- November 30: Seventh Annual Finnegan Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property
- November 17-18: Workshop on Research and Resource Commons in Scientific Research, Washington, D.C.
- Nov 7: Technology and the Threat to Privacy – How Facebook, GPS & Google Are Changing Our Lives
- Nov 3: Music, Copyright, and the UCLA Law School Music Copyright Infringement Resource
- Oct 25: Current Directions in Open and Public Access
- Oct 5: Golan v. Holder – Copyright, the Public Domain, and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court
- Sep 13: Book Launch – “Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright”
- Aug 25-27: Global Congress on Public Interest Intellectual Property Law
- Apr 15: Creative License – Exploring the Music Sampling Marketplace
- Apr 6: Special 301 and the Enforcement Agenda: Competing Perspectives on U.S. Intellectual Property and Trade Policy
- Apr 1: IP/Gender: Gender and Traditional Cultural Expressions
- March 16 – How Internet Aggregators are Affecting Journalism and What (If Any) Legal Tools are Needed to Support the Industry
- Mar 15: Who Owns My Data? IP and Privacy Online
- Feb 15: Washington “Redskins’: Pride or Prejudice?
- Feb 10: A First Look at the 2010 Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Feb 2: Copyright Clearance and Fair Use: A Master Class with Entertainment Lawyer Michael Donaldson
- Feb 1: Recording Artists Contracts 101
2011 Events
PIJIP News
Professor Vicki Phillips To Be Honored By The DC Bar With The Champion of IP Award
01 May, 2024
Intellectual Property (IP) Law Community of the District of Columbia (DC) Bar will honor Professor Victoria Phillips with the esteemed Champion of IP Award. The annual Champion of IP Award celebrates an individual who has impacted IP policy, fostered innovation, and passionately advocated for intellectual property rights.
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AUWCL & WIPO Sign an MOU
30 Apr, 2024
On April 22nd, Dean Roger Fairfax and Sheriff Saadallah, Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue the close relationship between American University Washington College of Law's (AUWCL) Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and WIPO.
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Professor Michael Carroll Published New Paper "The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence"
30 Apr, 2024
Professors Carroll and Peter Jaszi, published a new paper, The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence. Published in the Tulane Law Review, the article argues that the Court’s decisions on fair use, which represent one-third of the Court’s total merits decisions, are historic.
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