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On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the Intellectual Property (IP) Law Community of the District of Columbia (DC) Bar will honor Professor Victoria Phillips for her significant contributions to the field of intellectual property. Professor Phillips will receive the esteemed Champion of IP Award.
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On April 22nd, Dean Roger Fairfax and Sheriff Saadallah, Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue the close relationship between 's (AUWCL) (PIJIP) and WIPO.
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The article published by Tulane Law Review argues that in two recent cases, Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (“Google v. Oracle”) and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith (“Warhol”), the Supreme Court ratified its 1994 holding that transformative use is the appropriate analytical framework for applying copyright law’s fair use provision. The Court’s decisions, which represent one-third of the Court’s total merits decisions on fair use, are historic. The principal contribution this Article makes is to demonstrate to courts and parties in future fair use disputes how the holdings in these cases readily synthesize to provide useful guidance that will be relevant, for example, in disputes about generative artificial intelligence.
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Our department has invited the coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, GRULAC, and their members to an off-the-record technical assistance workshop for delegations and capital officials in preparation for the WIPO Secretary Briefing for the Committee on IP and Development.
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The Champions of the 2024 California Sports Lawyer® Negotiation Competition at the Rose Bowl Stadium were American University Washington College of Law with competitors Colleen Harrison (3L), Taylor Martin (3L), and team coach Nadiya Narula (2023). Over two days of negotiations, Taylor and Colleen competed in simulated negotiations for sports law, media law, and entertainment law topics. The Transactional Negotiation Team is comprised of 2Ls, 3Ls, and 4Ls to compete in domestic and international regulatory, business, legal drafting, and negotiation competitions.
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The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is pleased to present the Honor Jury for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Award, composed of a select group of experts in Human Rights tasked with selecting the final three winning essays.
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From left to right: Professor Tomás Jordán Díaz fpm la Universidad de Chile; Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Claudio Grossman; and Professor Víctor Manuel Avilés Hernández, also from Universidad de Chile.
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