IP at the Supreme Court Series:听Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy
Feb 21听| 5:00 - 6:00pm EDT | Hybrid |听Reception to follow
Registration Required
Moderated by听Professor Christine Haight Farley
小蓝视频 Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.听
ISSUE
Issue: Whether, under the discovery accrual rule applied by the circuit courts and the Copyright Act鈥檚 statute of limitations for civil actions,听, a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for acts that allegedly occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.
PANELISTS
- Edward Rosenthal, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, Amicus Curiae Brief听of Association of American Publishers in Support of Petitioner.
- Scott Burroughs, Doniger & Burroughs,听Amicus Curiae Brief of听the National Society of Entertainment and Arts Lawyers in Support of Respondent.听
- Professor Tyler Ochoa, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Neither Party,听Santa Clara听University School of Law.听
- J. Kevin Fee, DLA Piper LLC
- Jason Sloan, Assistant General Counsel at U.S. Copyright Office
ALL BRIEFS AVAILABLE ON SCOTUSblog:听
UPDATE:
Decision:
Accommodation Request
If you would like to request disability-related accommodation or accessibility information, please contact PIJIP听at pijip@wcl.american.edu.听听听Requests should be made two weeks before the event date.