Israel | Stakeholder Meetings & Lectures

Israel is a nation abuzz with innovation. Honored to meet some of the key stakeholders contributing to its remarkable achievements at the invitation of Professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid. Among her many roles, she serves on the advisory board of Penn State Dickinson Law's IP & Innovation Initiative. Over three days, I had the privilege of seeing current legal and policy issues through the eyes of academics, entrepreneurs, judges, lawyers, and students in Israel. I gave two lectures on technology and IP and technology and antitrust at Ono Academic College, a remarkably dynamic institution on the rise. As a bonus, I caught up with Professor Peter Yu (Texas A&M University School of Law) and Rob Sterne (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox) also happened to visit Israel then. Like Dickinson Law, diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to Ono's mission. At Ono, "students learn about the diverse cultures that make up Israeli society." It also "provides scholarships to students of underserved populations to encourage diversity and access to education" (https://lnkd.in/eP-nfGDn). I witnessed this firsthand with students making up the mosaic of Israeli society studying alongside each other. Ono's curriculum is also very responsive to industry needs, ensuring high employment rates upon graduation. Photo collage 1 (Clockwise): at Pearl Cohen with Yoav Alkalay, Abishag Levy, Lee Ardon, Haim Ravia, Shlomit, and Ephraim Heiliczer; at Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co. with Ehud Gabrieli Ronnie Benshafrut רוני בן שפרוט Nahum Gabrieli; Rob Sterne; Professor Amir H. Khoury (Tel Aviv University). Photo collage 2 (Clockwise): at Ono with Sivan Sabban Hacohen; Barak Malkit,Advocate. Photo collage 3 (Clockwise): with judges at the Shalom court; Shlomo Cohen (Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co); Eyal Brook (Eyal Brook - Law office); Peter.

California | Meetings & PLI Seminar

Delighted to be back in California to meet with friends and partners of Penn State Dickinson Law's IP and Innovation Initiative and speak at Practising Law Institute (PLI)'s seminar for legal professionals interested in recent copyright and AI developments. Visiting SoCal and NorCal on a single trip offered me a better vantage point to appreciate the similarities and differences between the culture, interests, and aspirations of stakeholders in each region. Looking forward to strengthening our ties and collaborating together. Photo collage 1 (clockwise): Robin Feldman (University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)); Mary Choy (University of California, Davis); Ranjini Acharya (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and Eric Goldman (Santa Clara University School of Law). Photo collage 2 (clockwise): Chinwe Ohanele, Esq. (The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property/Ohanele Law Firm ); Kim Syun Hee (Irell & Manella LLP); Daniel Sokol (USC Gould School of Law USC Marshall School of Business); Justin Hughes (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles); Ruth Vitale, Brett Williams JC Taylor; Andrei Iancu (Irell & Manella LLP); Griffin Lee (Griffin Lee Law).

PLI | Copyright, DMCA, AI, Metaverse

Looking forward to joining folks from the West Coast in person and around the country tuning in for the Practising Law Institute (PLI)'s program on 'Copyright Law in the Data Era.' In addition to sharing my thoughts on intermediary liability and the Digital Millennium Copyright, I will be part of a panel discussion with Ranjini Acharya Marta Belcher Kyle Citrynell Eric Goldman Eleanor M. Lackman exploring how copyright law intersects with AI and the metaverse. Hope to see you there! https://www.pli.edu/programs/F/fundamentals-of-copyright-law-in-the-data-era Kenneth Min Penn State Dickinson Law Protocol Labs Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Seiller Waterman LLC Santa Clara University School of Law #ai #law #data #university #digital #copyright

AAI | 24th AAI Annual Policy Conference: Taking Stock of Antitrust’s Pro-Enforcement Movement

Delighted to join the American Antitrust Institute for its 24th Annual Policy Conference in Washington, DC. I also met separately with AAI President Diane Wood to exchange views on current developments and discuss new avenues to collaborate in the coming year. Photos (L-R): with Chair Marat Omarov and Aday Nygmanov (Kazakh competition agency), with Erika Douglas (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) and Randy Stutz (Federal Trade Commission); with Diane Moss; with Ellen Meriwether (Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP) and Stephen Calkins (Wayne State University Law School).

ALI | Centennial Celebrations and Annual Meeting

This week, The American Law Institute celebrated its 100 anniversary in Washington, DC. It continues to play an important role in clarifying and modernizing American law. The meeting brought together judges, academics, practitioners, and representatives from civil society and industry to debate and vote on restatements of copyright, torts, property, children and the law, conflict of laws, and principles of government ethics. Thank you to ALI and the members who extended a warm welcome. The representation of stakeholders, dedication to a clear, robust, and relevant rule of law, and collegiality of everyone I met left a deep impression. Looking forward to supporting the work of this remarkable and revered American institution in its second centennial. For more information about the ALI and its centennial celebrations, see: https://www.ali.org/annual-meeting-2023/agenda/ Photos: Collage #1 (L-R): with ALI Director, Judge Diane Wood (see my interview if Judge Wood here: https://youtu.be/bv0jJbqcUw4); with my colleague Laurel Terry and our fellow ALI members; a tower of cupcakes to celebrate ALI's centennial; with ALI Treasurer Ivan F. (Medtronic); at lunch with Judge Michael Fitzpatrick (Wisconsin Court of Appeals) and Sarah Konsky (University of Chicago Law School); an exhibit tracing the ALI's ties with the US Supreme Court. Justices Benjamin Cardozo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Owen Roberts, and Harlan Stone were, or are, ALI members. Collage #2 (L-R): Restatement of the Law, Copyright in session with Judge Diane Wood and Reporter Professor Christopher Sprigman, and Associate Reporters Daniel Gervais, Lydia Loren, Tony Reese, and Molly Van Houweling; with Pamela Samuelson and Elizabeth Rowe; with Margaret Chon and Jessica Silbey. #law #ethics #property #copyright

Congratulations | Class of 2023!

Congratulations Penn State Dickinson Law Class of 2023! Photos (Clockwise): Professor Michael Mogill addressing the audience and Class of 2023 awardees; my colleagues gamely posing for a group portrait shot (Professors Katherine Pearson, Sara Gerke, Medha Makhlouf, and Andrea Jane Martin); with Professor Titichia M. Jackson, Esq. (PC: Titichia); with TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, M. Div., Pamela Knowlton, and Medha at the award ceremony (PC: TaWanda)).

Profiles in Leadership | Hon. Diane Wood

Deeply honored to secure the first interview with Hon. Diane Wood as Director of The American Law Institute for Penn State Dickinson Law's 'Profiles in Leadership' series. Judge Wood is the first woman to hold this position at the Institute. Judge Wood has been on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit since 1995, serving as Chief Judge from 2013 to 2020. Judge Wood is also a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where she teaches in the areas of federal civil procedure, antitrust law, and international trade and business. Before her appointment to the bench, she was the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of International Legal Studies at the University of Chicago Law School, the first woman to hold a named chair at the school. She also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, with responsibility for the Division's international, appellate, and legal policy matters.

Profiles in Leadership | Mike Madison: Future Law

Professor Michael Madison writes about institutions and governance. Those interests span a wide range of applications: copyright and other intellectual property law; high technology; research science and data: Enlightenment arts and culture; higher education and universities; innovation policy; 21st century urbanism; and global football (soccer). He is a co-founder of the emerging research discipline known as “knowledge commons.” Professor Madison is the author of more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, the co-author of The Law of Intellectual Property (Wolters Kluwer, 5th edition 2017) and the co-editor of Governing Knowledge Commons (Oxford University Press 2014) and Governing Medical Knowledge Commons (Cambridge University Press 2017). He is the co-founder of the global research network titled the Workshop on Governing Knowledge Commons and co-leader of a virtual think tank on the futures of the professions, globalization, and higher education, titled Future Law Works. He is the co-host and producer of the Future Law Podcast, which explores the rapid changes to law and the legal profession produced by their intersections with contemporary technology. Delighted to chat with Professor Madison as he shared his insights on life and leadership. Professor Madison’s website: https://michaelmadison.net/ Conductor Interview: https://omny.fm/shows/future-law-podc... 1:34:– The genesis of the leadership seminar. 6:53:– Leadership in a simple, useful, and usable package. 11:57:– On openness and vulnerability. 19:09: – What’s at stake. 22:05:– Teaching leadership. 31:04:– Taking criticism. 34:02:– Seeking counsel. 36:04:– Developing introspection. 40:20:– When effective leadership alienates people. 44:30:– Cross-cultural leadership. 48:14:– Power. 53:49:– First among equals? 57:29:– Collaboration and teamwork. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVFs60YN9U

Profiles in Leadership | Peter Yu: The Art of Prodigious Scholarship

Peter K. Yu (余家明) is Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University. He previously held the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University Law School and was Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China. He served as a visiting professor of law at ACT Bocconi - Bocconi University, Hanken School of Economics, Hokkaido University, the University of Haifa, the University of Helsinki, The University of Hong Kong, the University of Strasbourg and Washington and Lee University. He also founded the nationally renowned Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program at Michigan State University, at which he held faculty appointments in law, communication arts and sciences, and Asian studies. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Professor Yu is a leading expert in international intellectual property and communications law. He also writes and lectures extensively on international trade, international and comparative law, and the transition of the legal systems in China and Hong Kong. A prolific scholar and an award-winning teacher, he is the author or editor of seven books and more than 200 law review articles and book chapters. He is Vice-President and Co-Director of Studies of the American Branch of the International Law Association and has served as the general editor of The WIPO Journal published by the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO. He is an elected member of the The American Law Institute. Professor Yu has spoken at events organized by WIPO, the World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Chinese, EU and U.S. governments and at leading research institutions from around the world. His lectures and presentations have spanned over 30 countries on six continents. He is a frequent commentator in the national and international media. His publications have appeared in Chinese and English and have been translated into Arabic, French, Hausa, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese. They are available on his website at www.peteryu.com. I'm delighted to share Professor Yu's insights on life and leadership. 2:33:– Lessons to be learned from Peter Yu. 5:11:– Inflection points toward success. 9:59:– Casting a wide net. 18:24:– Finding a niche. 21:55:– Collaboration and co-authorship 30:26:– Interdisciplinary work. 36:52:– Building programs and partnerships. 39:51:– Co-founding a world-famous conference. 54:12:– What leadership looks like in programing and scholarship. 59:31:– Mentors and mentees. 1:08:29:– What’s next for Peter Yu? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76iifwq1KpE Penn State Dickinson Law Texas A&M University School of Law

Philly Meetings | Penn State Dickinson Law Alum Reception

Delighted to meet recent and not-so-recent alums at Penn State Dickinson Law's Alumni Reception at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Meeting. The law school has had the honor of graduating several presidents of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, including current president Michael McDonald. Looking forward to connecting again at our next reception. Please feel free to tag yourselves! Danielle Conway Kelly Rimmer Laura H. Williams Tom Lee Robin Langhans, M.Ed. Michael Bramnick Frank Chmielewski Stewart Cohen Katherine Douglas Salar Ghahramani Hubert Gilroy Yulier Gonzalez, Esq. Matt Haar Erin Hayes Joseph Maenner Kadeem Morris, Esq. Forest Myers Victoria A. Reider David Sambolin Isaac Schaphorst Andy Scott Curt Toll Paul Troy Tito Valdes, Esq. Melissa Vance Charles Vogt Karen Weiss Jones