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Marybeth Peters -
Lecturer
Marybeth Peters
became the United
States Register of
Copyrights on August
7, 1994. From 1983
to 1994 she held the
position of policy
planning adviser to
the register. She
has also served as
acting general
counsel of the
Copyright Office and
as chief of both the
Examining and
Information and
Reference divisions.
Peters is a frequent
speaker on copyright
issues; she is the
author of The
General Guide to the
Copyright Act of
1976. She delivered
the 2004 Brace
Memorial Lecture (at
New York University
School of Law) and
the 1996 Horace S.
Manages Lecture at
Columbia University
School of Law. She
serves on the
Intellectual
Property Advisory
Committees of
several law schools.
Peters received her
undergraduate degree
from Rhode Island
College and her law
degree, with honors,
from The George
Washington
University Law
School. She is a
member of the bar of
the District of
Columbia.
Peters has received
numerous awards for
her work as Register
of Copyrights. They
include: The 2005
Jefferson Medal,
awarded by the New
Jersey Intellectual
Property Law
Association, for
exceptional
contributions in the
field of
intellectual
property, the 2004
Cyber Champion Award
presented by the
Business Software
Alliance, for
exceptional
contributions in the
field of computer
law, the 2003
Computer Law
Association Past
President’s Award
for distinguished
service to
information
technology lawyers
throughout the
world, an award from
the American Society
of Media
Photographers for
“exemplary fairness
and contributions to
photographers,” an
award from the
Graphic Artists
Guild, the Women in
Music 1999
Touchstone Award for
legislative
contributions that
brought significant
benefit to those in
music, the Los
Angeles Copyright
Society’s Lifetime
Achievement Award,
the American
Intellectual
Property Law
Association 2006
Excellence Award and
State Bar of Texas
Entertainment &
Sports Law Section
2007 Texas Star
Award.
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Jon Baumgarten -
Respondent
Jon Baumgarten is
widely recognized as
one of the country's
leading domestic and
international
intellectual
property lawyers,
with particular
emphasis in
copyright matters,
Jon is described by
Chambers USA as
being "at the very
top of the copyright
field” and “an
extraordinarily
creative thinker.”
He substantively
anchored the firm's
trial and appellate
teams in a number of
successful,
precedent-setting
intellectual
property cases under
the Copyright Act
and Digital
Millennium Copyright
Amendments (“DMCA”). |