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Greetings from C-IP2<\/sup> Interim Executive Director Joshua A. Kresh<\/span>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n
I am pleased to report that we had a productive summer and are looking forward to several upcoming events this fall.<\/p>\n
In June we ran the sixth iteration of the WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property, where we virtually welcomed students from around the world. Several sessions of the Summer School were recorded for C-IP2<\/sup>\u2019s YouTube channel, the two currently available videos being the fireside chat<\/a> I hosted with WIPO Deputy Director General\u00a0Lisa<\/strong> Jorgenson<\/strong> and the panel<\/a> on “Industry 4.0” C-IP2<\/sup> co-hosted with\u00a0the Arizona State University Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes<\/a>. In July we held our first joint Copyright and Trademark Roundtable, covering \u201cIP in the Metaverse.\u201d Please see the full report below for more details on these events.<\/p>\n We have been busy planning our 2023 Annual Fall Conference<\/a> and several private roundtables for later this year and early next year. I hope to see many of you at our events over the coming year.<\/p>\n I am also happy to say that the call for applications for our next round of the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship<\/a> will go out soon. Please reach out to me at jkresh@gmu.edu<\/a> if you are interested in applying or if you have recommendations.<\/p>\n 2023 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP<\/strong> The Summer School program provides an opportunity to senior students, young professionals, and government officials to acquire deeper knowledge of each domain of IP and the role functions of WIPO. As WIPO\u2019s only U.S.-based Summer School, the WIPO-U.S. Summer School program focuses on IP law in the United States of America.<\/p>\n The program consists of lectures, case studies, simulation exercises, and group discussions on IP topics, with an orientation towards the interface between IP and other disciplines. A certificate of participation is awarded to participants who successfully complete the program requirements and U.S. law students also take the course for credit.<\/p>\n A number of sessions were recorded for C-IP2<\/sup>‘s YouTube channel, where they will be added to our 2023 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP playlist<\/a>. The two videos available at this time are a fireside chat<\/a> with WIPO Deputy Director General\u00a0Lisa<\/strong> Jorgenson<\/strong>, hosted by\u00a0Joshua Kresh<\/strong>, and\u00a0“Industry 4.0: Formal & Tacit Manufacturing Knowledge in Tech Transfer & IP,” a panel<\/a> co-hosted with\u00a0the Arizona State University Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2023 \u201cIP in the Metaverse\u201d Roundtable<\/strong> “Metaverse” is a portmanteau of the words “meta”\u2014meaning “to transcend”\u2014and “verse”\u2014from “universe.” Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash<\/em>, is widely credited with coining the term. In Stephenson\u2019s novel, the main character, Hiro Protagonist, shops, socializes, and battles with real life and virtual enemies in the metaverse via his avatar. Today, companies and consumers alike are confronting what it means to transcend the boundaries of current online spaces to work, study, shop, and play in interconnected, immersive digital spaces.<\/p>\n Over the course of the two-day roundtable, scholars developed a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities the metaverse presents through a series of linked discussions focusing on copyright and trademark issues. They framed the metaverse itself, acknowledging that what it is and how it is developed and defined and affects participants and shapes practices. Attendees contemplated specific intersections with copyright and trademark practices and doctrines\u2014in particular, first sale\/exhaustion, the theme of our 2023 Annual Fall Conference.<\/p>\n The Fall 2023 semester at Antonin Scalia Law School began on August 21, and C-IP2<\/sup> Affiliates are teaching the following courses:<\/p>\n In June, Professor Sandra Aistars<\/strong>‘ article<\/a> Visualizing Copyright Law: Lessons from Conceptual Artists<\/em> was listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for \u201cLSN: Copyright (Topic).\u201d Her 2022-2023 Edison Fellowship article<\/a>, Copyright\u2019s Lost Art of Substantial Similarity<\/em>, is scheduled to be published in Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 26 (Forthcoming 2023).<\/p>\n Our sincerest thanks to Mr. Masami Kawase<\/strong>, who came to C-IP2<\/sup> from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) in 2021 as a Visiting Scholar and completed his stay at the end of June. He worked on a paper using statistical analysis to value U.S. and Japanese patents; while he finished his primary research, he is still working on the project. As Mr. Kawase returns to Japan and his position at the JPO, we are grateful for his contribution over these past two years and wish him all the best in his future work!<\/p>\n C-IP2<\/sup> Advisory Board Member the Honorable Paul Michel<\/strong> spoke at US Inventor’s virtual July 5 event<\/a> on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA).<\/p>\n C-IP2<\/sup> Advisory Board Member Karen Marangi<\/strong> (RELX) spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce virtual July 10 discussion<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2022 C-IP2<\/sup> Leonardo da Vinci Research Fellowship Grant recipient Gabriel Ara\u00fajo Souto<\/strong> posted his paper<\/a> Low Access to ICT Products in Brazil: Blame on Intellectual Property Rights or Heavy ICT Tariffs?<\/em> to SSRN.<\/p>\n 2022-2023 C-IP2<\/sup> Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellow William Matcham<\/strong> submitted his final paper<\/a>, Multivariate Ordered Discrete Response Models<\/em>, with co-author Tatiana Komarova<\/strong> to SSRN.<\/p>\n Congratulations to C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar Kristen Osenga<\/strong>, who was awarded a 2023 Distinguished Scholarship Award<\/a> by her colleagues at the University of Richmond!<\/p>\n C-IP2<\/sup> Advisory Board Member Judge Randall R. Rader<\/strong> spoke on a webinar<\/a> on “Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (PREVAIL) of 2023<\/a>” for US Inventor<\/a> on August 2.<\/p>\n On August 3-4, Antonin Scalia Law School Professors T.J. Chiang<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Scholar), Se\u00e1n M. O’Connor <\/strong>(C-IP2<\/sup> Faculty Advisor), and Christopher Newman<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Scholar) presented intellectual property scholarship at the 2023 IP Scholars Conference<\/a> at Cardozo School of Law in New York City: Professor Chiang on Excessive Precautions and Trade Secret Law<\/em>, Professor O’Connor on Copyright as a Matter of Style<\/em>, and Professor Newman on Fair Use: Against Weighing<\/em>. Professor Mark Schultz <\/strong>(C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Scholar) presented on \u201cVideo on Demand: New Frontiers in Regulation of Cultural Policy, Industrial Policy & Copyright,\u201d and Professor Emily Michiko Morris <\/strong>(C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Fellow for Life Sciences & Scholar) presented on \u201cPatent Thickets.\u201d 2022-2023 Edison Fellow Mary Catherine Amerine<\/strong> also presented on Protecting Public Interests in Public Art<\/em>.<\/p>\n C-IP2<\/sup> has been proud to help fund the forthcoming book<\/a> Artists and Markets in Music: The Political Economy of Music During the Covid Era and Beyond<\/em> by Cameron M. Weber<\/strong>, Ying Zhen<\/strong>, and J.J. Arias<\/strong> (Routledge, 2024).<\/p>\n 2021-2022 Edison Fellow Molly Torsen Stech<\/strong>‘s Edison paper<\/a> Co-Authorship Between Photographers and Portrait Subjects<\/em> (Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 25, 2022) was selected to be included in the 2023 edition of the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook<\/em> (Thomson Reuters (West)) (see also a C-IP2<\/sup> blog post<\/a> by Ms. Stech on her article).<\/p>\n Sandra Aistars<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Fellow for Copyright Research and Policy & Senior Scholar; Founding Director, Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic; Clinical Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School)<\/p>\n Olufunmilayo B. Arewa<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Fellow for Entrepreneurship & Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School)<\/p>\n Jonathan Barnett<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Scholar; Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law)<\/p>\n Chief Judge Susan G. Braden<\/strong> (Court of Federal Claims (Ret.); C-IP2<\/sup> Jurist in Residence)<\/p>\n Daniel R. Cahoy<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Scholar; Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Professor, The Pennsylvania State University\u2019s Smeal College of Business; Research Director, Center for the Business of Sustainability)<\/p>\n Terrica Carrington<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Practitioner in Residence; VP, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel, Copyright Alliance)<\/p>\n Theo Cheng<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Practitioner in Residence; Arbitrator and Mediator, ADR Office of Theo Cheng LLC; Adjunct Professor, New York Law School)<\/p>\n Tun-Jen Chiang <\/strong>(C-IP2<\/sup> Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School)<\/p>\n Lolita Darden<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Scholar; Visiting Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic, The George Washington University Law School)<\/p>\n Charles Delmotte<\/strong> (C-IP2<\/sup> Scholar; Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law)<\/p>\n
\nC-IP2<\/sup> Hosted & Co-Hosted Events<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
\nFrom June 5-16, C-IP2<\/sup> partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)<\/a> to host the sixth iteration of the WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property<\/a>. The exclusive, two-week summer course was held online this year to accommodate participants from all over the world. We\u00a0had\u00a0over 60 students and young professionals\u00a0joining us from\u00a020 countries<\/b> including Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United States of America, and Ukraine. Several U.S. law students took the course for U.S. IP law credit.<\/p>\n
\nFrom July 12-13, C-IP2<\/sup> hosted an in-person roundtable on \u201cIP in the Metaverse\u201d in Lake Placid, NY. The Roundtable brought together industry members and academic scholars to discuss trademarks and copyrights in the Metaverse….<\/p>\n
\nNews and Speaking Engagements<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Welcome to Professor Olufunmilayo B. Arewa<\/strong><\/a>, who joins the faculty for George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School this academic year as Professor of Law and C-IP2<\/sup> as Senior Fellow for Entrepreneurship and Senior Scholar!<\/p>\n\n
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