Upcoming Events
Recent Developments in the
Repatriation of
Native American Cultural Heritage
February 20
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
The program will deal with recent developments in the repatriation of items of Native American cultural heritage. The speakers will address the following topics: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) as civil rights law, property law, Indian law, and administrative law; recent developments in NAGPRA with respect to regulation, litigation, civil penalties, and dispute resolution assistance; the applicability of NAGPRA outside of the United States; and the repatriation of Native American cultural items presently located outside of the United States. Speakers will include academics and practitioners and Professor Farley will moderate.
Co-sponsored by:
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
The National Park Service
The Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Contact: Christine Haight Farley
Orphan Works
February 24
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The Copyright Office is examining issues raised by “orphan works”, i.e. copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to locate. Concerns have been raised that the uncertainty surrounding ownership of such works might needlessly discourage subsequent creators and users from incorporating such works in new creative efforts, or from making such works available to the public. The program will be followed by a reception.
Sponsored by:
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
Contact: Steve Roberts at IPOrphanWorks@wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4148
IP/Gender: The Unmapped Connections
March 24
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
This will be the third in a series of workshops discussing the intersection of gender and intellectual property issues. Topics will include the impact on intellectual property law and policy of gender-related imbalances in wealth; cultural access; political power, and social control; creative production and gender; the effects of stereotyping and the feminization and masculinization of participant roles in intellectual property; the gendered development of IP doctrine; and feminist jurisprudential insights about intellectual property law.
Sponsored by:
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
The Women and the Law Program
The Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
Contact: Vicki Phillips
