Mr. Band has made the following presentations:
2010
• Intellectual Property and the Promotion of Competition, Copyright Office of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua, January 19, 2010.
• Mass Digitization and Copyright, Library Association of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua, January 18, 2010.
2009
• Google Book Search Settlement and Beyond: Implications and Opportunities for Publishers, Authors, and Users, Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association, Rochester, NY, November 20, 2009.
• The Google Book Settlement, University of California, Los Angeles Library, Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 2009.
• Copyright Fair Use, What's New: 2009 Update, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, October 21, 2009.
• D is for Digitize, New York Law School, New York, NY, October 9, 2009.
• The Google Book Search Project, Lawsuit, and Settlement, New York Law School, NY, October 8, 2009.
• Post-Millennium Analysis: The DMCA in the 21st Century, Future of Music Coalition, Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009.
• The Google Book Settlement, Columbia University Law School, New York, NY, September 30, 2009.
• Intellectual Property and Competition, Ecuadorean Institute of Intellectual Property, Quito, Ecuador, September 7, 2009.
• The Google Book Scanning Project: Issues and Updates, EDUCAUSE, Washington, D.C., September 2, 2009.
• Libraries and the Internet: Public Policy Challenges, International Federation of Libraries Associations, Milan, Italy, August 26, 2009.
• The Google Book Settlement: Love It Or Leave It?, International Federation of Libraries Associations, Milan, Italy, August 24, 2009.
• A Tale of the Google Book Settlement and the Public Interest: Conclusions on the Competitiveness Elements, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, D.C., August 11, 2009.
• Expanding Access to Books: Implications of the Google Books Settlement Agreement, New York Public Library, New York, NY, July 28, 2009.
• The Google Book Settlement: Issues and Options, Natioanl Association of College and University Attorneys, Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2009.
• The Future of the DMCA, Computers, Freedom & Privacy, Washington, D.C., June 4, 2009.
• The Google Book Deal, Computers, Freedom & Privacy, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2009.
• Google Book Search Settlement and Beyond: Implications and Opportunities for Publishers, Libraries, and Users, Society for Scholarly Publishing, Baltimore, MD, May 28, 2009.
• The Outlook for Copyright Reform in 2009 and Beyond, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Washington, D.C., May 28, 2009.
• The Google Book Settlement: What Next?, Lyrasis, Atlanta, GA, May 14, 2009.
• IPR: The Effects of Counterfeiting on the World Economy, U.S. Department of State/Anton de Korn University (Suriname), Washington, D.C., April 30, 2009.
• The "Making Available" Right, Cardozo School of Law, New York, N.Y., April 28, 2009.
• The Challenge of Copyright, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, April 4, 2009.
• Digital Technology, Education, and Copyright, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/Innovarte Corporation, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2, 2009.
• The Google Book Project: Litigation and Settlement, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, February 27, 2009.
• Libraries, Universities, Archives, and Copyright, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy, Alexandria, VA, January 30, 2009.
• The Settlement of Authors and Publishers v. Google, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy, Alexandria, VA, January 30, 2009.
2008
• DMCA Section 1201: Ten Years of Copy Protection, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2008.
• The Google Book Search Settlement: Who Won?, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., November 24, 2008.
• Asserting Fair Uses, Digital Library Federation, Providence, RI, November 14, 2008.
• Second Lives: Copyright and Other Legal Issues in Virtual Worlds, Museum Computer Network, Washington, D.C., November 13, 2008.
• Copyright Exceptions and Limitations Enjoyed by Broadcasters, International Association of Broadcasting, Mexico City, Mexico, October 15, 2008.
• The DMCA's Safe Harbors: Ten Years After, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., September 23, 2008.
• Copyright Enforcement Online -- Can We Do Better?, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Aspen, CO, August 18, 2008.
• Copyright Fair Use: What's New?, America Law Institute-American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., July 23, 2008.
• Intellectual Property in a Digital Age, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, July 16, 2008.
• Copyright Issues in the 110th Congress, American Association of Law Libraries, Portland, OR, July 15, 2008.
• The Anticompetitive Effect of IPR Issues in Standardization: a Historical and Legal Perspective, South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, June 30, 2008.
• Orphan Works Legislation in the 110th Congress, Metadata Image Library Exploitation Project, St. Julians, Malta, June 4, 2008.
• The Section 108 Study Group Report, University of Maryland University College, May 30, 2008.
• Copyright and the NIH Public Access Mandate, Society for Scholarly Publishing, Boston, MA, May 28, 2008.
• Trouble in Hogwarts: The Harry Potter Copyright Case, Ohio State University Law School, Columbus, OH, April 16, 2008.
• Legislative Advocacy for Libraries, Electronic Information for Libraries Network, Istanbul, Turkey, April 5, 2008.
• What's Fair? Fair Use, Fair Dealing, and Fair Practice Explained, Electronic Information for Libraries Network, Istanbul, Turkey, April 4, 2008.
• Copyright and Related Rights for Libraries: A Refresher, Electronic Information for Libraries Network, Istanbul, Turkey, April 4, 2008.
• Google: Pushing the Unfair Competition Envelope?, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic, April 1, 2008.
• Industry Conflicts Over IP Legislation, American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, April 1, 2008.
• Does Copyright Interfere With E-Government? Metropolitan University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, March 31, 2008.
• The Conflict Between Copyright and Technology, Association of Research Libraries, Knoxville, TN, February 21, 2008.
• Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy, Alexandria, VA, January, 28, 2008.
2007
• Copyright: Infringement, Defenses, and the Digital Age, Sierra Leone Ministry of Trade and Industry/American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2007.
• Copyright Fictions, National Association of College and University Attorneys, Washington, D.C., November 8, 2007.
• Virtual Worlds and Legal Realities, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN, November 2, 2007.
• Digitization and the Limits of Fair Use, Metadata Image Library Exploitation Project, Barcelona, Spain, October 26, 2007.
• Google: Pushing the Intellectual Property Envelope?, Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, Rochester, MI, October 16, 2007.
• Requirements for DMCA Protection, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mountain View, CA, October 10, 2007.
• The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Protecting Computers From Intruders, Hispanic National Bar Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 4, 2007.
• KSR v. Teleflex,
MyTechnologyLawyer.com, August 2, 2007.
• Copyright and Orphan Works: Is Compromise Possible?, Microsoft Pro Photo Summit, Redmond, WA, July 11, 2007.
• User Rights at Risk in Video and Film: Copyright and Fair Use Issues for Librarians, American University, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2007.
• Internet-Based Pharmacies: Protecting Children from the Sale of Controlled Substances Online, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2007.
• Advocacy and Librarianship in the Larger Consciousness, American Library Association, Arlington, VA, June 22, 2007.
• Copyright Developments in the 110th Congress, Medical Library Association, Philadelphia, PA, May 22, 2007.
• The Future of Fair Use, Information Futures Institute, Alexandria, VA, May 18, 2007.
• Copyright and the 110th Congress, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., May 1, 2007.
• The Google Library Project Litigation: Why the Publishers Will Settle, National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway, April 24, 2007.
• The Google Library Project Litigation, Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 12, 2007.
• Lobbying, Legislation and Limitations: Propounding Patent Issues, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2007.
• Life Under the DMCA: Applications of the Section 512 Safe Harbors, Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, Taipei, Taiwan, March 27, 2007.
• The Google Library Project and the Future of Scholarship, Kent State University, Kent, OH, March 20, 2007.
• Technological Protections for Copyrighted Works, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, February 22, 2007.
• Publish AND Perish? Protecting Your Copyrights From Your Publisher, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 20-21, 2007.
• Technological Protections for Copyrighted Works, Columbia University Law School, New York, NY, January 16, 2007.
2006
• The Conflict Between Copyright Protection and Technological Innovation, American Chamber of Commerce, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 21, 2006.
• New Paradigms for Intellectual Property Protection, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 21, 2006.
• Judicial Evolution of U.S. Copyright Law, Association of Judges and Judicial Officials of the National Judiciary, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 20, 2006.
• Internet Service Provider Liability in the U.S., U.S. Embassy/Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 20, 2006.
• The Conflict Between Copyright Protection and Technological Innovation, American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce, Santiago, Chile, November 17, 2006.
• Exceptions and Limitations in U.S. Copyright Law, Catholic University Law School, Valparaiso, Chile, November 16, 2006.
• Exceptions and Compulsory Licenses Enjoyed by U.S. Broadcasters, Association of Chilean Radio Broadcasters, Santiago, Chile, November 16, 2006.
• Open Source Software, Chilean Ministry of Education/Catholic University, Santiago, Chile, November 15, 2006.
• Open Access Journals, Chilean Ministry of Education/Catholic University, Santiago, Chile, November 14, 2006.
• Whose Work Is It, Anyway?, Washington Independent Writers, Washington, D.C., October 25, 2006.
• Internet Free Speech, Equal Justice Works, College Park, MD, October 19, 2006.
• Google: The Library Project, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2006.
• The Google Library Controversy, New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section, Bolton Landing, NY, October 14, 2006.
• The Google Library Project: Copyright Issues, International Federation of Library Associations, Seoul, Korea, August 21, 2006.
• What the #!*? Is a "Snippet"? Copyright Issues Related to the Google Book Search Project, American Association of Law Libraries, St. Louis, MO, July 12, 2006.
• The Google Library Project, EDUCAUSE/Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law, Ithaca, NY, June 29, 2006.
• The eBay v. MercExchange Decision, Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA, June 16, 2006.
• Can I Use It?: Fair Use of Copyrighted Works in the Digital Environment, Intellectual Property Law Section, D.C. Bar, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006.
• What Upcoming Supreme Court Patent Decisions Will Mean for Financial Services, American Conference Institute, New York, NY, June 7, 2006.
• Orphan Works: Towards a Legislative Solution? New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, New York, NY, May 23, 2006.
• Copyright & Digital Databases, New York City Bar, New York, NY, May 16, 2006.
• Digital Databases and The Google Print Project, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2006.
• Google Book Search: Its Impact on Scholarship and Libraries, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, April 28, 2006.
• The Blizzard Case, Aerospace Industries Association, Arlington, VA, April 24, 2006.
• The Google Print for Libraries Project -- Fair or Foul?, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, Arlington, VA, April 7, 2006.
• Orphan Works: A Search For Solutions, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2006.
• Copyright on Campus, National Broadcasting Society, Arlington, VA, March 16, 2006.
• The Controversy over the Google Library Project, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, March 7, 2006.
• The Google Library Project: Fair Use or Foul?, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of California, Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 2006.
• Orphan Works: New Prospects for a Solution, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., February 24, 2006.
• A Third Way on the Proposed W.I.P.O. Webcasting Treaty, National Academies of Science and Engineering, Washington, D.C., February 22, 2006.
• The Google Library Project, Catholic University Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C., February 16, 2006.
• Library Digitization -- The New Alexandria or Copyright Apocalypse, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Philadelphia, PA, February 15, 2006.
• The Google Print Library Project: Massive Piracy or the Future of Research? University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, February 2, 2006.
• Google and Publishers: What Does the Future Hold?, Washington Book Publishers, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006.
• Mass Digitization and Libraries, American Library Association, San Antonio, TX, January 21, 2006.
• The Google Book Search Project, Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, Washington, D.C., January 18, 2006.
2005
• Regulating Search?, Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, December 3, 2005.
• Massive Digitization Programs and Their Long Term Implications, D.C. Area Humanities and Technology Forum, Arlington, VA, November 28, 2005.
• Gutenberg Meets Google: The Debate About Google Print, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Washington, D.C., November 18, 2005.
• Copyright Law: Less Than Meets The Eye, Society for Scholarly Publishing, Washington, D.C., November 8, 2005.
• Natural Selection or Intelligent Design? Personal Reflections of the Development of Intellectual Property Law, Duke Law School, Durham, N.C., November 7, 2005.
• Google Print for Libraries: Fair or Foul?, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Washington, D.C., October 24, 2005.
• The Supreme Court's MGM v. Grokster Decision: Balancing Protection and Innovation, Information Technology Association of America, Washington, D.C., October 21, 2005
• Don't Spill the Beans! Phishing, Spyware, Identity Theft, Database Protection and Cyber-Piracy: Are Your Client's Intellectual Property Rights in Jeopardy?, Intellectual Property Law Section, New York State Bar Association, Bolton Landing, NY, October 8, 2005.
• Fair Use or Grand Theft: The Digitization of Knowledge on
the Internet, Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, American Bar Association, New York, NY, October 7, 2005.
• MGM Studios v. Grokster, Intellectual Property Owners, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2005.
• The Google Print Library Project, Information Technology Association of America, Washington, D.C., September 22, 2005
• Google Print Library Digitalization Project: Impact on Libraries, Publishers, Scholarly Research, and Learning, National Humanities Alliance, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2005
• The Ethics of Innovation, The Future of Music Coalition, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2005
• File Sharing and Copyright Infringement After MGM v. Grokster, D.C. Bar/Copyright Society, Washington, D.C., July 6, 2005
• Regulatory Copyright: How Will Universities be Affected, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 16, 2005
• The Legal Battle Over Technology and Innovation, DVD Association/National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, June 7, 2005
• Lawyers in the Laboratory, American Association for the Advancement of Science/American Bar Association National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, Washington, DC, May 20, 2005
• Intellectual Property Policy and Politics: An Insider's View, Columbia University Libraries, New York, NY, May 6, 2005.
• Copyright and the 109th Congress, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., May 3, 2005
• Recent Developments in the Protection and Use of Databases, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association, Washington, DC, April 14, 2005
• Copyright, Congress, and the Courts, Boston University Law School, Boston, MA, April 12, 2005
• MGM v Grokster: What It Will Mean to You, EDUCAUSE, Washington, DC, April 7, 2005
• Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and their Implications in Asia, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, March 30, 2005
• A Peer-to-Peer Discussion of MGM v. Grokster, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, March 29, 2005
• Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Columbia University Law School, New York, NY, March 8, 2005.
2004
• Justice Department Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws, Intellectual Property Section, DC Bar, Washington, DC, December 17, 2004.
• Grokster, the Supreme Court, and Secondary Copyright Liability, The Progress & Freedom Foundation, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2004.
• Authors Don't Get No Respect: The Sad State of Moral Rights in the United States, Columbia University Law School, New York, New York, October 29, 2004.
• Peer 2 Peer File Sharing: Myth and Reality on Campus, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, October 27, 2004.
• The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act and Other Constitutional Challenges to Copyright, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 14, 2004.
• Copyright Exceptions for the Information Technology Industry, Chilean Ministry of Education/Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, September 2, 2004.
• Copyright Exceptions for Libraries, Chilean Ministry of Education/Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, September 2, 2004.
• The Copyright Paradox, Institute for Computer Law and Policy, Cornell University/EDUCAUSE, Ithaca, New York, July 6, 2004.
• A Critical View of Jurisdiction and Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association, Toronto, Canada, June 18, 2004.
• Protection of Non-Original Databases, Civil Society Coalition, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 2004.
• Copyright and the 108th Congress, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., May 3, 2004.
• Hague Convention on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements, American Bar Association Section on International Law, New York, NY, April 14, 2004.
• Recent Developments In & Enforcement of Asian IP Law, Intellectual Property Academy (Singapore) and Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, April 14, 2004.
• U.S. Legal Developments Affecting Internet Service Providers, Internet Law and Policy Forum, Tokyo, Japan, March 24, 2004.
• Emerging Issues in TRIPs, Japanese Fair Trade Center, Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2004.
• Sony v. Universal: The Betamax Decision Twenty Years Hence, Los Angeles Copyright Society/Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA, March 11, 2004
• Copyright Issues in the Crosswired Hypothetical, American Intellectual Property Law Association, La Quinta, California, January 30, 2004
2003
• The New Anticircumvention Rule, Intellectual Property Section of the D.C. Bar, Washington D.C., November 20, 2003
• Negotiating Intellectual Property Provisions in Free Trade Agreements, Centro Interdisciplinario de Derecho Industrial y Economico (CEIDIE),
Miami, Florida, November 19, 2003
• Plagiarism vs. Copyright Infringement, National Association of College and University Attorneys, Washington, D.C., November 13, 2003
• Intentional Computer Networks and the International Copyright System, University of California Washington Center, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2003
• Who Rules the Net?, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C., October 21, 2003
• Intellectual Property Rights and Competitive Markets: Implications for Consumers, Consumers International, Lisbon, Portugal, October 15, 2003
• Technology and Copyright: A Merger In the Public Interest? American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., June 20, 2003
• The Tension Between Database Legislation and Licensing, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. May 28, 2003
• Copyright Legislation in the 108th Congress, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2003
• The DMCA's Anticircumvention Provisions, Copyright Society of the USA, New York, NY, February 27, 2003
• The DMCA: It's Worse Than You Think, Computer & Communication Industry Association, New Orleans, LA, January 31, 2003
• Copyright Issues in the 108th Congress, American Library Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 25, 2003
2002
• The DMCA's Safe Harbors for Online Service Providers, Information Technology Association of America, Washington, DC, November 18, 2002
• Non-Copyright Protection on the Web, Copyright Society of the USA, Bolton Landing, NY, June 11, 2002
• The Politics of DVD, DVD Association/National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, June 3, 2002
• The Impact of Copyright in the Digital Age, Washington Independent Writers, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2002
• The Internet Revolution, George Washington University, Ashburn, VA, May 14, 2002
• The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: The Super IP Law for the New Millennium?, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 8, 2002
2001
• UCITA and the Information Professional, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2001
• UCITA: A Substitute for Intellectual Property Law? Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, October 17, 2001
• Legal Trends in Web Hosting: Content, Cross Examination and Congress, Web Hosting Expo, Washington, D.C., August 20, 2001
• The Future of Fair Use, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 15, 2001
• Liability for Copyright Infringement on the Internet After ALS Scan and Napster, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Bolton Landing, New York, June 12, 2001
• Intellectual Property and Digital Networks in the U.S., Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, May 26, 2001
• Copyright Issues: Database and Distance Learning, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., April 30, 2001
• Intellectual Property in the Digital Age, Congressional Internet Caucus, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2001
• Information and Electronic Commerce Law, Roger Williams School of Law, Bristol, RI, April 20, 2001
• Intellectual Property and Information Law in the New Economy, Cardoza School of Law, New York, NY, April 2, 2001
• Cybersquatting: Free Speech v. Trademark Rights, Law & Internet Forum, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, February 20, 2001
• Consumer Contracts in the Hague Convention, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2001
• The Court’s Role in Shaping the Understanding of Fair Use, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2001
• Regulatory Online Software Transactions: Should the States Adopt UCITA? Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., January 24, 2001
• Are We Headed for Pay-Per-View?, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2001
2000
• Beyond Napster: Debating the Future of Copyright On the Internet, American University Law Review, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2000
• Copyright Law After Napster and 2600, Computer Law Association, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2000
• Copyright Collides With The Internet: U.S. Cases in 2000, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, November 7, 2000
• Research Data Issues, National Association of College and University Attorneys, Baltimore, MD, November 3, 2000
• The Law of the Internet, National Business Institute, Washington, D.C. ,October 18, 2000
• Intermediate Copying, Copyright Society of the USA, New York, NY, October 12, 2000
• UCITA - Rules for the Information Highway, Virginia Electronic Commerce Technology Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, September 19, 2000
• The Copyright Paradox, Museum Computer Network, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 7, 2000
• Copyright in the Digital Age, Maryland Association of Health Science Librarians, Columbia, MD, June 14, 2000
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, Washington Area State Relations Group, Washington, D.C., June 13, 2000
• Hyperlinks: The New Law of Link Liability, Computer Law Association, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2000
• The Copyright Paradox, Association of Research Libraries, Baltimore, Maryland, May 18, 2000
• UCITA - Does it replace “buyer beware” with “buyer despair”? Internet Society, Bethesda, Maryland, May 17, 2000
• The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, National Humanities Alliance, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2000
• E-Commerce: Global Issues and the Push To Regulate, The Washington Campus, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2000
• Database Legislation in the 106th Congress, Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, February 11, 2000
• Copyright in the New Millennium, American Intellectual Property Law Association, La Quinta, CA, January 26, 2000
• Intellectual Property Rights in the Electronic Age, American Library Association, San Antonio, TX, January 15, 2000
1999
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, American Association of Law Librarians, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1999
• Database Legislation, Commercial Weather Service Association, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1999
• The Great Database Protection Debate, George Mason University Law School, Arlington, VA, June 23, 1999
• Can IP Law Keep Pace With Internet Related Technology?, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Carlsbad, CA, June 6, 1999
• Database Protection, University of Haifa Faculty of Law, Haifa, Israel, May 31, 1999
• Database Protection Legislation, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1999
• The Database Protection Debate, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1999
• Publishing and the Law Revisited, Women’s National Book Association, New York, NY, March 18, 1999
• Software Reverse Engineering Under U.S. Law, Southern Cross University, Coolangata, Australia, March 6, 1999
• Database Protection, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., New York, NY, Feb. 11, 1999
• Pending Database Legislation, National Humanities Alliance, Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 1999
• Unfair Competition Protection for Databases, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 1999
• Copyright Basics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bethesda, MD, Jan. 7, 1999
1998
• Internet/Electronic Commerce, India Telecom 2000, Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 1998
• Database Protection: Incentive for Innovation or Impediment to Innovation?, American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Miami, FL, Nov. 16, 1998
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Los Angeles Bar Association, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 10, 1998
• Intellectual Property Protection for Databases, Global Intellectual Property Project, American University, Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 1998
• Database Legislation, D.C. Bar Computer and Telecommunications Section, Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 1998
• The W.I.P.O. Treaties: The Impact on Scholarly Communications, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12, 1998
• Internet Service Providers’ Perspective on U.S. Legislation Implementing the W.I.P.O. Internet Treaties, World Intellectual Property Organization, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 28, 1998
• Cross-Border Regulation of Electronic Commerce, American Bar Association Administrative Law Section, Toronto, Canada, Aug. 2, 1998
• Concerns with Proposed Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code, Information Technology Association of America, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1998
• The Challenge Posed by Database Legislation to the Spatial Information Technology Industry, Interoperability Advisory Group, Washington, D.C., July 15, 1998
• Pending Intellectual Property Legislation, Association of American Universities, Washington, D.C., June 3, 1998
• The Impact of Database Legislation on Public Health Research, Consumer Project on Technology, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1998
• Copyright, Liability, and the Internet, ISPCon ’98, Baltimore, Maryland, March 19, 1998
• WIPO Treaty Implementing Legislation, Giles Sutherland Rich Inn of Court, Washington, D.C., March 17, 1998
• Digital Libraries ? Challenges & Opportunities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, March 12, 1998
• The Great Divide: Resolving Our Difference on Content Ownership & Access, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb. 24, 1998
• Current Intellectual Property Policy Issues, Corporate Counsel Institute, San Francisco, California, Jan. 27, 1998
• Protection of Intellectual Property Assets, Mediterranean Technology Roundtable and Exposition, Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 12, 1998
1997
• Database Protection, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 1997
• Database Protection, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 1997
• Report from the Hill, Online Banking Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 1997
• Software Copyright Developments in Hong Kong and Singapore, Japan Information Access Project, Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 1997
• Copyright: Should Media Matter? (How Much?), National Information Systems Security Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 8, 1997
• International Regulation of Electronic Commerce, CLE International, Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 23, 1997
• Balanced Intellectual Property Rights for the Digital Age: The New WIPO Copyright Treaty, International Council for Computer Communications/International Telecommunications Society, Calgary, Canada, June 16, 1997
• The Legislative/Regulatory Agenda for Online Banking, Online Banking Association, San Francisco, California, May 19, 1997
• Regulatory Concerns of the Online Banking Industry, Congressional Internet Caucus, Washington, D.C., May 9, 1997
• Compulsory Licensing as a Remedy: The Magill Decision and the EU Database Directive, American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1997
• Arbitration as a Solution to the Online Service Provider Liability Problem, American Intellectual Property Law Association, San Antonio, Texas, May 1, 1997
• Understanding the Push for Intellectual Property Protection for Databases: The International and Domestic Picture, American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1997
• Sui Generis Database Protection and Next Generation Internet, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1997
• Learning from Online Banking Activity in the United States, International Business Communications, London, UK, March 20, 1997
• Sui Generis Database Protection, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, March 14, 1997
• The WIPO Copyright Treaty, Multimedia Development Corporation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 1997
1996
• Industry Concerns with Sui Generis Database Legislation, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 1996
• Legislative Developments in Online Banking, Online Banking Association, Washington D.C., Oct. 21, 1996
• Problems with the WIPO Copyright Treaty Proposal, Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation, Association of South East Asia Nations, Hat Yai, Thailand, Oct. 1996
• Intellectual Property Developments in the Pacific Rim, University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, June 14, 1996
• Interoperability and the Information Superhighway, International Business Communications, Atlanta, Georgia, April 29, 1996
• Copyright Issues and the National Information Infrastructure, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, Feb. 15, 1996
1995
• GATT-TRIPs Implementing Legislation in the United States, Board of Foreign Trade of the Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1995
• The Interoperability Debate, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Los Angeles, California, Oct. 10, 1995
• Competing Definitions of Openness in the Global Information Infrastructure, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1995
• Software Copyright Developments in the United States, European Committee for Interoperable Systems, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 1995
• The Women’s Convention as a Legal Instrument, International Women’s Rights Action Watch, New York, New York, Jan. 16, 1995
1994
• Emerging Problems in the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Pacific Rim, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 10, 1994
• Copyright Protection for Computer Software, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 1994
• The NII, Multimedia and Intellectual Property Policy Issues, National Intellectual Property Law Institute, Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 1994
• Competing Definitions of Openness in the National Information Infrastructure, National Institute of Standards and Technology/Harvard Kennedy School Center for Science and International Affairs, Washington, D.C., June 1994
• The Dragons and the Tigers: Emerging Problems in the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Pacific Rim, American Conference Institute, New York, New York, May 23, 1994
• Intellectual Property Issues in the Multimedia Industry, Interactive Multimedia Association, New York, April 29, 1994
• Is Parody a Fair Use?, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Washington, D.C., Feb. 1994
• Intellectual Property Issues in the National Information Infrastructure, National Engineering Consortium, Orlando, Florida, November 11, 1993; Denver, Colorado, Oct. 18, 1994
1993
• Protection of Computer Programs Under Japanese Copyright Law, Japan Information Access Project/IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Washington, D.C., July 12, 1993
• Copyright Protection for Computer Software, Association for Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, May 20, 1993
• Multimedia: Key Intellectual Property Issues in the Software Industry, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, May 1, 1993
• A Brave New World: Intellectual Property Litigation in the Multimedia Industry, International Council for Computer Communication, Banff, Canada, April 15, 1993
• Copyright Crash Course for Multimedia Developers, Society for Applied Learning Technology, Kissimmee, Florida, February 24, 1993; Washington, D.C., Aug. 25, 1993; Kissimmee, Florida, Feb. 1994
1992
• How to Counsel on Copyright Fair Use, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1992
• Global Developments in Software Copyright Law, American Committee for Interoperability Systems, June 1992; June 1993; Jan. 1994; June 1994; Jan. 1995; June 1995; Jan. 1996; Oct. 1997; Oct. 1998
• Copyright Law and Software Interoperability, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1992
