Columbia Law School Symposium: "Secondary Liability for Trademark Infringement on the Internet" - November 8th

The Kernochan Center at Columbia Law School will host a Symposium entitled "Secondary Liability for Trademark Infringement on the Internet" on November 8, 2013, in Jerome L. Greene Hall, Lobby Level, Room 104, 435 West 116th Street at Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY. For more details and registration information, go here. Summary and schedule of speakers are set out below. CLE credit available.

The Internet has contributed to a dramatic increase in trademark infringement. The difficulty of seeking out online infringers, however, complicates the process of bringing a direct infringement claim. As a result, stakeholders have resorted to secondary trademark liability, predicated on the role played by online intermediaries in expanding the reach of the alleged direct infringers. Our 2013 Symposium will explore the contours of secondary liability for trademark infringement online from domestic and international perspectives. In the morning, we will look at the law of secondary liability in the US, Europe, and the Far East, and discuss the complex international dimensions of online trademark infringement cases. The afternoon will be devoted to proposals for a secondary liability regime that would better secure the rights of trademark owners without interfering with the Internet marketplace.

8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.	REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.	WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS	June Besek, Executive Director and Yafit Lev-Aretz, IP Fellow Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School

9:15 A.M. – 12:45 P.M. NYS CLE Credit: 3.0 Areas of Professional Practice	MORNING PROGRAM N.B. CLE Sign-out from Morning Session will close at 1:00 pm
9:15 A.M. – 10:05 A.M. SESSION I NYS CLE Credit: 1.0, Areas of Professional Practice	Keynote Address: The International Landscape - Secondary Liability for Online Trademark Infringement	Graeme Dinwoodie, Keynote Speaker Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, University of Oxford
10:05 A.M. – 10:25 A.M.	BREAK
10:25 A.M. – 11:45 P.M. SESSION II NYS CLE Credit: 1.5, Areas of Professional Practice	Secondary Liability for Trademark Infringement On the Internet in the US, the EU, and the Far East	Rochelle Dreyfuss, Moderator Pauline Newman Professor of Law and Co-director, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, New York University School of Law US: Stacey Dogan Law Alumni Scholar, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law EU: Annette Kur Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Germany Far East: Du Ying  Professor of Law, Central University of Finance and Economics, China
11:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. SESSION III NYS CLE Credit: 0.5, Areas of Professional Practice	International Choice of Law in Trademark Disputes	Susy Frankel, Moderator Faculty of Law, Victoria University Wellington; Global Research Fellow and Fulbright Senior Scholar, New York University School of Law  Edouard Treppoz  Director of the Institute of Art and Cultural Law, University of Lyon; Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
12:15 P.M. – 12:45 P.M.	Q&A Based on Morning Sessions
12:45 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.	LUNCH Lenfest Cafe, 3rd Floor
1:45 P.M. – 5:05 P.M. NYS CLE Credit: 3.0 Areas of Professional Practice	AFTERNOON PROGRAM N.B. CLE Sign-in for Afternoon Session re-opens at 1:30 pm
1:45 P.M. – 2:45 P.M. SESSION IV NYS CLE Credit: 1.0, Areas of Professional Practice	Secondary Liability Regimes for Trademark Infringement Online  Imposing a Duty of Care on Internet Intermediaries, e.g., Technology providers (hosts; search engines); advertisers and advertising-placement services, and financial intermediaries (credit cards; PayPal) Keeping the Status Quo with the guidance of DMCA-inspired common law, the eCommerce Directive, etc.	Barton Beebe, Moderator Professor of Law, New York University Wendy Larson Pirkey Barber PLLC Tom Rubin Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel, Microsoft
2:45 P.M. – 5:05 P.M. SESSION V (with coffee break 3:30-3:50) NYS CLE Credit: 2.0, Areas of Professional Practice	Commentators on proposals presented, and Q&A Period	Jane Ginsburg, Moderator Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School Irene Calboli Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School; Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Miquel Peguera Professor of Law, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona Amy Cotton Office of International Relations, United States Patent and Tradmark Office Bruce Rich Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Robert Weigel Gibson Dunn LLP
5:05 P.M. - 5:15 P.M.	Closing Remarks	Pippa Loengard Assistant Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School

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