Tag Archives: presentations

IPSC: Copyright and Trademark

Posted on August 12, 2021 by rtushnet

Panel 17 – Copyright Substantial Similarity Crossprogrammed with my panel; I came here first because I had more experience with the first paper in the other panel. Clark D. Asay, An Empirical Study of Copyright Law’s Substantial Similarity Test 1005 … Continue reading →

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another G v. O preview, shorter

Posted on October 6, 2020 by rtushnet

IPLAC/CBA (Chicago) panel Intro by Adam Wolek, Taft Law Chris Mohr, GC/VP for IP, Software & Information Indus. Ass’n.: Didn’t participate in this case b/c we have members on both sides. Tension b/t © protection of expression and functionality historically … Continue reading →

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Copyright Society panel on fair use (Warhol, Seuss, Oracle)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by rtushnet

CSUSA Fair Use panel Jennifer Pariser, MPA Joseph Salvo, Sesame Workshop Rebecca Tushnet II.  Discussion of Three Notable Fair Use Cases Currently on Appeal A.    Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. ComicMix, 372 F. Supp. 3d 1101 (S.D. Cal. 2019)Q&A:            The MPA … Continue reading →

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Copyright Society panel on fair use (Warhol, Seuss, Oracle)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by rtushnet

CSUSA Fair Use panel Jennifer Pariser, MPA Joseph Salvo, Sesame Workshop Rebecca Tushnet II.  Discussion of Three Notable Fair Use Cases Currently on Appeal A.    Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. ComicMix, 372 F. Supp. 3d 1101 (S.D. Cal. 2019)Q&A:            The MPA … Continue reading →

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Trademark overprotection panel, Suffolk

Posted on October 30, 2019 by rtushnet

Second Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference Suffolk University Law School NCSG The State of Trademark “Overprotection” by Courts and the PTO. What Happens When Institutions Overprotect Trademark Rights? Moderator: Leah Chan Grinvald, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor … Continue reading →

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CopyrightX: UGC panel

Posted on May 14, 2019 by rtushnet

Panel One: User-generated Content, Digital Labor, and Collaborative Authorship Moderator: Bethany Rabe Rebecca Tushnet: Fanworks, Fair Use, and Self-Actualization Through Transformative Expression Title assigned a few months ago is a little misleading because I actually wanted to take the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Legal Applications of Marketing Theory, part 5 (me on puffery)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by rtushnet

Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, On Puffery Puffery is a concept that purports to be about things consumers ignore and don’t rely on. It is in fact a concept about things courts ignore and won’t rule on.  At the moment, … Continue reading →

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ICANN and the New Top-Level Domains part 1

Posted on February 25, 2019 by rtushnet

American University Washington College of Law YouTube link Welcome, Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law We are in the midst of an historic expansion of internet domain names with more than 1200 new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) … Continue reading →

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Right of Publicity panel, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression

Posted on June 4, 2018 by rtushnet

From Yale Law School’s Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression Commercial Speech and the First Amendment: Does the Right of Publicity Transcend Commercial Speech? Jennifer Rothman: Right of Publicity? Right of Privacy? Rothman gave a keynote summarizing highlights of her … Continue reading →

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2017 IPSC Conference at Cardozo School of Law

Posted on August 10, 2017 by rtushnet

Usual disclaimers; there were lots of overlaps where I had to make tough choices, and I favored presentations where I hadn’t previously commented on drafts. Day 1 Breakout Session I Trademark Doctrine Mapping Confusion – Mark. P. McKenna & Rebecca … Continue reading →

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