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Meredith Jacob Project Director - Creative Commons USA WCL | General Academics & Research

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Meredith Jacob
WCL | General Academics & Research
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Degrees
American University Washington College of Law (J.D. 2008)

Williams College (B.A. 2003)

Bio
Meredith Jacob  is the director of the Copyright and Open Policy Project at American University Washington College of Law. Currently her work includes research and advocacy focused on: open educational resources, open access to federally funded research, and copyright law, specifically focusing on fair use. She also serves as the Public Lead for Creative Commons USA. Her other work has included international intellectual property and the public interest, patent pledges (including the Open COVID Pledge and the Low Carbon Patent Pledge), and prescription data privacy policy.