9th Annual CIPLIT Symposium & Niro Lecture
Cyberlaw 2.0: Legal Challenges of an Evolving Internet
October 15-16, 2009
DePaul Center 8005
Cyberlaw 2.0: Legal Challenges of an Evolving Internet brought together a group of distinguished scholars to contemplate the ramifications of new internet technologies and the changing role of the internet in society. These developments bring, as technological advances often do, both opportunities and risks. Correspondingly, cyberlaw doctrine now confronts challenges resulting from the increasing importance of social networking applications and cloud computing, the drive toward “personalization” of search, advertising, and other internet experiences, and, as life is lived more and more online, the related threats to private life caused by the potential to store more and more complete records of individuals’ experiences. Our speakers explored the ways in which Web 2.0 and beyond affects a wide spectrum of legal issues, ranging from privacy and freedom of expression through intellectual property.
The 12th Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecture and Luncheon was sponsored by Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro. It was held on October 15, 2009 in conjunction with the Symposium. This year the lecture was given by Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School’s William H. Neukom Professor of Law.
For more information including Papers and Powerpoints from the lectures, a list of Featured Speakers, and the Symposium Schedule, please visit our Symposium Website.
To read an article published in the Daily Law Bulletin about the conference, please click here.
Protecting Your Marks In & From the New Top Level Domains
September 16, 2009
12:00pm – 5:00pm
DPC 8005
This half-day seminar took a detailed, practical look at the process by which an applicant becomes a registry for a new top level domain, as well as what a brand owner can do to stop a new top level domain that comes too close to an existing brand.
DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program had been approved for 3 hours of CLE credit.
For more information on this past event, please click here.
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Grammy Network Event
Building and Maintaining an Entertainment Law Practice Anywhere: Essential Knowledge, Marketing, Economic, and Ethics Considerations
September 10, 2009
3:00pm - 6:00pm
DPC 8005
A frank and factual discussion of the realities and practicalities of developing and maintaining an Entertainment Law Practice with an emphasis on Music Law and Business. Special attention was paid to the law office economics and ethical considerations consistently facing pro-active practitioners. Relevant cases, statues, rules and regulations governing these issues was raised also and was referenced and discussed.
DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program was approved for 2 hours of CLE credit.
For more information on this past event, please click here.
Visiting Artist Series
featuring Jazz Musician, Frank Catalano
Our 2009 Visiting Artist, noted jazz musician Frank Catalano, visited DePaul to discuss his working relationship with his attorney, Gregg Gansmann, and some of the legal issues he has faced in building a performance career in music.
See the news release from DePaul University here.
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Todd W. Musburger is a sole practitioner specializing in media and entertainment law. Since 1980 he has operated his own firm, Todd W. Musburger, Ltd. which concentrates in representing prominent individuals in the fields of television, radio, film, publishing, sports and music. Prior to opening his own office, Todd was with the Cook County Public Defender's office from 1973 to 1980, the last three years of which were spent as a member of the Murder Task Force. Although he found the transition from murder defense work to entertainment law hardly a seamless one, his observation is that the similarities are remarkable.
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