am
Welcome: 9:30 – 9:45
Panel 1: “Visualizing Legal Scholarship” [9:45 am -- 11:15 am]

• Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, New York University ("Performance Anxiety: Visuality and Sexuality in First Amendment Law")
• Desmond Manderson, Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse, McGill University ("The Sight of Justice: Images of Colonialism and the Rule of Law")
• Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, Amherst College ("The Justice of Jurisdiction: Visualizing Law's Boundaries in Touch of Evil")
• Jessica Silbey, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School ("Writing About Imagies In and Of Law"

Break: 11:15am – 11:30 am

Panel 2: “Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque” [11:30 am -- 1:00 pm]

• Christian Delage, Université de Paris-VIII and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales ("Visual Evidence and Digital Images")
• Francis J. Mootz III, William S. Boyd Professor of Law, University of Nevada ("Law Among the Sight Lovers")
• Richard Sherwin, Professor of Law, New York Law School ("Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque")
• Alison Young, Professor, University of Melbourne ("Arresting the Image")

Lunch: 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm
 

Panel 3: “Visual Literacy for Lawyers” [1:45 pm -- 3:15 pm]

• Christian Biet, Professeur d’Études Théâtrales, Université de Paris X ("Visualizing Law in the Baroque Age. The Play of Value and the Law: Image and Comedy at the End of Louis XIV's Reign")
• James Elkins, E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago ("What Counts as Visual Evidence in Art and Science?")
• Peter Goodrich, Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School ("The Visual Thresholds of Law")

Wine & cheese reception: 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

CLE Credits are available. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. Click here to register.
 

Intellectual (Property) Entrepreneur

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
W202 (185 West Broadway)
 

Are you interested in intellectual property but unsure about your career or internship options? Thinking about hanging out your shingle? Or taking a nontraditional career in IP? Are you an IP entrepreneur?
Join our panel of young IP practitioners as we discuss various job opportunities within the IP field and how to prepare yourself for them.
Speakers Include:
• Ryan Lewis, Esq.
• Mike Murphy, Esq '10
• S. Cortlandt Urquhart, Esq. '06