27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: Copyright Law and/or/vs. a 'Brussels Effect' for the Digital Services Act

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA Panel 2: Will the DSA Achieve a "Brussels Effect"? Speaker:Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law Moderator:Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam

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• 1/28/25

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: Designing Rules for Content Moderation

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA Panel 1: How the DSA Shifts Responsibilities of Online Service Platforms Speaker: Martin Husovec, London School of Economics Moderator: Erik Stallman, Berkeley Law School  

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: How are emerging technologies affecting copyright policy?

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA Lunch & Keynote Topic: How are emerging technologies affecting copyright policy? Speaker:Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights  

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• 1/6/25

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: Intended and Unintended Consequences of the DSA

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27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium: From the DMCA to the DSA Panel 3: Intended and Unintended Consequences of the DSA  Topics: An Economic Model of Intermediary Liability  From Notice-and-Takedown to Content Licensing and Filtering: How the Absence of UGC Monetization Rules Impacts Fundamental Rights Interventions  Speakers:James Grimmelmann, Cornell Law School; Cornell TechJoão Quintais, University of AmsterdamMartin Senftleben, University of AmsterdamRebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law SchoolModerator:Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Law School

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - (Panel 0) Opening Remarks and Historical Context of Race in IP and Technology Law

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024General CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources Speaker: Anjali Vats, University of Pittsburgh, School of Law Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - (Panel 1) Current Concerns in Copyright Law: What Can We Learn from the Historical Treatment of Minority Copyright Owners

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024General CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Copyright law has often failed to protect the copyrightable works of people of color. This panel will focus on the intersection of race and copyright law and current concerns within copyright law, such as name/likeness protections and Generative AI’s use of copyrighted works without recognition, and the impact the musical industry may feel through Generative AI.   Speakers: Trevor Reed, ASU, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Angela Riley, UCLA Law Andrea Wallace, University of Exeter Law School Moderator: Mehtab Khan, Cleveland State College of Law Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - (Panel 2) Cultivating Racial Diversity in Innovation and Patent Law

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024Implicit Bias/Bias-Reducing Strategies CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Broad racial disparities exist in the patent sphere: inventors and patent attorneys are disproportionately white and male. To ensure technology's universal effectiveness, it is crucial to foster greater diversity at every stage of technological development. This extends from encouraging a diverse range of individuals to innovate, to the inclusion of inventors from various backgrounds, and the involvement of lawyers specializing in patent protection throughout the implementation of intellectual property (IP). Recognizing the multifaceted impact on both the practical use of technology and its economic ramifications across communities, this panel will feature insights from patent lawyers, inventors, and technology enthusiasts who hope to ensure that future innovations improve the lives of all rather than a select few.   Speakers: Rayvon Fouché, Northwestern, School of Communication Jordana Goodman, Illinois Tech, Chicago-Kent College of Law Kara Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law Amaka Vanni, University of Leeds School of Law Moderator:   Colleen Chien, Berkeley Law, BCLT Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - (Panel 3) Diversity in Content Moderation – Race, Internet Platforms, and Section 230

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024General CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Technology often impedes the free speech of people of color or topics related to people of color on social media. Racism often operates covertly in the background of existing algorithms. While content moderation is important, there needs to be more representation and accountability on social media platforms around racially-driven makeups of algorithms. People of color should also be meaningfully included in discourse about their communities without the concern of needless censorship. With the proliferation of social media companies, this panel will explore Section 230 of the FCC Act, racial implications of content moderation, and greater public pressure for accountability.   Speakers: Spencer Overton, George Washington Law Blake Reid, Colorado Law Moderator:   Sonia Katyal, Berkeley Law, BCLT Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - (Panel 4) AI, Race, and Tomorrow: Charting the Future of Inclusion and Innovation

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024General CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources   This panel confronts the evolving landscape of AI, delving into its current impact on marginalized communities, likely trajectory, and potential risks and opportunities for people of intersectional identities. As AI technologies increasingly permeate our lives, we consider how AI reflects our current conception of race and will shape our relationship with race moving forward.   Speakers: Khiara Bridges, Berkeley Law Palashi Vaghela, UC San Diego, Department of Communication Leo Yu, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law Moderator:   Lilly Irani, UC San Diego, Department of Communication Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - Keynote

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Program occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024General CLE Credit Available Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Speakers: Kevin J. Greene, Southwestern Law School Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We'll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we'll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI's impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we'll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions to our speakers, please fine the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. About B-CLE Enrollment and CLE are complimentary. A B-CLE account is required to enroll for courses. Subscribe at no charge.    B-CLE is only certified to directly give credit for California. However, we do provide a universal certificate that is recognized in many jurisdictions. Please check with your state bar to determine if California CLE credits or the universal B-CLE certificate will be recognized in your jurisdiction.   Organized By

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• 33

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• 4/1/26

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5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Race & Tech Symposium - Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We’ll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright law, unpack the racial disparities in patent law and innovation, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for diversity in content moderation on social media platforms. Through engaging panel discussions and insightful conversations, we’ll address pressing issues such as name/likeness protections, Generative AI’s impact on copyrighted works, the need for greater diversity in patent law, and the racial implications of content moderation algorithms. Together, we’ll explore how these issues shape our digital landscape and what steps we can take to foster greater equity and inclusion. For topical questions for our speakers, please find the Speakers Bios and Contact Information within the Agenda and Resources pages. General, Implicit Bias, and Elimination of Bias CLE credit offered.

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AI as an Inventing Tool: AI as a tool to promote fair access to the patent system (Panel4/Closing)

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AI as an Inventing Tool—Its Implicatioins for Patent Law and PolicyRecorded November 15, 2023 Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Participate in Professor Colleen Chien's Study!   Speakers Prof. Colleen ChienBCLT, Berkeley Law   Prof. Keith RobinsonWake Forest University School of Law

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• 6/3/25

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AI as an Inventing Tool: AI’s challenges to Patent law – Inventorship (Panel 2)

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AI as an Inventing Tool—Its Implicatioins for Patent Law and PolicyRecorded November 15, 2023 Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Participate in Professor Colleen Chien's Study!   Speakers Prof. Dennis CrouchUniversity of Missouri School of Law Yuan Hao, PhDBCLT, Berkeley Law Nalini MummalaneniUSPTO Moderator Prof. Robert MergesBCLT, Berkeley Law

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• 6/3/26

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AI as an Inventing Tool: Beyond Inventorship (Panel 3)

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AI as an Inventing Tool—Its Implicatioins for Patent Law and PolicyRecorded November 15, 2023 Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Participate in Professor Colleen Chien's Study!   Speakers Ali AlemozafarPartner, Wilson Sonsini Yuan Hao, PhDBCLT, Berkeley Law Prof. Peter LeeUC Davis Law Prof. Robert MergesBCLT, Berkeley Law Moderator Prof. Colleen ChienBCLT, Berkeley Law

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AI as an Inventing Tool: Using AI as an inventing tool – the technological basis (Panel 1)

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AI as an Inventing Tool—Its Implicatioins for Patent Law and PolicyRecorded November 15, 2023 Event Information | Agenda | Resources   Participate in Professor Colleen Chien's Study!   Speakers Calvin ChinFounding Partner, E14 ventures Ali Madani, PhDCEO, Profluent Moderator Yuan Hao, PhDBCLT, Berkeley Law

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• 6/3/25

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Generative AI as a Creativity Tool: (Panel 1) Disruptive Technologies

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Recorded on September 22, 2023 This program does not provide CLE Focus on ways in which societies have adapted to previous disruptive technologies and the prospects of societal adaptations to generative AI technologies -- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a widely used disruptive technology. It is, however, far from the first technology to disrupt economic and social paradigms. Societies have adapted to such technologies in the past. This half-day conference will consider how society may adapt to generative AI. Our speakers will consider concerns that have been raised about the dangers of AI and copyright implications of generative, but also some benefits that AI can bring about in terms of new products, services, capabilities, and new opportunities for creative expression. Speaker Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law Matthew Sag, Emory Law School Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Law School

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• 4/23/25

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Generative AI as a Creativity Tool: Demonstration and Q&A session about the Picasso AI reconstruction project

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Recorded on September 22, 2023 This program does not provide CLE Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a widely used disruptive technology. It is, however, far from the first technology to disrupt economic and social paradigms. Societies have adapted to such technologies in the past. This half-day conference will consider how society may adapt to generative AI. Our speakers will consider concerns that have been raised about the dangers of AI and copyright implications of generative, but also some benefits that AI can bring about in terms of new products, services, capabilities, and new opportunities for creative expression. Speakers Anthony Bourached, University College, LondonDavid Stork, Stanford University

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• 47

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• 4/24/25

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Generative AI as a Creativity Tool: Framing Remarks

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Recorded on September 22, 2023 This program does not provide CLE Focus on the current state of discourse about generative AI. So far, it has largely focused on various societal risks and the copyright lawsuits, but more attention is needed to understand why some authors and artists are using generative AI to enhance their creative outputs. -- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a widely used disruptive technology. It is, however, far from the first technology to disrupt economic and social paradigms. Societies have adapted to such technologies in the past. This half-day conference will consider how society may adapt to generative AI. Our speakers will consider concerns that have been raised about the dangers of AI and copyright implications of generative, but also some benefits that AI can bring about in terms of new products, services, capabilities, and new opportunities for creative expression. SpeakerChristopher Jon Sprigman, NYU Law School

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• 4/1/25

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Music Copyright Infringement and Case Management: Year in Review and Preview (2022)

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Speakers: Peter Menell, Berkeley Law, BCLT Peter Anderson, Davis Wright TGremaine LLP Mark Avsec, Benesch Robert Clarida, Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP

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• 11/13/24

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Authors, Libraries, and Free Expression

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Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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• 6/2/25

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Closing Remarks

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Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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• 6/2/25

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Copyright and Internet Activism

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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• 6/2/25

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Copyright Reform

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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• 6/2/25

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Innovation

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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• 6/2/25

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Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson: Mapping Copyright

Program occured Novemeber 3rd, 2023 The program does not offer MCLE Event Information | Program Berkeley Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be hosting an event to honor the career and impact (so far!) of our dear colleague Pamela Samuelson. Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ’74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley and a Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  She teaches courses on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information privacy.  She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies pose for traditional legal regimes, especially for intellectual property law.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), a Contributing Editor of Communications of the ACM, a past Fellow of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and an Honorary Professor of the University of Amsterdam.  She is a co-founder and chair of the Board of Directors for Authors Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate authorship in the public interest.  She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as a Fellow of the Center for Democracy & Technology, and a member of the Advisory Boards for Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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Talk I: Copyright Challenge – A Comparative Law View on Authorship

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Program occured on January 23, 2024 Event Information | Agenda | Resources Presented by Asia IP & Competition Law Center In Nov. 2023, the five-year-old Beijing Internet Court (“BIC”) issued a landmark judgment (Li v. Liu) on the copyright eligibility of an image generated with Stable Diffusion AI, finding the human user that provided elaborate prompts to the machine to be the “author”. This judgment has triggered a flurry of vigorous debates in China, and meanwhile attracted significant international attention. Some commented that this $70 ruling may have far-reaching implications on the evolution of AIGC in China, unleashing a trillion-dollar industry. Some contrasted this judgment with the various rejection decisions issued lately by the US Copyright Office (“USCO”), which found that the human users in the loop do not have sufficient authorial control, despite the hundreds of prompt inputs. The apparent disparity in outcomes however, may have largely shadowed the similarity of a human-centered approach adopted by both institutions facing a common conundrum. With the emergence of powerful Gen-AI tools and their varied synergies with human beings, we now start to witness real-world examples of “authorless works” as coined by Prof. Ginsburg and Luke Budiardjo. While these “works” may not fulfill the conventional authorship requirement, some of them may have remarkable commercial or even arguably artistic values (depending how we interpret “art”). How to properly address this common challenge faced by all jurisdictions, may require us to go beyond the doctrinal level and revisit the justifying principles of copyright law / author’s law, in light of the legal and economic context in the particular jurisdiction. In this inaugural Talk, we invited Profs Guobin Cui and Qian Wang, two renowned copyright law scholars in China, to give us a nuanced account of this case, against the backdrop of how the rapidly evolving copyright law deals with various technological challenges in China. As a comparison, BCLT’s own faculty director Prof. Robert Merges, Co-Director of BAIC, will provide his insight through the lens of US copyright law, as well as the underlying principles of intellectual property. Discussants:    Prof. Guobin Cui (???), Tsinghua University School of LawProf. Robert Merges, BCLTProf. Qian Wang (??), Eastern University of Political Science and Law Moderator: Dr. Yuan Hao (??), BCLT

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• 7/1/25

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Talk II: Commercialization Landscape of Gen-AI 2024

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Program occured on April 30, 2024 Event Information | Agenda | Resources Presented by Asia IP & Competition Law Center ITalk II was dedicated to unraveling the emerging commercialization landscape of Gen-AI. This talk featured insights from two vanguards in the field: Di Li, the visionary Founder and CEO of XiaoIce, Microsoft’s renowned AI spinoff, and Chlon Tang, the esteemed Founding / Managing Partner of Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. Together with Yuan, they explored the transformative journey of Gen-AI from cutting-edge technological novelty to indispensable market solutions. As the initial excitement surrounding AI technologies gradually gives way to a demand for real value and comprehensive user experiences, the speakers dissected the critical elements driving the success of Gen-AI ventures, delved into the emergence of killer applications, and shared strategies for creating deep value that fosters active user engagement. This session illuminated the path towards building enduring businesses and innovation in the Gen-AI ecosystem, highlighting the notable approaches and mindsets required to navigate this rapidly evolving commercial landscape. Hopefully, this talk will provide our audience with a deeper understanding of how Gen-AI is starting to reshape innovative and creative industries.   Discussants:  Li Di, Xiaoice Dr. Yuan Hao, BCLT Chon Tang, Berkeley SkyDeck

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• 5/28/25

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Talk III: How Fair is “Fair Use” in the AI Age?

• Instructor(s):  BCLT

Program occured on April 30, 2024 Event Information | Agenda | Resources Presented by Asia IP & Competition Law Center Conventionally, the fair use doctrine has been serving as a safety valve in balancing the copyright protection of expressive creativity and necessary access for cumulative creativity. Despite the modern US Copyright Act’s legislative intent of having broad exclusive rights and narrow limitations however, for some reasons in past decades the supposedly limited fair use doctrine has turned essentially into a  broad transformativeness test, i.e. the secondary work is transformative as a matter of law “[i]f looking at the works side-by-side, the secondary work has a different character, a new expression, and employs new aesthetics with [distinct] creative and communicative results.” This simplistic inquiry has arguably caused, among other confusions, a serious collision between authors’ right to derivative works and the transformative-use dominated fair use defense. This collision is likely to be further exacerbated with the rapid deployment of generative AI tools in the creative industry, where consumption of large amount of copyrighted works (as “raw materials”) in the training process has been forcefully argued by some as fair use, due to the “transformativeness” of the AI outputs. But is this “fair use” indeed fair, particularly in light of the fact that many such AI outputs constitute competitive commodities with the original copyrighted works created by human artists?  On a deeper level, is such a broad fair use doctrine consistent with the principles of the IP system that has been running for centuries to incentivize and honor human creativity? In the wake of Warhol v. Goldsmith, a landmark case in which the US Supreme Court took great pains to clarify the decade-long confusion prevalent in the interplay of fair use and author’s right to derivative works, please join me in an in-depth discussion with my esteemed Berkeley colleagues Prof. Peter Menell, Prof. Robert Merges: how fair is “fair use” in the AI age?   Discussants:  Dr. Yuan Hao, BCLT Prof. Peter Menell, BCLT Prof. Robert Merges, BCLT

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