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Abstracts, Papers & PowerPoints

Abstracts, Papers and PowerPoints are posted as they are received.


12th Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecturer:

Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law and Director of Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, Stanford University Law School

Abstract - Irrelevant Confusion

Paper - Irrelevant Confusion


Featured Speakers:

Ann M. Bartow, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina School of Law

Abstract - Copies, Confusion and Counterfeits in Cyberspace

Powerpoint - Copies, Confusion and Counterfeits in Cyberspace


Michael Birnhack, Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

Abstract - Does Law Matter? Informational Privacy and Online Compliance

Powerpoint - Does Law Matter? Informational Privacy and Online Compliance


Aaron Burstein, TRUST & ACCURATE Research Fellow for Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California - Berkeley School of Law

Abstract - Trade Secrecy as an Instrument of National Security? Rethinking the Foundations of Economic Espionage

Paper - Trade Secrecy as an Instrument of National Security? Rethinking the Foundations of Economic Espionage


Ryan Calo, Residential Fellow, Center for Internet & Society, Stanford University Law School

Abstract - Visceral Notice


Danielle Keats Citron, Professor of Law, The University of Maryland School of Law

Abstract - Law’s Expressive Value in Combating Cyber Gender Harassment

Paper - Law’s Expressive Value in Combating Cyber Gender Harassment


Cindy Cohn, Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Abstract - Whose Stuff is it Anyway? The Shift from Owning to ‘Accessing’ in the Digital Age

Abstract - Your Speech is as Free as Your ISP Wants it to Be: Intermediaries and Free Speech Online

Supplement - An Overview of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), “Safe Harbors” for Online Service Providers (OSPs)

Supplement - Internet Law Treatise: Section CDA 230

Supplement - United States District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle, Timothy S. Vernor vs. AutoDesk, Inc.


Christine Galbraith, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law

Abstract - Genetic Information: Delineating the Technology and Privacy Intersection


Eric Goldman, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law

Abstract - Regulating Reputational Systems

Paper - Regulating Reputational Systems


Rose Hagan, Managing Counsel, Trademarks, Google Inc.

Abstract - Keyword Advertising After the Rescuecom v. Google Decision


Sonia Katyal, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law

Abstract - Property Altlaws and Property Outlaws

Paper - Property Altlaws and Property Outlaws

Powerpoint - Property Outlaws and Property Altlaws


Jacqueline D. Lipton, Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Center for Law Technology and the Arts, and Associate Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Abstract - Mapping Online Privacy

Paper - Mapping Online Privacy

Powerpoint - Mapping Online Privacy


Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Abstract - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age

Paper - Delete


Deirdre Mulligan, Assistant Professor, University of California – Berkeley School of Information

Abstract - Reframing Privacy: Regulators, Firms and the New American Metric


Paul Ohm, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School

Abstract - Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Data Anonymization

Paper - Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Data Anonymization

Powerpoint - Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Data Anonymization


Jason Schultz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California – Berkeley School of Law

Abstract - Good Fences Make Good Networks? The Growing Challenge of Online Obstinacy and Unauthorized Access in Social Networks


Michael Seringhaus, Coker Teaching Fellow, Knight Law & Media Scholar, and Fellow of the Information Society Project, Yale University Law School

Abstract - The Evolution of DNA Databases: Expansion, Familial Search, and the Need for Reform

Paper - The Evolution of DNA Databases: Expansion, Familial Search, and the Need for Reform

Powerpoint - DNA Profiles: A Privacy Perspective


Chris Slobogin, Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Law School

Abstract - Privacy at Risk

Paper - Proportionality, Privacy and Public Opinion: A Reply to Kerr and Swire


Greg Vetter, Associate Professor of Law, The University of Houston Law Center

Abstract - Patent Law’s Unpredictability Doctrine and the Software Arts

Powerpoint - Patent Law’s Unpredictability Doctrine and the Software Arts


Commentators:

Miriam Bitton, Assistant Professor, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law

Lauren Gelman, Attorney at Law

Roberta Kwall, Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law, DePaul University College of Law

Matthew Sag, Associate Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law

Katherine J. Strandburg, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law