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Cardozo’s Intellectual Property Program ranks #7 among the nation’s law schools

—U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

The Cardozo School of Law consistently is recognized as a leader in intellectual property

and information law. With a foundation in theory and policy, our faculty and students thrive

on asking questions about evolving issues and developing creative answers that meet

current needs.

Our extended focus into emerging technology, information, Internet and privacy law demon-

strates our commitment to remain at the forefront of legal issues that arise as innovation

continues to shape the future.

Just within the past year, Cardozo launched three new initiatives—the Tech Startup Clinic, the

Cardozo Data Law Initiative, and the Fashion, Arts, Media and Entertainment Law (FAME)

Center—to provide leadership and expand opportunities for students in these booming areas.

We also initiated our Tech Talks and Fashion Law Talks series to promote discussion with

industry professionals about diverse and timely topics in these areas.

Cardozo’s New York City location puts our students at the center of major intellectual property

developments, from the courts where so many IP+IL cases are decided to Silicon Alley, where

venture capital investments into new technology startups require innovative approaches to

IP+IL issues.

Through internships, externships and our own Tech Startup Clinic and Indie Film Clinic,

Cardozo students gain hands-on experience that sets them apart and paves the way for future

success in their chosen career paths.

Members of our intellectual property and information law faculty are sought-after speakers at

conferences across the country and around the world. Our J.D. and L.L.M. alumni excel,

whether practicing at a law firm, serving as in-house counsel or driving decision-making as

business leaders.

The Cardozo experience begins in the classroom and continues for a professional lifetime.

Alumni frequently return to Cardozo as speakers, teachers and mentors, offering real-world

experience and advice to those just beginning their careers. Our close-knit network of students,

faculty and alumni remains inextricably linked to Cardozo and to the latest developments

involving intellectual property and information law.

Christopher Buccafusco brings to Cardozo his use of social science study methods

in understanding the way that intellectual property works, adding a new dimension

to the innovative work that is the hallmark of Cardozo’s IP+IL faculty and program.

“I hope to introduce students to ways of studying and thinking about IP law from

an empirical perspective. I want them to understand not just what the law says

and the theory behind it, but also how creators and innovators actually interact

with these laws,” says Buccafusco.

“I came to Cardozo to be a part of a thriving community of students and scholars

focused on contemporary legal issues and I hope to be able to contribute my own

perspective on these issues. Cardozo’s IP program is one of the best in the

country, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it,” he adds.

Buccafusco currently is working on a number of major projects, including a study

of how creators make decisions about innovation and licensing, as well as a study

on the impact of parody and tarnishment on creative works and brands.

Cardozo Welcomes Christopher Buccafusco

“We are thrilled to welcome Chris Buccafusco to

Cardozo, where his empirical perspective on

intellectual property issues will become an

important part of the groundbreaking work that

continues to enhance the reputation of our IP+IL

faculty, our program and our school.”

— Dean Melanie Leslie

Tech Startup Clinic

Programs & Events 2014–2015

Evolve Law: Is Software Replacing Attorneys? The State of Legal Tech, addressed emerging trends in the legal tech

community with panel discussions about how automation

and big data aggregation may impact legal practice and

how law firms are responding to these changes.

Bitcoin Enforcement and the Crackdown on Cybercrimes

brought together a lead Silk Road prosecutor, a senior

member of the SEC Virtual Currency Working Group and

a white-collar criminal defense attorney to explore emerging

legal issues relating to digital currencies.

Liability in the Sharing Economy addressed the liability

issues involved when people rent out spare rooms, cars

and other shared services and something goes wrong.

In its first year, Cardozo’s Tech Startup Clinic worked with

50 clients on matters including business organization,

financing, copyright, terms of service and privacy policies.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office also

announced a partnership with Cardozo’s Tech Startup

Clinic and others to help make it easier for startups to

flourish in New York.

Led by director Aaron Wright, a tech startup veteran and

former general counsel, students in the clinic attend weekly

seminars in which they track the evolution of startups from

formation through late round venture capital financing,

while learning to understand clients’ needs, identify issues

and recommend solutions.

Students work directly with clients on issues relating to

intellectual property, tax, labor and employment, and

general corporate and contract matters. Since client

businesses are in various stages of development, students

gain experience with issues that arise throughout the life

cycle of businesses. Additionally, students gather with

clients and others in the tech industry at meetups held

throughout the year at Cardozo.

Tech Startup Clinic clients include two startups with

founders who are Thiel fellows, recipients of grants from

tech entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel, and six startups

that have been accepted into accelerator or incubator

programs in New York and San Francisco. More than thirty

percent of clients have received funding to date.

Tech TalksCardozo began its innovative Tech Talks series this year to explore challenges that

emerge when technology intersects with the law. Tech Talks bring together business

leaders, innovators, attorneys, government officials and academics to share real-world

experiences and address evolving issues. In its first year, more than 2,000 students,

faculty, alumni and guests attended Tech Talks, with more than 1,000 others

watching via livestream.

TECHtalks

THE TALKS

U.S. vs. E.U. Surveillance Law and Government Access to Computer Data was a panel discussion, including Professor

Felix Wu, on the emergence of new surveillance technolo-

gies and programs. The discussion focused on how these

programs fare under existing U.S., European and Swiss law,

and possible ways in which government surveillance could

be regulated in the future.

Regulating Digital Currency: BitLicense and the Internet of Value featured Benjamin Lawsky, then New York State’s

Superintendent of Financial Services, and the person at the

center of the major attempt at digital currency regulation.

After Lawsky’s remarks, Professor Aaron Wright moderated

a panel discussion with experts in business, technology

and blockchain technology.

The Evolution of E-Discovery Law and Technology included a screening of The Decade of Discovery and a panel discussion

with U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, director Joe Looby, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Francis, IV, and attorney Jason R.

Baron. The film tells the story of a government attorney looking for a better way to search White House mail and a teacher

who stood up for civil justice on the electronic frontier.

The Emerging Law of Cybersecurity featured former U.S.

senator and vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman

sharing insights he gained on cybersecurity after 9/11 as

chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland

Security & Governmental Affairs.

FAME CenterCardozo established its unique Fashion, Arts, Media &

Entertainment Law (FAME) Center this year to promote

synergy among its existing preeminent programs relating to

legal issues in the

creative arts.

The FAME Center trains

students to work with

global businesses, as

well as international and

local cultural institutions.

In this era of social media and instant digital access,

students learn to guide clients through constantly evolving

challenges in businesses driven by the creative process,

whether that’s fashion, music or film.

FAME’s focus on law, business, entrepreneurial skills and

creative problem-solving prepares students to protect

brands while developing business strategies. Since Cardozo

has extensive ties throughout New York City, several

courses are developed and taught by professionals

currently working in the industry.

Directed by Barbara Kolsun, former General Counsel of

fashion brands Stuart Weitzman, Kate Spade and Seven

For All Mankind, and Lee Sporn, Senior Vice President of

business affairs, General Counsel and Secretary at Michael

Kors Holdings Limited, Cardozo’s FAME Center offers

courses, speakers, symposia and externships that connect

students to the people working in these fields and the

issues they encounter.

THE TALKS

Fashion Law TalksThe inaugural year of Cardozo’s Fashion Law Talks series highlighted diverse aspects

of the fashion industry and the many ways in which law plays a critical role. Sponsored

by Cardozo’s FAME Center, the talks bring together designers, industry experts,

attorneys and others to shed light on the legal significance of business decisions.

This provides Cardozo students, faculty, alumni and guests with a special insight into

the business of fashion.

FASHIONLAW talks

Fashion Tech: More Tech or Fashion? addressed

whether startup businesses that merge fashion with

technology identify themselves as either fashion or tech

companies, and how that decision influences their

growth. Michael Bryzek, Founder and Chief Technology

Officer at Gilt Groupe kicked off the evening, which also

included a discussion with representatives from other

fashion startups.

The Wear of the Future: When Tech and Fashion Collide

featured Billie Whitehouse, of FUNDAWEAR, and

Loni Edwards of emPowered, fashion designers whose

products feature technology as essential components.

The discussion also included attorneys—both in-house

and outside counsel—who represent fashion companies

and others for whom it is critical to protect their

intellectual property.

Clothing: Fashion, Religion and Subversion was part of a

two-day conference in conjunction with The New School’s

Parsons School of Design. The event examined the laws

of fashion in politics and religion while also addressing the

power of the fashion industry to cement or subvert

dominant ideologies.

Symposia, Competitions & Events

AELJ ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM

The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal’s Spring Symposium, “3D Printing and Beyond: Emerging Intellectual Property Issues With 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing,” presented two panel discussions that addressed various aspects of 3D printing technology and the many intellectual property questions the technology raises. Panel participants represented those who manufacture 3D printers and those who use the technology to print items on demand, as well as scholars, attorneys and others who discussed related intellectual property concerns.

Moderated by Cardozo’s Tech Startup Clinic director Aaron Wright, the first panel discussed the past, present and future of 3D printing, as well as the tensions that may arise between different industry players and intellectual property rights holders. Professor Felix Wu moderated the second panel, which focused on potential liability under current copyright, trademark and patent laws for businesses and users involved in 3D printing, including those who offer 3D printing services and those who enable others to share 3D printer files.

THIRD ANNUAL SPORTS LAW SYMPOSIUM

For the third year in a row, Cardozo’s Sports Law Society hosted its annual Sports Law Symposium. Hundreds of people attended panel discussions during the daylong event featuring attorneys, agents, legal scholars and professionals from the worlds of media, marketing, coaching, unions, and collegiate and professional sports. Topics included “Judge, Jury and Executioner: Internal Investigations in Sports,” “Living the Dream: Buying,

Selling and Evaluating Sports Franchises,” “Major League, Back to the Minors: Exploring the World of Minor League Sports,” and “Athlete’s Rights in Evolving Sports Media.”

SEMI-ANNUAL FASHION LAW SYMPOSIUM: FASHION M&A

Cardozo’s Semi-Annual Fashion Law Symposium, “Designing Deals: Fashion M&A,” focused on current trends and legal issues in the business of fashion. Highlighting the diverse interests of stakeholders, the conversa-tion included examples of what kinds of entities are purchasing retail brands, what motivates buyers and sellers, and details about the deals. Panelists included fashion industry executives, private equity professionals and attorneys working as in-house or outside counsel.

SYMPOSIUM ON LAW AND ART AS INVESTMENT

The symposium featured the unique legal issues facing attorneys and clients when dealing with art as investment vehicles. Focusing on art funds and the use of art as collateral in secured lending, the discussion included experts in art appraisals and purchases as well as experts in finance and asset management for artists, collectors, auction houses and non- profit institutions. The Cardozo Art Law Society and Cardozo Business Law Society presented the event in association with Cardozo’s FAME Center.

CARDOZO BMI MOOT COURT COMPETITION

This year marked the 31st year of the annual entertainment and communications law competition known as the Cardozo BMI Moot Court Competition. Hosted by Cardozo and sponsored by Broadcast Music, Inc.,

26 teams from across the country competed this year by addressing issues involving the enforceability of a “work made for hire” provision in an employment contract and the standard of contribution required to qualify as a joint author of a copyrighted work.

CARDOZO HOSTS PRICE MEDIA LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION

In partnership with the Center for Global Communication Studies (“CGCS”) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, Cardozo hosted the third annual Americas Regional Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition.

The competition featured almost 20 teams from across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Organized by the University of Oxford’s Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy (“PCMLP”), the international competition is named after Monroe Price, founder of the PCMLP, former dean of Cardozo, current director of Cardozo’s Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society, and current director of the CGCS.

COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF CHINA (SIPO)

Cardozo completed its eighth year of collaboration with the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO). Professors Michael Burstein, Felix Wu and Ed Stein traveled to China this past summer to teach courses, and the joint program continues this fall, as Cardozo welcomes officials from SIPO to study at the law school. Each year more than a dozen intellectual property officials from China take IP+IL courses at Cardozo and visit courts, law firms and government agencies in New York and Washington, D.C.

TRIBECA ALL ACCESS LECTURE SERIES

In February, the Tribeca Film Institute and Cardozo’s Indie Film Clinic co-hosted the first in an ongoing series

of panel discussions on business and legal issues in independent film. Moderated by Professor David Morrison,

Current Topics in the Online Distribution of Independent Film addressed recent changes in the artistic,

business, and legal landscape of independent film distribution. Panelists, including producer and filmmaker

Brian Knappenberger, marketing and publicity representative Rodrigo Brandão, and attorney Lisa E. Davis,

discussed the impact of online distribution on filmmakers and audiences, and the ways in which the current

legal landscape has shaped the distribution market.

When the credits rolled for GORED, a documentary film

premiering at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, Cardozo

students Diana Yu and Jonathan Yellin saw their names on

the big screen. This was director Ido Mizrahy’s way of

showing his appreciation for the significance of the legal

work they contributed to his film.

Cardozo’s Indie Film Clinic remains the only New York City

law school clinic focused exclusively on working with

filmmakers. The National Jurist named the Indie Film Clinic

to its 2015 list of the 15 Most Innovative Clinics. The clinic

recently established a 17-member advisory board

comprised of leading entertainment lawyers, copyright

The groundbreaking Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI) got

underway this year, providing Cardozo with the opportunity

to become a leading law school offering comprehensive

training in data law.

From information governance, e-discovery, and data

privacy to cybersecurity, surveillance and social media law,

the CDLI enables students to gain expertise in the

increasingly important field of data law. Interested students

may pursue a concentration in Data Law.

The CDLI focuses on training students for data law job

opportunities, organizing externships for students to work

with lawyers in data law areas at various organizations and

government agencies. This past year, 15 students

participated in externships at offices including Ernst &

Young, Merkle Group, Havas Health, 451 Research Group,

Tritura, Knowledge Strategy Solutions, and with Judge Shira

Scheindlin, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of New York.

CDLI leadership includes Executive Director Ariana Tadler,

partner and chair of the E-Discovery Practice Group at

Milberg LLP and one of the nation’s leading authorities on

electronic discovery. Professors Felix Wu and Charles

Yablon serve as faculty directors and the CDLI’s Board of

Advisors has data law leaders from the areas of law,

consulting, accounting, academia and the judiciary.

This year the CDLI hosted two daylong events in associa-

tion with LegalTech New York. The first event, ‘’Big Data

and Its Legal Impacts,” was a series of panel discussions

entitled “Big Data Overview,” “Big Data vs. E-Discovery,”

and “Is the Legal Practice Really Ready for Big Data

Challenges?” The second event, “IGI Boot Camp,” was an

intensive workshop with group exercises that enabled

information governance professionals to focus on the

challenges and possible solutions related to designing and

operating information governance programs for their

organizations.

Additionally, the CDLI co-sponsored a Tech Talk entitled

“The Evolution of E-Discovery Law and Technology” and a

two-part event entitled “Archives in the Electronic Age,”

which was organized by the Archivists Round Table of

Metropolitan New York. Part I of the event took place in the

summer of 2015 and covered issues in records manage-

ment relating to the creation or conversion of records into

electronic format. Part II will take place October 2015 as

part of Cardozo’s Tech Talks series.

scholars and others in the independent film financing,

festival programming and non-profit fields.

Indie Film Clinic clients have included more than 60

filmmakers producing independent, documentary and

student films, as well as artists providing services to

filmmakers. Under the supervision of clinic director David

Morrison, students work on legal matters involving all

aspects of filmmaking—from forming production compa-

nies, drafting and reviewing releases, licenses and

employment agreements to advising on fair use and First

Amendment issues, and negotiating distribution

agreements.

The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund recognized the

importance of the clinic’s work by awarding it a $750,000

grant last year. These funds will enable expansion of the

clinic’s enrollment, caseload and the range of legal services

it can provide, while also improving the clinic’s ability to

partner with other organizations involved with independent

film production and distribution.

Two of the clinic’s clients, Anja Marquardt and Iva

Radivojevic, recently released their films theatrically in

New York at the IFP Made in NY Media Center. Marquardt’s

film, She’s Lost Control, received nominations in 2015 for

two Independent Spirit Awards—Best First Screenplay and

Best First Feature. Radivojevic’s documentary, Evaporating

Borders, received award nominations from the International

Documentary Association and Cinema Eye Honors, and

was screened at the Museum of Modern Art as part of its

annual “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You”

series. Director Radivojevic was awarded a Guggenheim

Fellowship in 2015.

The New York Times selected Elvis Loses His Excess: Tales

From the World’s Longest Yard Sale, a film by The Indie

Film Clinic’s client Riley Hooper, for its new curated series,

Made with Kickstarter.

The Indie Film Clinic

Cardozo Data Law Initiative

Faculty Awards

BARBARA KOLSUN RECEIVES TWO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Adjunct Professor Barbara Kolsun received two lifetime

achievement awards within one month—first at the

World Trademark Review’s 2015 Industry Awards in

San Diego (see WTR photo below) and then at the Luxury

Law Summit in London, organized by The Global Legal

Post and the International New York Times.

The former executive vice president and general

counsel of Stuart Weitzman, LLC, where she started the

company’s first in-house legal department, Kolsun

co-directs Cardozo’s Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment

Law (FAME) Center and teaches fashion law, for which she

co-edited and co-authored the first textbook, Fashion Law:

A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys.

She currently is working with co-editor Guillermo Jimenez,

of the Fashion Institute of Technology, on the first fashion

law casebook to be published by Carolina Press, and

serving as a consultant to various fashion companies.

A Cardozo alumna, Kolsun’s legal career in fashion and

luxury brands includes serving as senior vice president

and general counsel of Seven For All Mankind, LLC, senior

vice president and general counsel of Kate Spade, LLC,

assistant general counsel of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., and

assistant general counsel of Calvin Klein Jeanswear Co.

Prior to her in-house work, Kolsun served as a pro se clerk

for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and was a

litigator at New York law firms.

Kolsun is known as a zealous enforcer of intellectual

property rights. She chaired the board of the International

Anticounterfeiting Coalition and served on its board for

many years. Speaking and publishing frequently on

counterfeiting and trademark infringement around the

world, Kolsun, herself, has been the subject of articles

about her extensive work in this area.

MONROE PRICE RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD, PUBLISHES NEW BOOK

In addition to publishing his latest book this year,

Monroe Price, former dean of Cardozo Law and current

director of the school’s Howard M. Squadron Program in

Law, Media and Society, received the 2015 Distinguished

Scholar Award from the International Communication

Section of the International Studies Association.

The ISA award goes to “a scholar whose work has

made a substantial impact in the area of International

Communication in the context of international studies.”

Price received the award in recognition of “his exemplary

scholarship” and “his mentorship of new and emerging

scholars of international communication from around

the world.”

Price’s new book, Free Expression, Globalism and the

New Strategic Communication (Cambridge University

Press), discusses the evolution in strategic communication

with improvements in technology that enable an increased

free flow of information while also enhancing the ability to

monitor communications and exert other controls.

CARDOZO TEAM WINS REGIONAL IP LAW MEETCardozo’s team of Ren-How Harn ’15, Brittany

Harrison ’15 and Chris Ilardi ’15 earned Best Draft honors

in the 2014 Regional IP Law Meet competition among 24

teams at the University of Pennsylvania. Coached by

Professor Michael Burstein, the students also advanced to

the National Law Meet competition.

IP Law Meet is an annual law student competition in

IP transactional practice. Students are required to draft an

agreement for a specified transaction involving a common

IP issue, submit a mark-up of a draft agreement submitted

by an opposing team and conduct negotiations with

another team before a panel of judges.

CARDOZO 2LS TAKE FIRST PLACE AT TULANE’S MARDI GRAS SPORTS LAW INVITATIONAL

Cardozo’s Joseph Kammerman ’16 and Vino Jayara-

man ’16 won First Place at the Tulane Mardi Gras Sports

Law Invitational. Kammerman and Jayaraman, together

with Shanitra Waymire ’15, who coached the team, also

won Third Best Brief honors.

Hosted by the Tulane Moot Court Board in conjunction

with the Tulane Sports Lawyers’ Journal, the appellate

competition included 32 teams from across the country.

This year’s issues involved the legalization of sports

gambling and whether Major League Baseball’s club

relocations are exempt from antitrust law.

CARDOZO ART LAW SOCIETY MEMBERS PLACE 2ND IN NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION

Addressing constitutional challenges to the Visual

Artists Rights Act of 1990, Cardozo Art Law Society

members Daniel Day ’15, Zachary Gotlib ’16 and Vlada

Monaenkova ’16 placed second out of 26 teams in the

National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition.

Coached by Cardozo alumna and adjunct professor

Lucille Roussin, the team argued its final round before

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Chicago’s 7th

Circuit Court of Appeals courtroom. The competition was

hosted by DePaul University College of Law and The

Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation.

AELJ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF’S NOTE CITED BY MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS

When the Missouri State Court of Appeals decided

State v. Metzinger, No. ED101165 (Mo. Ct. App., E. Dist.,

Div. 4 Feb. 24, 2015), it referenced a note published

in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal by the

editor-in-chief, Michael Zimmermann ’15. The basis for

the case arose during the 2013 World Series between the

St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox, when Robert

Metzinger tweeted references to a pressure cooker and

the Boston Marathon.

In determining whether the tweets constituted true

threats, the court cited Zimmerman’s note, One-Off and

Off-Hand: Developing an Appropriate Course of Liability in

Threatening Online Mass Communication Events, 32

Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1027, 1038-40 (2014). The note

offered an analysis on how to adapt laws to the nature of

online threats, particularly those arising from multiple

speakers and not just one.

Student Recognition

The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal ranks #3 in the nation for law journals

in the category of Arts, Entertainment and Sports and #7 in the category of Intellectual Property

—WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

Faculty

CHRISTOPHER BUCCAFUSCOProfessor Buccafusco’s research applies social science methods to study legal problems, especially how the law affects creativity, innovation and happiness. His co-authored book, Happiness and the Law, was recently published by the University of Chicago Press. Together with Professor David Schwartz, of Northwestern University’s School of Law, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Professor Buccafusco founded the annual Workshop on Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property, which allows researchers from around the world to present early-stage empirical projects so they can receive feedback before they begin collecting data. His articles have appeared in the California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, and University of Chicago Law Review. Professor Buccafusco received his B.S. in Science, Technology and Culture from Georgia Tech, his J.D. from the University of Georgia and studied legal history at the University of Chicago.

Recent Publications:

The Moral Psychology of Copyright Infringement, 100 Minnesota Law Review (forthcoming 2015) (with David Fagundes)

On the Shoulders of Giants or the Path Not Taken: Experiments in Sequential Innovation and Intellectual Property,

91 Indiana Law Journal (forthcoming 2015) (with Stefan Bechtold and Christopher Sprigman)

Experimental Tests of Intellectual Property Law’s Creativity Thresholds, 92 Texas Law Review 1921 (2014) (with Zachary Burns, Jeanne Fromer and Christopher Sprigman)

Innovation and Incarceration: An Economic Analysis of Criminal Intellectual Property Law, 87 Southern California Law Review 276 (2014) (with Jonathan Masur)

What’s a Name Worth?: Valuing Attribution in Intellectual Property Law, 93 Boston University Law Review 1389 (2013) (with Christopher Sprigman and Zachary Burns)

Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter the Public Domain?: Empirical Tests of Copyright Term Extension, 28 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1(2013) (with Paul Heald)

Making Sense of Intellectual Property Law, 97 Cornell Law Review 501 (2012)

MICHAEL BURSTEINProfessor Burstein’s research focuses on the institutional structures —both private and public—that shape innovation. He writes about the intersections between intellectual property and both corporate law and public law. His writings discuss transactions in information goods, the administrative structure of the patent system, and institutional alternatives to

intellectual property, such as prizes. Before joining the Cardozo faculty, Professor Burstein was a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School. Following law school, Professor Burstein clerked for Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Depart-ment of Justice. He also practiced appellate litigation and telecommunica-tions law at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC in Washing-ton, D.C., and worked as a manage-ment consultant at McKinsey & Company. Professor Burstein received a B.A. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University, and a J.D. magna cum laude from the New York University School of Law.


Governing Innovation Prizes (with Fiona Murray) (work in progress)

Patent Markets: A Framework for Evaluation, 47 Arizona State Law Journal (forthcoming 2015)

Rethinking Standing in Patent Challenges, 83 George Washington Law Review 498 (2015)

Reply: Commercialization Without Exchange, 92 Texas Law Review 45 (2014)

Exchanging Information Without Intellectual Property, 91 Texas Law Review 227 (2012)

BRETT FRISCHMANNProfessor Frischmann co-directs Cardozo’s Intellectual Property + Information Law Program. Last fall, Professor Frischmann published Governing Knowledge Commons (Oxford University Press) with Michael J. Madison and Katherine J. Strand-burg, which offers a specific research framework to study knowledge commons. His widely cited and reviewed previous book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources, won the 2012 PROSE Award for Law & Legal Studies. A sought-after speaker in the areas of knowledge, technology, infrastructure and commons, Professor Frischmann is extending his research into the relationship between technology and humanity. He is a prolific author whose articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, Review of Law and Economics, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. Professor Frischmann holds a B.A. in astrophysics from Columbia University, an M.S. in earth resources engineering from Columbia University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.


Governing Knowledge Commons (Oxford University Press, 2014) (eds. Brett Frischmann, Michael Madison & Katherine Strandburg)

Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources (Oxford University Press, 2012); winner of PROSE Award for Law & Legal Studies

Retrospectives: The Marginal Cost Controversy, 29(1) Journal of Economic Perspectives 193 (2015) (with Christiaan Hogendorn)

Understanding the Problem of Social Cost, 11(2) Journal of Institutional Economics 329 (2014) (with Alain Marciano)

Reply, Systems of Human and Intellectual Capital 93 Texas Law Review (forthcoming 2015) (with Mark McKenna); reply to Orly Lobel, The New Cognitive Property: Human Capital Law and the Reach of Intellectual Property, 93 Texas L. Rev. 789 (2014)

Two Enduring Lessons from Elinor Ostrom, 9 Journal of Institutional Economics (2013)

DAVID MORRISONProfessor Morrison is the director of Cardozo’s Indie Film Clinic, a non-profit program that provides transactional counsel to independent and documen-tary filmmakers, and a visiting assistant clinical professor at Cardozo. Since its launch in 2011, The Indie Film Clinic has provided free legal services to more than 60 films, with clients screening regularly at leading U.S. and international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, South by Southwest, Rotterdam, the Tribeca Film Festival and more. Professor Morrison lectures frequently on legal topics in film production and clearance, and currently serves on the Law School Advisory Board of the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel. He received a B.S. in economics from the University of Alabama, J.D. from William & Mary Law School, and LL.M. in intellectual property law from Cardozo.

MONROE PRICE Professor Price directs Cardozo’s Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society, which focuses on transnational studies and the application of new technologies. He also directs the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication and the Stanhope Centre for Com-munications Policy Research in London, and chairs the Center for Media and Communications at Central European University. His most recent book, Free Expression, Globalism and the New Strategic Communication, was published last year. Professor Price served as Cardozo’s dean from 1982 to 1991, founding director of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford and a member of the faculty of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Among his many books are Media and Sovereignty, a treatise on cable television, and Television, the Public Sphere, and National Identity. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale.


Free Expression, Globalism and the New Strategic Communication (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Routledge Handbook of Media Law and Policy: A Socio-Legal Investigation (Routledge, 2013) (edited with Stefaan Verhulst)

Scholar-Practitioner Collaboration in Media-Related Interventions: A Case Study of Radio La Benevolencija in Rwanda, 10 International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics 3, 301 (2014) (with Lauren Kogen)

Strategic Communication in Asymmetric Conflict, Dynamics of

Intellectual Property + Information Law ColloquiumThe annual IP+IL Colloquium attracts six leading scholars to Cardozo throughout

the spring term for presentations to faculty, guests and student IP+IL Fellows on

diverse and engaging topics. Participants in 2015 were Julie E. Cohen from

Georgetown University, Tim Wu from Columbia University, David L. Schwartz

from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Colleen V. Chien from Santa Clara University,

Amy Kapczynski from Yale University and Deborah Gerhardt from the University

of North Carolina. This year’s scheduled presenters are:

MARK JANISIndiana University

HELEN NISSENBAUMNew York University

PETER LEEUniversity of California, Davis

ZAHR SAIDUniversity of Washington

CLARISA LONGColumbia University

TED SICHELMANUniversity of San Diego

IP+IL COURSE OFFERINGS

Advanced Patent Law

Advertising Law

Antitrust

Antitrust and Intellectual Property

Art Law

Communications Law

Copyright

Cultural Heritage

Cyber-Security: A Practical Approach

Electronic Commerce

Entertainment Law

Fashion Law

Fashion Law Drafting

Fashion Law Practicum

First Amendment

The Indie Film Clinic

Information Governance Law

Intellectual Property + Information Law Colloquium

International IP: Selected Topics

International Trade

Internet Law I

Internet Law II

IP Business and Transactional Law

Law of Surveillance

Media Law

Patent Basics

Patent Law

Patent Law Practice

Privacy Law

Privacy Theory Seminar

Social Media Law

Sports Law

Startup Law

Taxation of Intellectual Property

Tech Startup Clinic

Technology Licensing Agreements

Technology Policy Seminar

Trademark Law

Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways Toward Terrorism and Genocide (November 2013)

Iran and the Soft War, 6 International Journal of Communication 2397 (2012)

DANIEL RAVICHER Professor Ravicher is executive director of the Public Patent Founda-tion (PUBPAT) at Cardozo and a registered patent attorney who writes and speaks frequently on patent law and policy, including testifying as an invited witness before the U.S. Congress on the topic of patent reform. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Professor Ravicher’s landmark case against Myriad Genetics. The case invalidated patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast cancer and ovarian cancer. He has been labeled a modern day “Robin Hood” by Science magazine and was named one of “The 50 Most Influential People in IP” by Managing Intellectual Property in 2012 and 2013. Professor Ravicher received his B.S.C.E. in materials science from the University of South Florida and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

STEWART STERK Professor Sterk’s publications span a wide variety of areas, ranging from property and land use regulation to trusts and estates, copyright, and the

conflict of laws. He has focused, in particular, on the application of real property doctrines to solve intellectual property problems. A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Sterk served as an advisor in the preparation of the Restatement (Third) of Property (Servitudes). He has co-authored casebooks on trusts and estates and on land use, and also edits the New York Real Estate Law Reporter, a monthly newsletter published with the assistance of Cardozo students. The winner of number of teaching awards at Cardozo, Professor Sterk has taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University and at the University of Pennsylvania. While in law school, he served as managing editor of the Columbia Law Review, and he subsequently clerked for Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel of the New York Court of Appeals.


Strict Liability and Negligence in Property Theory, 160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2129 (2012)

AARON WRIGHTProfessor Wright directs Cardozo’s Tech Startup Clinic and is an expert in corporate and intellectual property law, with extensive experience in Internet and new technology issues. Before joining the Cardozo faculty, he co-founded and sold a company to Wikia, Inc., the for-profit version of Wikipedia, running Wikia’s New York office while serving as general counsel and vice president of product and business development. Professor Wright also practiced at several prominent law firms, including Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and Jenner & Block, and clerked for the Honorable William J. Martini of the

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He received his B.A. in history and economics from Tufts University and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Cardozo Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.


Blockchain and the Law (Harvard University Press, forthcoming) (with Primavera De Filippi)

FELIX WUProfessor Wu co-directs Cardozo’s Intellectual Property + Information Law Program. Professor Wu draws upon his doctoral degree in computer science in his research at the intersection of freedom of speech, privacy, and intellectual property. His current projects explore how consumer privacy regulation can be reconciled with the First Amendment, and how to regulate predictive algorithms. Professor Wu’s previous work focused on the law and science of anonymization, and on how technical results in the area relate to legal and theoretical concepts of privacy. He has spoken extensively throughout the country about anonymization and privacy to computer scientists, lawyers, and policymakers. Professor Wu received his B.A. in computer science summa cum laude from Harvard University and his J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.


The Constitutionality of Consumer Privacy Regulation, 2013 University of Chicago Legal Forum 69

Defining Privacy and Utility in Data Sets, 84 University of Colorado Law Review 1117 (2013)

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