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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.