[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

[Joshua L. Simmons]

I have never seen such a busy week for information law in NYC.  I dare
any of you to make it to all of these events (a safe bet given that
some of them are at the same time).

E-MAIL CONTENTS
           * [Reading Group] Challenging the Breast Cancer Gene Patents
           * [NYCBar] Lost & Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works
              Legislation
           * David Koespell on "The Ethical Case Against IP"
           * [NYUInfoLaw ITS Colloquium] Mireille Hildebrandt - A
              Vision of Ambient Law
           * Joanna Rudnick - In the Family
           * The Greatest Show on Earth: An Evening with Richard Dawkins
           * From Bench to Bedside: Translating BioPharma Discoveries
           * The Future of Learned Societies
           * Jefferson's Moose in Cyberspace [$]
           * RIP: A Remix Manifesto [Film Screening]
           * [Lab‐to‐Market Conference Series] Innovation and
              Entrepreneurship in the Information Industry
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NYCINFOLAW NEWS

           [READING GROUP] CHALLENGING THE BREAST CANCER GENE PATENTS
           OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 7:15 PM
           ROOM W220, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 185 W. BROADWAY
           Please RSVP to Joe Merante (merante.joe at gmail.com).
           Readings are available at
           http://lists.nycinfolaw.org/pipermail/list-nycinfolaw.org/2009-October/000085.html

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

           [NYCBAR] LOST & FOUND: A PRACTICAL LOOK AT ORPHAN WORKS LEGISLATION
           OCTOBER 20, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
           MEETING HALL, NYC BAR ASSOCIATION, 42 W. 44TH ST
           How should the law treat “orphan works”? Please join us as
           we discuss proposals that would enable copyrighted works to be used
           when their owners cannot be located to obtain necessary permissions.
           What should be the obligations of potential users with respect to
           searching for copyright owners? How should infringement claims be
           handled if a copyright owner emerges? Do different types of
           copyrighted works present unique issues? What roles might registries
           and recognition and detection technologies play? Our speakers will
           address these and related questions, focusing on orphan images.

           For more information:
           http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1222

           DAVID KOESPELL ON "THE ETHICAL CASE AGAINST IP"
           OCTOBER 21, 2009 @ 12:00 PM
           ROOM 205, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55 FIFTH AVE
           Dr. Koespell is a vocal critic against modern intellectual
           property law. He is the author of The Ontology of Cyberspace: Law,
           Philosophy, and the Future of Intellectual Property and most recently
           Who Owns You? The Corporate Gold Rush to Patent Your Genes.

           [NYUINFOLAW ITS COLLOQUIUM] MIREILLE HILDEBRANDT - A
           VISION OF AMBIENT LAW
           OCTOBER 21, 2009 @ 2:30 PM
           ROOM 212, NYU LAW SCHOOL, 245 SULLIVAN ST
           Speaker: Mireille Hildebrandt, Associate Professor of
           Jurisprudence, School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Senior
           Researcher, Centre for Law Science Technology & Society, Vrije
           Universiteit Brussel

           For more information, visit:
           https://its.law.nyu.edu/eventcalendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.detail&id=16160

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

       For more information on any of these events, please visit
       nycinfolaw.org and view our calendar.

           JOANNA RUDNICK - IN THE FAMILY
           OCTOBER 19, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
           MOOT COURT ROOM, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55 FIFTH AVE

           THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: AN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
           OCTOBER 19, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
           THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

           FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE: TRANSLATING BIOPHARMA DISCOVERIES
           OCTOBER 21, 2009 @ 4:00 PM
           ROOM 114, IRVING CANCER RESEARCH CENTER, COLUMBIA
           UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, 1130 ST. NICHOLAS AVE

           THE FUTURE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
           OCTOBER 22, 2009 @ 12:30 PM
           ROOM 555, LERNER HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 2920 BROADWAY

           JEFFERSON'S MOOSE IN CYBERSPACE [$]
           OCTOBER 22, 2009 @ 12:30 PM
           PRINCETON CLUB, 15 W. 43RD ST

           RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO [FILM SCREENING]
           OCTOBER 22, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
           ROOM 102, JEROME GREENE HALL, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, 435 W. 116TH ST

           LAB-TO-MARKET CONFERENCE SERIES: INNOVATION AND
           ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY
           OCTOBER 23, 2009
           NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 57 WORTH ST
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