The Digital Campus
What the College Lawyer and the IP Practitioner Need to Know
Wednesday | March 23, 2005 | 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Reception to Follow
Boston Bar Association
Conference Center
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Sponsor:
College & University Section & Intellectual Property Section
Overview: Over the past decade, the American college campus has been reshaped by the Internet. Distance education programs have proliferated. Library resources have been transformed by digitization. Universities have become Internet service providers with new challenges and responsibilities. Intellectual property law has been scrambling to cope with these changes.
Program objective: This Program will bring college lawyers and administrators and IP practitioners up-to-date on the evolving legal landscape of the digital campus.
Panel I.
Distance Education
- Business models and contractual arrangements
- Who owns the course: the professor or the university?
- The TEACH Act and copyright exemptions for online education
Panel II.
The University as Digital Host and Internet Service Provider
- The university’s legal obligations as Internet service provider
- Responding to DMCA subpoenas and government investigations
- Copyright issues in the digital library
- Safeguarding the privacy and security of computer users
Program Chairs:
Zick Rubin, Esq.
The Law Office of Zick Rubin
Stephen Y. Chow, Esq.
Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP
Panel I
Dennis C. Hart, Esq., Moderator
Associate General Counsel,
Boston University
John Ebersole,
Associate Provost and Dean of Extended Education
Boston University
Peter Kelman, Esq.,
Law Offices of Peter Kelman
Instructor, Northeastern University
Ieuan G. Mahony, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
Patricia Nelson, Esq.
Fish & Richardson PC
Panel II
Joseph Herlihy, Esq., Moderator
General Counsel
Boston College
Scott Bradner
University Technology Officer
Harvard University
Stephen Y. Chow, Esq.
Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP
Allan A. Ryan, Jr., Esq.
Director of Intellectual Property
Harvard Business School Publishing
Lori Silver, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel
Harvard University
Program Prices
$115 - BBA Member
$145 - Non-Member
$80 - BBA Member - New Lawyer (admitted after 6/2003)
$60 - BBA Member - Legal Services/Government Lawyer
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