[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

[Ashley Fry]

E-MAIL CONTENTS

   *Pascal Kamina: Basics and Current Developments in European Union
   Film Protection
   *INTA’s Consideration for Careers in Trademark Law: A Panel
   Discussion for Law Students
   *The Statute of Anne 300th Birthday Party
   *Vision for the USPTO in the 21st Century: Ensuring America’s
   Innovation Future
   *Hate Versus Democracy on the Internet
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INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

   PASCAL KAMINA: BASICS AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION
   FILM PROTECTION [RSVP]
   MARCH 22, 2010 @ 12PM
   ROOM 211, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55 5TH AVE.
   Pascal Kamina will visit Cardozo to discuss Basics and Current
   Developments in European Union Film Protection as part of the Spring
   2010 IP Speaker Series. Professor Kamina's lecture will cover general
   considerations on the protection of films in the EU and, from there,
   will concentrate on practical issues relevant for international
   co-productions or the exploitations of films abroad. Lunch will be
   provided. To RSVP, email ipprogram at yu.edu

   INTA'S CONSIDERATION FOR CAREERS IN TRADEMARK LAW: A PANEL
   DISCUSSION FOR LAW STUDENTS [RSVP]
   MARCH 25, 2010 @ 12:40PM
   FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, 140 WEST 62ND ST.
   Panelists include: Claudia Cantarella, Partner, Salans LLP,
   Alexandra N. DeNeve, Counsel, Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.,
   Britton Payne (Fordham Law '07 ), Associate, Foley & Lardner.
   Moderator: Caridad Piñeiro Scordato, Partner, Abelman, Frayne &
   Schwab. Students contact cdiep at inta.org with any questions. RSVP no
   later than March 19 to cdiep at inta.org. Lunch will be provided.

   THE STATUTE OF ANNE 300TH BIRTHDAY PARTY [RSVP]
   MARCH 25, 2010 @ 6PM
   JACOB BURNS MOOT COURT ROOM, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, 55 5TH AVE.
   A panel of copyright scholars will visit Cardozo to commemorate
   the 300th anniversary of the enactment of the Statute of Anne.
   Panelists will discuss the history of Great Britain’s first copyright
   act, and its influence on the development of US and international
   copyright law. Panelists will include Peter Jaszi, American
   University; Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt, and Christina Bohannon,
   University of Iowa. Reception to follow in the lobby. RSVP to
   ipprogram at yu.edu or 212.790.0207.

   VISION FOR THE USPTO IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ENSURING AMERICA'S
   INNOVATION FUTURE [RSVP]
   MARCH 26, 2010 @ 1PM
   AUDITORIUM, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 185 WEST BROADWAY
   Presentation by the Hon. David Kappos, Under Secretary of
   Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States
   Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The event is free and open to the
   public. Please RSVP to Ms. Naomi Allen, naomi.allen at nyls.edu.

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   HATE VERSUS DEMOCRACY ON THE INTERNET
   MARCH 26, 2010 @ 9AM
   POPE AUDITORIUM, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, 140 WEST 62ND ST.
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