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Copyright & Related Rights Committee
The Committee will focus on issues and topics regarding copyright law and practice, as well as related issues, including both economic and moral rights. It also will consider rights that are conferred on persons who contribute to making works available to the public or who produce subject matter that may not qualify as a copyrighted work in all countries, such as those conferred on performers, sound recording creators, and broadcasters. In analyzing these issues, the Committee may consider additional related issues, such as circumvention of technological protection measures, the right of publicity, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The Committee’s attention will remain on matters that are of greatest concern to the IPO membership (e.g., Artificial Intelligence), and the Committee will establish positions on those issues and topics that would most benefit IPO members. It will be following significant bills in the U.S. Congress on copyright law and procedure, considering state legislation concerning related rights, and taking positions where appropriate and consistent with the interests of IPO members. The Committee will also follow U.S. Copyright Office and other regulatory rule-making efforts of interest to intellectual property owners and consider recommendations for involvement in the rule-making and notice-of-inquiry processes where appropriate. The Committee will also follow initiatives of international groups such as WIPO and important cases relating to copyright, in the U.S. and abroad, as they occur. The Committee will attempt to consider the interests of both content owners and content users among the IPO community to develop balanced positions. The Committee will also work toward developing practice-oriented tools relating to copyright issues.
Because of the subject matter overlap between this Committee and several other committees, when selecting topics, the Committee will consult and coordinate with the leadership of our sister committees. The Committee will also address such issues as the IPO Board of Directors asks this Committee to consider.
Chair:Jill Abasto, Qualcomm Incorporated
Vice Chair:Jenevieve J. Maerker, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Vice Chair:Glenn Pudelka, Troutman Pepper Locke
Secretary:Nick Aries, Bird & Bird LLP
Board Liaison:Matthew Sarboraria, Oracle Corporation
Staff Liaison:Thomas S. Valente, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Peter W. BeckerChristensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Colene E. H. Blank3M Innovative Properties Co.
- Anna ChauvetFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Matthew FaustNorthrop Grumman
- Rachel FertigDLA Piper LLP
- David Lloyd HayesFenwick & West LLP
- Heather L. HeftMerck & Co Inc.
- Angela HouYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Elsa LemoineAmgen, Inc.
- Diana LockApple Inc.
- Pete MenchiniJohnson & Johnson
- Steven G. MorganAramco Services Company
- David PerryBlank Rome LLP
- Jason Hart RaffGray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Jose Antonio SanmartinBPV Abogados - Madrid Office
- Brian ScarpelliACT|The App Association
- Ria Farrell SchalnatHewlett Packard Enterprise
- Brantley C. ShumakerGray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Carly ValentineCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- John Vander WagenThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Joseph YosickDanaher Corporation
- TING ZHOUYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Cole Meagher, Tyr LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Elizabeth Rucki
- Non-Voting Member:Joshua L. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Miriam Stiel, Allens