Curriculum Vitae
Jacqueline D. Lipton, Ph.D.
Baker Botts Professor of Law
Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law
University of Houston Law Center
100 Law Center
Houston TX 77 77204
Tel – (713) 743 1543
Email – jdlipton@central.uh.edu
Career History
July 2012-...: Baker Botts Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual
Property and Information Law, Houston Law Center, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas
July 2009-June 2012: Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development
and Research, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland,
Ohio
Spring Semester, 2010: Visiting Professor, and Acting Director, International Center
for Automated Information Research (ICAIR), University of Florida Levin
College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
July 2006-2010: Professor of Law; Co-Director, Center for Law, Technology and the
Arts; Associate Director, Frederick K Cox Center for International Law,
School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Research
Affiliate, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program, Osgoode Hall
Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
July 2004 – July 2006: Associate Professor and Associate Director Frederick K Cox
Center for International Law, Case Western Reserve University School of
Law, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; and Senior Fellow (Visiting), University of
Melbourne School of Law (Melbourne, Australia)
July 2001 to July 2004: Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; and Senior Fellow (Visiting),
University of Melbourne School of Law (Melbourne, Australia).
June 2000 to July 2001: Senior Lecturer (Reader), School of Law, the University of
Nottingham, United Kingdom (tenured appointment)
January 1995 to May 2000: Lecturer and Associate Director, Banking Law Center,
Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (tenured
appointment)
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July 1994 to Dec. 1994: Inhouse Counsel, Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited, Melbourne, Australia
Nov. 1993 to July 1994: Attorney, Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne Australia
(banking and finance practise)
March 1992 to Oct. 1993: Attorney, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne,
Australia (banking and finance/litigation practise)
Bar Admissions: Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and of the
High Court of Australia
Education
PhD (Internet Domain Names, Trademarks and Free Speech), Cambridge University,
United Kingdom (2012)
PhD (Property and Finance Law), Law School, Griffith University, Brisbane,
Australia (2001) - HECS Scholarship
LLM (Commercial Law), Cambridge University, United Kingdom (1998) Commonwealth Scholarship 1997-8 (full scholarship); also awarded Selwyn College
Postgraduate Scholarship, and shortlisted for Chevening Scholarship and Rotary
Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship for this degree
LLM, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1995)
LLB (with Honours), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1991)
BA (with Honours) (Drama), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1990)
BA (Psychology), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1989)
Graduate Certificate in Computing (Monash University, 2006)
Certificate in Fiction Writing (UCLA, expected completion 2014)
Online Writing Certificate (Fiction) (Stanford, expected completion 2014)
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Publications
Books
JACQUELINE LIPTON, CYBERLAW 2.0: THE CASE FOR CYBERLAW (work in progress, Edward
Elgar, forthcoming 2013)
JACQUELINE LIPTON, INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES, TRADEMARKS, AND FREE SPEECH (Edward
Elgar, 2010)
RAYMOND KU and JACQUELINE LIPTON, CYBERSPACE LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (3 ed,
Aspen, 2010)
RAYMOND KU and JACQUELINE LIPTON, CYBERSPACE LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (2ed,
Aspen, 2006)
JACQUELINE LIPTON, SECURITY OVER INTANGIBLE PROPERTY (Thomson/LBC, 2000)
Major Law Review Articles
A Taxonomy of Digital Borrowing: Copyright, Derivative Works and Plagiarism in SelfPublishing (FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAW
JOURNAL, FORTHCOMING, 2014)
Copyright, Plagiarism, and Emerging Norms in Digital Publishing (VANDERBILT JOURNAL
OF ENTERTAINMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LAW, forthcoming, 2014)
Imperatives of Private Arbitration in International Intellectual Property Disputes, 24
SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW JOURNAL 978 (2012) (with M. Wong)
Trademarks and Free Speech in ICANN’s new gTLD Process, 38 MONASH LAW REVIEW 188
(2012) (with M. Wong)
The Law of the Intermediated Information Exchange, 64 FLORIDA LAW REVIEW 1337 (2012)
Combating Cyber-Victimization, 26 BERKELEY TECH L J 1103 (2011)
Copyright’s Twilight Zone: Digital Copyright Lessons from the Vampire Blogosphere,
70 MARYLAND LAW REVIEW 1 (2010)
Bad Faith in Cyberspace: Grounding Domain Name Theory in Trademark, Property, and
Restitution, 23 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY 447 (2010) (selected
as one of the best intellectual property law articles published in 2010 and reprinted in
the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW, forthcoming, 2011)
“We, the Paparazzi”: Developing a Privacy Paradigm for Digital Video, 95 IOWA LAW
REVIEW 919 (2010)
Mapping Online Privacy, 104 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 477 (2010)
(solicited, symposium edition)
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To © or Not to ©? Copyright and Innovation in the Digital Typeface Industry, 43 UC DAVIS
LAW REVIEW 143 (2009)
Celebrity in Cyberspace: A Personality Rights Paradigm for a New Personal Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy, 65 WASHINGTON AND LEE LAW REVIEW 1445 (2008).
A Winning Solution for YouTube and Utube? Corresponding Trademarks and Domain Name
Sharing, 21 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY 509 (2008) (selected as
one of the best intellectual property law articles published in 2008 and reprinted in
the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW, 2009)
Who Owns ‘hillary.com’? Political Speech and the First Amendment in Cyberspace, 49
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 55 (2008)
Commerce versus Commentary: Gripe Sites, Parody and the First Amendment in
Cyberspace, 84 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1327 (2006).
IP’s Problem Child: Shifting the Paradigms for Software Protection, 58 HASTINGS LAW
JOURNAL 205 (2006)
Solving the Digital Piracy Puzzle: Disaggregating Fair Use from the DMCA’s Anti-Device
Provisions, 19 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY 111 (2005)
Beyond Cybersquatting: Taking Domain Name Disputes Past Trademark Policy, 40 WAKE
FOREST LAW REVIEW 1361 (2005) (selected as one of the best intellectual property
law articles published in 2005 and reprinted in the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
REVIEW, 2006)
The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and
Interoperability, 62 WASHINGTON & LEE LAW REVIEW 487-546 (2005)
Information Property: Rights and Responsibilities, 56 FLORIDA LAW REVIEW 135 (2004)
Balancing Private Rights and Public Policies: Reconceptualizing Property Rights in
Databases 18 BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL 773 (2003).
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Other Publications
Cyber-Bullying and the First Amendment, 14 FLORIDA COASTAL LAW REVIEW 99 (2012)
(solicited)
Speech for Sale: Commerce and Free Speech in ICANN’s new gTLD Process, 87
AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL 24 (2013) (solicited)
Violent Video Games and the First Amendment, 85 AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL 545 (2011)
(solicited)
Cyberspace, Exceptionalism, and Innocent Copyright Infringement, 13 VANDERBILT
JOURNAL OF ENTERTAINMENT & TECHNOLOGY LAW 767 (2011)
Moral Rights and Supernatural Fiction: Authorial Dignity, and the New Moral Rights
Agendas, 21 FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
LAW JOURNAL 537 (2011)
Cyber-Victimisation and the First Amendment, 84 AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL 748 (2010)
(solicited)
Wikipedia and the European Union Database Directive, 26 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER &
HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL 631 (2010) (solicited, symposium edition)
What Blogging Might Teach About Cybernorms, 4 AKRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
JOURNAL 239 (2010) (solicited, symposium edition)
Digital Multi-Media and the Limits of Privacy Law, 42 CASE WESTERN RESERVE JOURNAL
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 551 (2010) (solicited, symposium edition)
Online Social Networks and Global Online Privacy, 87 DENVER UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
ONLINE 41 (2010) (solicited, symposium edition)
Secondary Liability and the Fragmentation of Digital Copyright Law, 3 AKRON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOURNAL 105 (2009) (solicited, symposium edition);
reprinted in VIII ICFAI UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
105 (2009); reprinted in COPYRIGHT PIRACY: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS (Amicus
Books, 2009) (A Vavili, ed)
Internet Law: Jurisdiction in Cyberspace, 21 LEGALDATE 9 (2009) (solicited)
“Ph.D. Lite”: A New Approach to Teaching Scholarly Legal Writing, 2009 CARDOZO L.
REV. de novo 20 (available for download at:
http://www.cardozolawreview.com/content/denovo/LIPTON_2009_20.pdf)
We, the Paparazzi: Privacy in the Facebook Generation, IN BRIEF 4 (Winter/Spring, 2009)
(Cover Story, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Magazine, solicited)
From Domain Names to Video Games: The Rise of the Internet in Presidential Politics, 86
DENVER UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 693 (2009) (solicited, symposium edition –
“Special Issue on the Historic Election of President Barack Obama”)
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Internet Domain Names: Real Virtual Property?, 3(3) GLOBAL ACTION 2 (July, 2008)
(solicited)
Clickfarming: The New Cybersquatting?, 12 JOURNAL OF INTERNET LAW 1 (2008)
(solicited)
Facilitating Fair Use in the Digital Age, 14 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY LAW 279 (2005)
A Framework for Information Law and Policy, 82 OREGON LAW REVIEW 695 (2003)
Mixed Metaphors in Cyberspace: Property in Information and Information Systems, 35(1)
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO LAW JOURNAL 235 (2003)
Can Intellectual Property Survive the Global Information Age? 3(2) STS NEXUS
SUPPLEMENT: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SOCIAL NEEDS IN A NETWORKED
WORLD 18-26 (2003).
Databases as Intellectual Property: New Legal Approaches 25(3) EUR I P REV 139-145
(2003)
Intellectual Property in the Information Age and Secured Finance Practice 24(7) EUR I P REV
358-367 (2002)
Information Wants to be Property: Legal Commodification of E-Commerce Assets 16(1)
INT’L REV LAW, COMP & TECH, 53-66 (2002)
The EU Database Right and University Teaching Materials 1 THE JOURNAL OF
INFORMATION, LAW AND TECHNOLOGY (JILT) <http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/021/lipton.html> (2002) (online journal at Warwick University, UK)
Trading in Information Products: Global Legal Framework 4(1) ELECTRONIC BUSINESS
LAW 9 (2002)
Copyright in the Digital Age: A Comparative Survey, 27(2) RUTGERS COMP & TECH L J 333
(2001)
Protecting Valuable Commercial Information in the Digital Age: Law, Policy and Practice,
6(1) J TECH LAW & POL’Y 1 (2001) (also available at <
http://grove.ufl.edu/~techlaw/> ) (Florida Levin College of Law)
Security Interests in Electronic Databases, 9(1) INT’L J LAW & INFO TECH 65 (2001)
Financing E-Commerce: Legal and Practical Risks, 1 THE JOURNAL OF INFORMATION, LAW
AND TECHNOLOGY (JILT) <http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-1/lipton.html> (2001)
(online journal at Warwick University, UK)
How to Get an E-Venture Off the Ground, 3(7) ELECTRONIC BUSINESS LAW 6 (2001)
Secured Finance Law and Practice in the Global Information Age, 11(1) JBFLP 17 (2000)
(awarded Banking Law Association Research Prize 1999)
Security Over ‘Information Products’, 11(1) AUSTRALIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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JOURNAL 23 (2000)
Finance Law and Practice Into the 21st Century, 73(4) LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 75 (1999)
Security Over Australian Intellectual Property, 14(9) JIBL 277 (1999)
A Revised ‘Property’ Concept for the New Millennium? 7(2) INT’L J LAW & INFO TECH 171
(1999)
Documentary Credit Law and Practice in the Global Information Age, 22(5) FORDHAM INT’L
LJ 1972 (1999)
Security Interests in Trade Marks and Associated Business Goodwill, 10(3) AUSTRALIAN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOURNAL 157 (1999)
What’s in a (Domain) Name? Web Addresses as Loan Collateral, 2 THE JOURNAL OF
INFORMATION, LAW AND TECHNOLOGY (JILT) http://www.law.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/992/lipton.html (1999) (online journal at Warwick University, UK)
Property Offences into the 21st Century, 1 THE JOURNAL OF INFORMATION, LAW AND
TECHNOLOGY (JILT). <http://www.law.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/99-1/lipton.html> (1999)
(online journal at Warwick University, UK)
Good Faith and Letters of Comfort, 28(1) UNIVERSITY OF WA L REV 138 (1999)
Role Playing Exercises in First Year Legal Process Classes, 16(1) J PROF L ED 97 (1999)
Insurance for Environmental Liability: Some Policy Issues, 6 OIL & GAS LAW AND
TAXATION REVIEW 229 (1998); 6 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LAW REVIEW 198
(1998)
Creation and Registration of Security Interests in Bank Deposits and Other Book Debts, 9(2)
JBFLP 101 (1998)
Security Interests in Business Goodwill, 26 AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW 25 (1998)
Much Ado About Charge-Backs, 72 LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 62 (1998)
Property Offences in the Electronic Age, 72 LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 54 (1998) (awarded
Taft Writing Award, 1998-9)
Responsible Government, Representative Democracy and the Senate: Options for Reform,
19(2) UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND L J 194 (1997)
Lender Liability in Unjust Enrichment to Third Party Service Providers, 20(1) UNIVERSITY
OF NSW LJ 101 (1997)
Case Note: Langer v Commonwealth, 23(2) MONASH UNIVERSITY L REV 441 (1997). (This
note was instrumental in deliberations leading to the amendment of the federal
Electoral Act in 1998.)
Environmental Damage: Risks to Secured Financiers, 12 AUSTRALIAN BANKING LAW
BULLETIN 129 (1997)
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Financial Management of the Elderly: Legal and Health Care Issues, 3 PSYCHIATRY,
PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW 25 (1996) (with Jennifer Todd)
Third Line Forcing in Australia: Current Problems and Future Directions, 4 TRADE
PRACTICES LAW JOURNAL 19 (1996)
Project Financing and the Environment: Lender Liability for Environmental Damage, 1 JIBL
7 (1996)
Security Over Electronically Registered Shares, 6 JBFLP 165 (1996)
Sharing the Burden: Equitable Contribution and the Corporations Law, 70 LAW INSTITUTE
JOURNAL 49 (1996)
The Equitable Rights of Contribution and Subrogation: Recent Australian Judicial
Approaches, 13 AUST. BAR REV 21 (1995)
Common Law Liability for Environmental Damage, 69 LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 1120
(1995)
Powers of Attorney: Their Operation and Effect, 69 LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 660 (1995)
Security Over Electronically Registered Shares and Section 47 of the Trade Practices Act, 22
AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW 426 (1994)
Electronic Securities Transfer and Registration in Australia: Issues for Lenders, 12 JIBL 526
(1994)
Exclusion of the Equitable Right to Contribution between Co-Guarantors: Recent Australian
Developments, 11 JIBL 488 (1994)
CHESS: Stalemate for Lenders? 68 LAW INSTITUTE JOURNAL 955 (1994)
Uniform Regulation of Standby Letters of Credit and Other First Demand Security
Instruments in International Transactions, 8 JIBL 402 (1993)
The Meaning of “Acquire” in Section 50 of the Trade Practices Act and its Impact on
Secured Financing Transactions, 21 AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW 353
(1993)
Contributions to Legal Reference Works
Contributor to BUTTERWORTHS AUSTRALIAN LEGAL DICTIONARY (1997), and
BUTTERWORTHS CONCISE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL DICTIONARY (1997)
Prepared 1994 and 1995 updates for chapters 15.3.1, 15.3.2 and 15.3.3 of LAWS OF
AUSTRALIA (equitable rights of contribution and subrogation)
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Book Chapters and Published Conference Proceedings
Jacqueline Lipton, Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in ICANN’s New gTLD
Process: Debating Top-down Versus Bottom-Up Protections, in HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: FROM CONCEPTS TO PRACTICE (C Geiger ed, Edward
Elgar, forthcoming, 2014)
Jacqueline Lipton, Making Waste in Cyberspace: ICANN, the GAC, and the New gTLD
Process, in FLASHPOINTS: CHANGING PARADIGMS IN MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (A George ed, Quid Pro Quo Law, forthcoming
2014)
Jacqueline Lipton, Cyberlaw 2.0, in THE LAW OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF LAW,
Volume II (TOAEP, 2012)
Jacqueline Lipton, Security Interests in Intellectual Property, in THE REFORM OF UK
PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY LAW: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES (J de Lacy ed,
2010).
Jacqueline Lipton, Across the Pond and Back Again: Digital Database Protection in the
European Union and the United States, in INFORMATION PROPERTY AND
INFORMATION WEALTH (P Yu ed, 2007).
Jacqueline Lipton, Balancing Private Rights and Public Policies: Reconceptualizing
Property in Databases, in CROSS-BORDER HUMAN RESOURCES, LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT ISSUES 589-675 (A Morriss and S Estreicher eds, 2005) (reprinted
from 18 BERKELEY TECH LJ 773(2003))
Jacqueline Lipton, Intellectual Property in the Information Age and Secured Finance
Practice, in SECURITY INTERESTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 247-268 (H Knopf,
ed, 2003)
Jacqueline Lipton, Databases as Intellectual Property: New Legal and Regulatory
Approaches, in ISLAT/IASTED THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: LAW AND
TECHNOLOGY 45-53 (S Lesavich, ed, 2002).
Jacqueline Lipton, A Revised ‘Property Concept for the New Millennium? in COMMERCIAL
LAW: ISSUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 95-108 (Agasha Mugasha, ed, 2001)
Jacqueline Lipton, Financing E-Commerce: Legal and Commercial Pitfalls, in LAW AND
TECHNOLOGY 80-87 (M Hamza, ed, 2000)
Jacqueline Lipton, Documentary Credit Law and Practice in the Global Information Age, in
2000 ANNUAL SURVEY OF LETTER OF CREDIT LAW & PRACTICE, 154-165 (Byrne, J
and Byrnes, S, eds, 2000)
Jacqueline Lipton, Documentary Credits in the Global Information Age, in PROCEEDINGS OF
THE IASTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: LAW AND TECHNOLOGY, 179-185 (M
Hamza, ed, 1999)
Jacqueline Lipton, Good Faith and Letters of Comfort, in PERSPECTIVES ON COMMERCIAL
LAW, 43-60 (Agasha Mugasha, ed, 1999)
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Jacqueline Lipton, What’s in a (Domain) Name? Web Addresses as Loan Collateral, in
PERSPECTIVES ON BANKING, FINANCE & CREDIT LAW 201-208 (Wickrema
Weerasooria, ed., 1999)
Book Reviews
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of CROSS-BORDER SECURITY AND INSOLVENCY (Michael Bridge
and Robert Stevens, eds, 2001) in 1(2) JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW STUDIES 522
(2001)
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (Ian Lloyd,
2000) in 26(2) MONASH UNIVERSITY L REV 404 (2000)
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of THINKING ABOUT LAW: PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY,
PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW (Rosemary Hunter, Richard Ingleby, and
Richard Johnstone, eds, 1996) in 7 THE AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST LAW JOURNAL 197
(1996)
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES LAW (S G Corones, 1996) in
22 MONASH UNIVERSITY L REV 192-3 (1996)
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES: COMMENTARY AND
MATERIALS (A Hurley, 1996) in 22 MONASH UNIVERSITY L REV 190-2 (1996).
Jacqueline Lipton: Review of ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND DUTIES OF DISCLOSURE (D
Campbell, ed., 1993) in 3 JIBL 133-4 (1995)
Jacqueline Lipton: REVIEW OF A FIDUCIARY’S GUIDE TO FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
(American Bar Association, 1995) in 6 INTERNATIONAL COMPANY AND
COMMERCIAL LAW REVIEW 224; 7 JIBL 317-8 (1995)
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Presentations/Seminars/Workshops
The Hidden Social Costs of ICANN’s New Domain Name Process, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, May 30, 2013 (with M. Wong)
Online Gripesites and ICANN’s New gTLD Program, Law and Society Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA, May 30, 2013 (with M. Wong)
Regulatory Challenges for ICANN’s new gTLD Process, Fifth Annual Conference on
Innovation and Communications Law, Michigan State University College of Law Intellectual
Property, Information and Communications Law Program, Traverse City, MI, May 15, 2013
Determining the Public Interest and the Generic Nature of Domain Names: ICANN as
Lawmaking Authority, 2nd Annual International IP scholars' roundtable, University of San
Diego, CA, April 20, 2013
Copyright and the Internet, Social Media Alliance Meeting, University of Houston, Houston
TX, January 30, 2013
Free Speech Issues in ICANN’s new gTLD Process, ASU Conference on International
Aspects of IP Law, Arizona State University, Tempa, AZ, Friday November 30, 2012 (with
M. Wong)
Trademarks, Free Speech, and ICANN’s new gTLD System, Symposium on International and
Comparative Trademark Law, Marquette Law School, Milwaukee, WI, April 27-28, 2012
(with M. Wong)
Trademarks, Free Speech, and ICANN’s new gTLD System, Chicago-Kent/Loyola Chicago
Intellectual Property Colloquium Speaker, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 2012 (with M. Wong)
Privacy and Online Social Networks, Sughrue Intellectual Property Conference, Akron Law
School, Akron Ohio, March 19, 2012
The First Amendment in Cyberspace, Florida Coastal Law Review Symposium, Jacksonville,
FL, March 2, 2012
Cyberlaw 2.0: Revisiting the Law of the Horse, Law and Information Society Invitational
Workshop (featured presenter), Center on Law and Information Policy, Fordham Law School,
New York, September 16, 2011
Derivative Works 2.0, Intellectual Property Scholars’ Conference, DePaul Law School,
Chicago, Illinois, August 11-12, 2011 (with J. Tehranian)
Maximum Exposure: The Art of Making a Name for Oneself (panel discussant), South
Eastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, South Carolina, July 28,
2011
Leaders Without Formal Titles, Leading Excellence: The Role of Senior Faculty at CWRU,
Leadership Seminar 2011, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, July 13, 2011
Privacy and Online Social Networks, Inamori Center for International Ethics, Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1, 2011
Combating Cyber-Victimization, Elon Law School, Faculty Colloquium, Greensboro, NC,
October 13, 2010
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The Role of Intent in Copyright Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Annual Symposium, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN, September 28, 2010
Leaders Without Formal Titles, Leading Excellence: The Role of Senior Faculty at CWRU,
Leadership Seminar 2010, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, July 23, 2010
Reflections on the First Year of a New Research Deanship, ABA Section on Legal Education
Associate Deans’ Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 24-27, 2010
What Privacy Theory Might Learn from Moral Rights, 20th Annual Computers, Freedom and
Privacy Conference, San Jose, CA, June 15-17, 2010
Repairing Online Reputation, 3rd Annual Privacy Law Scholars’ Conference, George
Washington School of Law, Washington DC, June 4, 2010
Internet Domain Names, Trademarks and Free Speech, Law and Society Association Annual
Conference, Chicago, Il, May 29, 2010
A Theory for Domain Name Regulation, Inaugural INTA Trademark Scholarship Symposium,
Boston, MA, May 24, 2010
Web 2.0 Technologies in Law School Teaching, CollabTech 2010, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 2010 (panel organizer and speaker)
Intellectual Property Issues for a Web 2.0 Environment, FutureWeb Conference, Raleigh,
North Carolina, April 28-30, 2010
Wikipedia and the E.U. Database Directive, AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
January 6-10, 2010
Online Social Networks and Global Online Privacy, Cyber Civil Rights: New Challenges for
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in our Networked Age, Denver University Law Review
Symposium, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, November 20,
2009.
Mapping Online Privacy, Faculty Colloquium Speaker, Akron Law School, Akron, Ohio,
November 18, 2009
Mapping Online Privacy, Intellectual Property Faculty Colloquium Speaker, Osgoode Hall
Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, November 5, 2009
What Blogging Might Teach About CyberNorms, 3rd Annual Akron Intellectual Property
Forum, October 30, Akron University School of Law, October 30, 2009
Digital Multi-Media and the Limits of Privacy Law, presentation at “Somebody’s Watching
Me: Surveillance and Privacy in an Age of National Insecurity”, Institute for Global Security
Law and Policy Symposium, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland,
Ohio, October 23, 2009
Privacy Rights in Online Social Networks, Annual CIPLIT Symposium, DePaul University
College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, October 15-16, 2009
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Bad Faith in Cyberspace: Grounding Domain Name Theory in Trademark, Property and
Restitution, 7th Annual Works in Progress Intellectual Property Symposium, Seton Hall Law
School, New Jersey, October 2-3, 2009
Faculty Leadership, Leading Excellence: The Role of Senior Faculty at CWRU, ACES/NSFAdvance sponsored Leadership Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,
July 22, 2009
Engaging J.D. and LL.M. Students in Case Study Workshops, 2009 AALS Conference on
Business Associations: Taking Stock of the Field, Long Beach, CA, June 8-10, 2009
Invited Conference Fellow, Intellectual Property in International Perspective, Symposium by
the University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property and Information
Law, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 6, 2009
Video Killed the Radio Star: Online Social Networking and Video Privacy Rights, 2nd Annual
Privacy Law Scholars’ Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 4-5, 2009
Mapping Online Privacy, Maturing Internet Studies Conference, Northwestern University
School of Law, Chicago, IL, May 20, 2009
The Role of the Internet in Presidential Politics, Midwest Political Science Association, 67th
Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009
Copyrightability of Digital Typefaces and Fonts, invited speaker, Cleveland Intellectual
Property Law Association Monthly Meeting, Independence, Ohio, Feb 19, 2009.
Smile: You’re on Cellphone Camera: Six Modalities of Regulation for Online Video Privacy,
Villanova Law School, Fall Faculty Colloquium Speaker Series, October 10, 2008
To © or Not to ©? The Question for the Digital Font Industry, 6th Annual Works in Progress
Intellectual Property Colloquium, Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 3-4,
2008
From Domain Names to Video Games: The Rise of the Internet in Presidential Politics, The
Obama Phenomenon: Facets of a Historic Campaign, University of Denver Sturm College of
Law, Denver, Colorado, August 29, 2008
Online Privacy Principles: Lessons from Digital Copyright Law, 9th Annual Intellectual
Property Scholars’ Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, August 7-8, 2008.
Personal Names, Trademarks, and Domain Names, Joint Annual Meetings of the Law and
Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association, May 29-June 1, 2008,
Montreal, Canada
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Regulating Digital Video Privacy, Computers,
Freedom and Privacy Conference, Yale Law School, May 21-24, 2008
Regulation of Political Internet Domain Names, American Society of International Law
Conference, April 9-11, 2008, Washington D.C.
Global Domain Name Regulation Issues, International Law Students’ Association, Cleveland
Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, March 18, 2008, Cleveland, Ohio
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Politics and Internet Domain Names, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology Speaker
Series, Harvard Law School, February 13, 2008, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Celebrity in Cyberspace: The Right of Publicity and Internet Domain Name Disputes, Loyola
of Chicago Law School Faculty Colloquium, February 12, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
Current Internet Domain Name Issues, invited speaker, Cleveland Bar Association,
Intellectual Property Section, November 26, 2007, Cleveland, Ohio
Briefing Paper on Proposed new Internet Domain Names for IP Justice, for 29th Annual
ICANN International Public Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 25-29, 2007 (text of
briefing paper available at: http://ipjustice.org/wp/2007/06/06/lipton-legal-briefing/)
Invited Conference Fellow, Internet Domain Names and the First Amendment, Notre Dame
Law School, Spring Faculty Colloquium Series, October 27, 2006.
Internet Domain Names and the First Amendment, University of Florida Levin College of
Law, Gainesville, Florida, Fall Faculty Colloquium Series, October 19, 2006.
Invited participant, Berkeley conference on current issues in trade secret law, Berkeley,
California, October 13, 2006
Gripe Sites and Parodies in Cyberspace: Framing a Domain Name Policy to Facilitate Free
Speech, 3rd Annual Intellectual Property Works in Progress Colloquium, University of
Pittsburgh School of Law, October 11, 2006
Invited participant, Berkeley conference on Digital Rights Management and Fair Use, St
Helena, California, July 24, 2006
Digital Copyright Anti-Piracy Law: Facilitating ‘Fair’ Use in a Digitally Encrypted World,
Real Law and Online Rights (Virginia Journal of Law & Technology Symposium), University
of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, February 19, 2005 (invited speaker)
Digital Copyright Law and Information Law Principles, International Symposium on Current
Issues in Information Law, Information Law Research Group, University of Wolverhampton,
United Kingdom, February 4, 2005 (invited speaker).
Participant in debate on Lexmark v Static Control Components litigation, CLE presentation,
Cleveland Intellectual Property Lawyers’ Association, January 19, 2005, Independence, Ohio.
The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and
Interoperability, Boston University Law School Intellectual Property Scholar’s Colloquium,
September 10-11, 2004.
The Past as the Future: Secured Transactions and Information Property, Faculty workshop
exchange program with University of Maryland, April 1, 2004.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Interoperability, Faculty workshop exchange
program with Villanova School of Law, April 21, 2004.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Interoperability, Conference on “Intellectual
Property, Sustainable Development, and Endangered Species: Understanding the Dynamics of
the Information Ecosystems”, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, March 26-27,
2004
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Intellectual Property as Loan Collateral, Intellectual Property Scholars’ Roundtable Seminar,
Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, February 18-19, 2004
Information Property: Rights and Responsibilities, 3rd Annual Intellectual Property Scholars’
Conference, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, California, August 8-9, 2003.
Rights and Obligations in Information Products, Law and Society Association Annual
Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 5-8, 2003.
(Don’t) Fence Me In: Can Intellectual Property Law Survive the Global Information Age? ,
Networked World: Information Technology and Globalization. An International Conference
Sponsored by Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society,
California, April 24-25, 2003.
Invited presenter at “Technology and Governance: How the Internet has Changed our
Conceptions of Governance and Institutions” – symposium hosted by Loyola University
Chicago Law Journal, February 28-March 1, 2003.
A Framework for Information Law and Policy, Faculty Workshop, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 2003.
Intellectual Property Rights in Databases, Faculty Workshop, University of Cincinnati
College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 3, 2003 (faculty exchange between Case Western
Reserve University School of Law and University of Cincinnati College of Law)
Damaging Digital Data, Computers & Law Panel, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington DC,
January 3-7, 2003.
Database Contents as Intellectual Property: New Legal Approaches, 3rd Annual Law and
Technology Conference, International Society for Law and Technology, Cambridge, Mass.,
USA, November 6-8, 2002.
Matters of Fact: Refocusing the Database Debate, Second Annual Intellectual Property
Scholars Conference, jointly organized by Benjamin Cardozo School of Law Jacob Burns
Institute for Advanced Legal Studies/Berkeley Center for Technology Law/DePaul College of
Law Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology, Benjamin Cardozo
School of Law, New York, NY, USA, August 8-9, 2002.
Secured Finance Practice and the Evolution of Intellectual Property, invited speaker and
panelist for Symposium on Security Interests in Intellectual Property held by the Law
Commission of Canada, London, Ontario, Canada, November 16-18, 2001
Copyright in the Digital Age: A Comparative Survey, invited panelist for Symposium on law
and technology held by Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, Rutgers School of
Law, Newark, New Jersey, USA, April 12, 2001
The DMCA and the EU Copyright Directive, faculty seminar, commercial law teachers
interest group, Law School, University of Nottingham, UK, March 7, 2001
E-Finance: Risks and Rewards, guest seminar in LLM class, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland, December 1, 2000
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Financing E-Commerce: Legal and Commercial Pitfalls, LawTech 2000, 2nd Annual Law
and Technology Conference, IASTED, San Francisco, USA, October 30 – November 2, 2000
(also member of technical committee for this conference)
Resource group member facilitating workshop session on personal property security reform,
secured finance and intangible property, 17th Annual Banking Law & Practice Conference,
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, June 7-9, 2000
Secured Finance in the Global Information Age, April 4, 2000, faculty seminar, Law Faculty,
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Property Offences in the Global Information Age, 14th Annual Conference of the Australia
and New Zealand Society of Criminology, September 27-30, 1999, University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Security Over Intellectual Property, invited paper for Legal and Accounting Management
Seminars, June 16, 1999, Melbourne, Australia
Documentary Credits in the Global Information Age, 1st Annual IASTED Conference on Law
and Technology, LawTech ‘99, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 9-12, 1999
Commentary on Recent Developments in Banking and Finance Law, invited paper for
Banking Law Association Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, June 1999, commentary on
paper presented by Chief Justice de Jersey, Supreme Court of Queensland
A Revised ‘Property’ Concept for the New Millennium? 2nd Annual Commercial Law
Conference, Law Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, April 30, 1999
Secured Finance in the Information Age, 9th Annual Corporate Law Teachers’ Association
Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, February 8-10, 1999
Good Faith and Letters of Comfort, 1st Annual Commercial Law Conference, Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia, April 24, 1998
Presented one day workshop on Aspects of International Banking Law as part of the first
Monash University / Malaysian Bar Council Joint Course on International Trade and Finance
Law, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 8-10, 1998
Environmental and Unjust Enrichment Liabilities for Financiers in the Project Financing
Context, guest seminar in Business Finance: Law and Practice subject in the Monash
University LLM Program, Melbourne, Australia, September 25, 1997
Powers of Attorney and Administration Orders, guest seminar in Psychiatry, Psychology and
Law subject in the Monash University LLM Program, Melbourne, Australia, April 9, 1997
(with Jennifer Todd)
New Perspectives on the Senate and Responsible Government, Faculty Seminar, Faculty of
Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, October 2, 1996
Project Financing and the Environment: Lender Liability for Environmental Damage, 50th
annual Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, September 29, 1995, La Trobe
University, Bundoora, Australia
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Financiers and Third Line Forcing, guest seminar in Business Finance: Law and Practice
subject in the Monash University LLM Program, Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 1995
The CHESS System – Electronic Securities Trading in Australia, guest seminar at Securities
Regulation Lecture series in the Monash University LLM Program, Melbourne, Australia,
First Semester 1995
Neuropsychological Assessment and Legal Issues in Dealing with Financial Management of
the Elderly, 15th Annual Congress of the Australia and New Zealand Association of
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, April 7-9, 1995, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Melbourne,
Australia (with Jennifer Todd)
The CHESS System of Securities Registration and Transfer, Corporate Regulation Seminar,
Department of Business Law, Faculty of Business, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia, September 14, 1994
The CHESS System and Security over Electronically Registered Shares in Australia, Legal
Aspects of Corporate Finance Lecture, Department of Business Law, Faculty of Business,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, July 28, 1994
Taking Effective Security Interests Over Shares Registered Under the CHESS and FAST
Systems, Banking and Finance Seminar, Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne, Australia, May
12, 1994
Interpleader Rules, Litigation Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson &
Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, August 18, 1993
Debt Collectors’ Licensing Legislation, Litigation Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur
Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, July 21, 1993
Uniform Regulation of Standby Letters of Credit and Other First Demand Security
Instruments in International Financing Transactions, Banking and Finance Special Interest
Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, July 5, 1993
Right of Subrogation: Discussion of Johnson & Darcy v AGC, Banking and Finance Special
Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, April 4,
1993
Implied Exclusion of Co-Guarantors’ Right of Contribution: Discussion of Pacanowski v
Wygoda, Banking and Finance Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson &
Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, April 4, 1993
Co-Guarantors’ Right of Contribution: Discussion of Bond v Larobi 6 WAR 489 (1992),
Banking and Finance Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks,
Melbourne, Australia, February 8, 1993
Environmental Issues For Financiers, Environmental Law Special Interest Group Meeting,
Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, August 25, 1992
Financiers’ Liability Under the Water Act 1989 (Vic), Environmental Law Special Interest
Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia, September 29, 1992
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The Potential Impact of Larobi’s Case on Risk Participation Agreements, Banking and
Finance Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne,
Australia, November 4, 1992
The Meaning of “acquisition” in Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Banking and
Finance Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne,
Australia, October 12, 1992
Exclusion and Suspension of Co-Guarantors’ Common Law Right of Contribution:
Discussion of Hong Kong Bank v Larobi, 1 Bank LR 366 (1992), Banking and Finance
Special Interest Group Meeting, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia,
August 10, 1992
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Research and Teaching Awards, Scholarships and Grants
2012: Awarded competitive grant from the United States District Court Attorney
Admissions Fund for symposium on patent law and innovation, February,
2012, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (with C. Nard)
2011: Bad Faith in Cyberspace: Grounding Domain Name Theory in Trademark,
Property, and Restitution article (infra) selected as one of the best intellectual
property articles for 2010 and republished in the Intellectual Property Law
Review (West, 2011)
2010: UCITE Mentoring Fellowship, inaugural program/competitive selection
process, Case Western Reserve University, fall 2010.
2009: Awarded competitive grant from the United States District Court Attorney
Admissions Fund for symposium, Signifiers in Cyberspace: Domain Names
and Online Trademarks, November 12-13, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law
2008: A Winning Solution for YouTube and Utube? article (infra) selected as one of
the best intellectual property articles for 2008 and republished in the
Intellectual Property Law Review (West, 2009)
2007: Awarded Law School winner of the Spotlight Series Prize for Women’s
Scholarship, Mather Centennial Celebration Committee of the Flora Stone
Mather Alumnae Association, Case Western Reserve University
2005: Beyond Cybersquatting article (infra) selected as one of the best intellectual
property articles for 2005 and republished in the Intellectual Property Law
Review (West, 2006)
2004: UCITE Learning Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, spring 2004.
2000: Awarded competitive University of Nottingham Research Grant (Overseas
Conference Fund) to present paper at Law and Technology conference in San
Francisco in November 2000.
1999: Awarded Taft Writing Award for article on property offences and intangible
property, published in the Law Institute Journal, October 1998.
Awarded Australasian Banking Law Association research prize for essay on
secured finance law and practice in the global information age
Awarded competitive Monash University Research Fund Travel Grant to
present a paper on international finance law at IASTED Law and Technology
Conference in Hawaii in August 1999
Awarded competitive Monash University Teaching Innovations Fund Grant
towards a proposed Banking Law Teachers’ Conference
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1997: Awarded full Commonwealth Scholarship to Cambridge University. (Also
shortlisted for Chevening Scholarship but withdrew due to award of
Commonwealth Scholarship.)
Awarded Selwyn College Postgraduate Scholarship for Academic Excellence
(Cambridge University)
Awarded Selwyn College Graduate Student Travel Grant to present paper at
commercial law conference at the Australian National University.
Awarded Association of Commonwealth Universities Travel Grant to present
paper at commercial law conference at the Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia.
1995: Appointed first reserve on shortlist for Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
Scholarship to study commercial law at the University of Michigan.
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Teaching
Trademark Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Houston
Law Center
Sales Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
International Intellectual Property, University of Florida Levin College of
Law, Houston Law Center
Intellectual Property Survey Course, Case Western Reserve University School
of Law
Cyberlaw, Case Western Reserve University School of Law/University of
Florida Levin College of Law, Houston Law Center
International Business Transactions, Case Western Reserve University School
of Law (includes comparative sales law, finance law, payments law, licensing
law)
Commercial Information and the Law (seminar), Case Western Reserve
University School of Law, Melbourne Law School (Australia)
Intangible Assets as Loan Collateral/Security Over Intangible Assets,
University of Melbourne (Australia), Monash University (Australia),
University of Nottingham (UK)
Contracts, Monash University (Australia), University of Nottingham (UK)
Banking Law, Monash University (Australia), University of Nottingham (UK)
Understanding Law, University of Nottingham (UK)
Comparative Secured Transactions Law, University of Nottingham (UK),
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
The Law of International Trade Finance, University of Nottingham (UK)
Legal Process, Monash University (Australia)
Secured Finance and Related Transactions, Monash University (Australia)
International Banking and Finance Law, Thomas Cooley summer school
Current Issues in Banking and Finance Law, Monash University (Australia)
International Banking Law, Monash University (Australia)
Constitutional Law, Monash University (Australia)
Business Associations, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
(Australia)
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Administration and Service
2013-2014:
Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law,
Houston Law Center; Member, Dean Search Committee, Houston Law
Center; Member, Faculty Development Committee, Houston Law
Center; Chair-Elect, AALS Section on Defamation and Privacy Law
2012-2013:
Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law,
Houston Law Center; Member, Appointments Committee (Lateral
Candidates), Houston Law Center; Member, Faculty Development
Committee, Houston Law Center; Chair-Elect, AALS Section on
Privacy Law
2011-2012:
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Member, Appointments Committee
ex officio), Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Member,
Experiential Education Advisory Committee, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law; Appointed Member, Faculty Development
Council (Case Western Reserve University); Member, Search
Committee for Vice President for Research (Case Western Reserve
University); Member, Research Deans’ Committee (Case Western
Reserve University); Member, Academic Technology Advisory
Committee (Case Western Reserve University); Member, Women
Faculty Leadership Development Institute Council (Case Western
Reserve University); Member, UCITE Advisory Board (Case Western
Reserve University); Member, AALS Committee on Research (term
concluding in 2012); Member, Executive Committee, AALS Internet
and Computer Law Section (term concluding in 2013); Invited
Member, Center for Women Steering Committee, Case Western
Reserve University; Invited Member, International Advisors Group,
Case Western Reserve University (convened by Associate Provost for
International Affairs); Invited Research Affiliate, Intellectual Property
and Technology Law program, Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University, Toronto, Ontario; Faculty Senate Committee on Women
Faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Member,
Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University
of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing).
2010-2011:
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Co-Director, Center for Law,
Technology and the Arts and Associate Director, Frederick K Cox
International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of
Law; Member, Appointments Committee ex officio), Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Appointed Member, Law School
Excellence Committee, Case Western Reserve University School of
Law (for strategic planning); Member, Faculty Development Council
(Case Western Reserve University); Member, Research Deans’
Committee (Case Western Reserve University); Member, Academic
Technology Advisory Committee (Case Western Reserve University);
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Member, AALS Committee on Research (term concluding in 2012);
Member, Executive Committee, AALS Internet and Computer Law
Section (term concluding in 2013); Invited Member, Center for
Women Steering Committee, Case Western Reserve University;
Invited Member, International Advisors Group, Case Western Reserve
University (convened by Associate Provost for International Affairs);
Invited Research Affiliate, Intellectual Property and Technology Law
program, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto,
Ontario; Member, Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal,
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing).
2009-2010:
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Member, Appointments Committee
(ex officio), Case Western Reserve University School of Law;
Appointed Member, Law School Excellence Committee, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law (for strategic planning); Member,
Faculty Development Council (Case Western Reserve University);
Member, Research Deans’ Committee (Case Western Reserve
University); Member, Academic Technology Advisory Committee
(Case Western Reserve University); Co-Director, Law, Technology
and the Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University; Associate
Director, Frederick K Cox Center for International Law, Case Western
Reserve University; Member, AALS Committee on Libraries and
Technology (term concluding in 2010); Member, AALS Committee on
Research (term commencing in 2010); Invited Member, Center for
Women Steering Committee, Case Western Reserve University;
Founding Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Office, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Invited Member, International
Advisors Group, Case Western Reserve University (convened by
Associate Provost for International Affairs); Invited Research Affiliate,
Intellectual Property and Technology Law program, Osgoode Hall
Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario; Member, Advisory
Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing).
2008-2009:
Appointed Member, Dean Search Committee for Law School Dean,
Case Western Reserve University; Faculty Senator, Case Western
Reserve University; Appointed Member, Law School Excellence
Committee, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (for
strategic planning); Co-Director, Law, Technology and the Arts
Center, Case Western Reserve University; Associate Director,
Frederick K Cox Center for International Law, Case Western Reserve
University; Member, Faculty Libraries and Technology Committee,
Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Member, Honorary
Degree Committee, Case Western Reserve University; Appointed
Delegate, International Association of Law Schools General Assembly
(for Case Western Reserve University School of Law); Invited
Member, AALS Committee on Libraries and Technology; Invited
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Member, Center for Women Steering Committee, Case Western
Reserve University; Founding Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy
Office, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Invited
Research Affiliate, Intellectual Property and Technology Law
program, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto,
Ontario; Member, Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal,
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing)
2007-2008:
Appointed Member, Presidential Advisory Committee, Promotion and
Tenure for School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University;
Consultant to IP Justice on ICANN gTLD process; Faculty Senator,
Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director, Law, Technology and
the Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University; Associate Director,
Frederick K Cox Center for International Law, Case Western Reserve
University; Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, School of Law,
Case Western Reserve University (fall); Member, Promotion and
Tenure Committee, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University
(spring); Member, Honorary Degree Committee, Case Western
Reserve University; Appointed Representative, Faculty Department
Chairs Group, Case Western Reserve University (Appointed by
Provost and Law School Dean); Invited Member, Internationalization
Task Force, Case Western Reserve University; Appointed Delegate,
International Association of Law Schools General Assembly (for Case
Western Reserve University School of Law); Invited Member, AALS
Committee on Libraries and Technology; Invited Member, Center for
Women Steering Committee, Case Western Reserve University;
Member, Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing)
2006-2007:
Faculty Senator, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director, Law,
Technology and the Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law; Associate Director, Frederick K Cox Center for
International Law; Chair, Law, Technology and the Arts Symposium:
‘The 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaties – 10 Years Later’ (November 10,
2006) (webcast available at:
http://www.law.case.edu/centers/lta/webcast.asp?dt=20061110&type=
wmv); Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, Case School of Law;
Appointed Representative, Faculty Leadership Group, Case Western
Reserve University (Appointed by Provost); Appointed Representative,
Faculty Department Chairs Group, Case Western Reserve University
(Appointed by Provost and Law School Dean); Member, Case Council
on Entrepreneurship and Personal Initiative, Case Western Reserve
University; Member, Honorary Degree Committee, Case Western
Reserve University; Member, International Program Committee,
LawTech 2006 (M.I.T., Cambridge, MA); Invited Member, AALS
Committee on Libraries and Technology; Invited Member, Center for
Women Steering Committee, Case Western Reserve University;
Member, Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing)
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2005-2006:
Associate Director, Frederick K Cox Center for International Law;
Co-Ordinator Cox Center Visiting Fellows Program (ongoing);
Member, Appointments Committee, Case School of Law (spring
semester);Member, Admissions Committee, Case School of Law;
Member, Building Committee, Case School of Law; Member, Library
and Computers Committee, Case School of Law; Member, Advisory
Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University of
Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing); Member, Entrepreneurship
Council, Case Western Reserve University
2004-2005:
Associate Director, Frederick K Cox Center for International Law;
Co-Ordinator, Cox Center Visiting Fellows Program; Co-Convener,
Law Technology and the Arts Center Symposium: ‘Sony v Betamax:
20 Years On’, February 25, 2005 (with Professor Raymond Ku)
Invited Member, University Strategic Planning Group, Case Western
Reserve University; Member, Appointments Committee, Case Western
Reserve University School of Law; Member, U.S. Legal Studies LL.M.
Review Committee, Case Western Reserve University School of
Law;Invited Participant, Internet & Society Idea Exchange, Harvard
Law School/Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Chair, Law and
Computers Section, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January
2005 - co-chairing two panels, one with Defamation and Privacy Law
Section (Defamation and Privacy Issues in the Digital Age) and one
with Intellectual Property Law Section (Open Source Software Issues);
Regular peer reviewer for article submissions, Journal of Information,
Law and Technology, Warwick University Law School, United
Kingdom (ongoing); Member, Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice
Journal, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
(ongoing)
2003-2004:
Nominated to UCITE Learning Fellowship, Case Western Reserve
University, spring 2004; Chair-Elect, Computers and Law Section,
AALS Annual Meeting (to chair panel in January 2005); Member,
Appointments Committee, Case Western Reserve University School of
Law; Sponsoring Faculty Member, International Business
Concentration (LLM Program, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law); Regular peer reviewer for article submissions, Journal
of Information, Law and Technology, Warwick University Law
School, United Kingdom (ongoing); Member, Advisory Board, QUT
Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Australia (ongoing)
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2002-2003:
Sponsoring Faculty Member, International Business Concentration
(LLM Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Law);
Member, Appointments Committee, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law; Member, ABA Subcommittee on Cyberlaw, working
group on jurisdictional issues in cyberspace; Member, Advisory Board,
QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Australia (ongoing); Regular peer reviewer for article
submissions, Journal of Information, Law and Technology, Warwick
University Law School, United Kingdom (ongoing)
2001-2002:
Member, Curriculum Review Committee, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law; Sponsoring Faculty (Acting) International
Law Concentration, Spring Semester, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law; Judge, Semi-Finals, Dunmore Moot
Competition, Case Western Reserve University School of Law;
Judge for practice sessions of Jessup International Moot Competition,
Case Western Reserve University School of Law team; Member,
Advisory Board, QUT Law & Justice Journal, Queensland University
of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (ongoing); Regular peer reviewer
for article submissions, Journal of Information, Law and Technology,
Warwick University Law School, United Kingdom (ongoing)
2000-2001:
Member, Taught Masters Committee, University of Nottingham
School of Law; Faculty Development Officer, University of
Nottingham School of Law; Donor, Legal Process Research and
Writing Prize, Monash University School of Law; Regular peer
reviewer for article submissions, Journal of Information, Law and
Technology, Warwick University Law School, United Kingdom
(ongoing)
1995-2000:
Associate Director, National Australia Bank’s Banking Law Centre,
Monash University School of Law (1997-2000); Member, Graduate
Studies Committee, Monash University School of Law (1998-1999)
(particular responsibility for organizing/coordinating graduate
programs in banking and finance law); Member, Executive Committee,
Monash University School of Law (1996-1997); Director, Monash
Law Book Co-Operative (1997); Regular peer reviewer for article
submissions, Journal of Information, Law and Technology, Warwick
University Law School, United Kingdom (ongoing)