Image 10-18-24 at 9.02 AM

WCL ·

American University Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center

American University Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center
Full Story

Professor Vicki Phillips To Be Honored By The DC Bar With The Champion of IP Award

WCL ·

Professor Vicki Phillips will receive the esteemed Champion of IP Award from the DC Bar.

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. 
Full Story

Professor Michael Carroll Published New Paper "The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence"

WCL ·

Professor Carroll's new paper, The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence 

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.
Full Story

PIJIP to Meet With Coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, and GRULAC Ahead of WIPO  Secretary Briefing

WCL ·

PIJIP to Meet With Coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, and GRULAC Ahead of WIPO  Secretary Briefing

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.
Full Story

PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on AI and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association

WCL ·

PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on AI and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association

Professor Christine Haight Farley  just published "The Stunted Development of Unfair Competition Law in the United States and Canada" in the Oxford Journal of IP Law & Practice

WCL ·

"The Stunted Development of Unfair Competition Law in the United States and Canada" by Professor Christine Haight Farley was just published in the Oxford Journal of IP Law & Practice

WCL Transactional Negotiation Team Victory at the Rose Bowl!

WCL ·

WCL Professors Featured in Media Coverage of Crypto Bank Failures

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.
Full Story

Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

WCL ·

Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

Dialogue on lessons learned from the Chilean Constitutional Reform Processes

WCL ·

Dialogue on lessons learned from the Chilean Constitutional Reform Processes

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.
Full Story