The 25th Anniversary of Feist: Copyrightable Subject Matter & Copyright Registration Practice When: April 6, 2016 at 2:00pm - 5:30pm EDT - This event has passed The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and the DC Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA present The 25th Anniversary of Feist Pubs. Inc., v. Rural Tel. Svc. Co., Inc., 499 U.S. 340 (1991): A Discussion of Copyrightable Subject Matter and Copyright Registration Practice With a keynote address by Robert J. Kasunic Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy & Practice U.S. Copyright Office CLICK TO REGISTER The United States Supreme Court decision Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. made clear that originality is a constitutional requirement for copyrightability and therefore registerability. Robert J. Kasunic will discuss copyright registration practice and the clarifying role that the newly-released Third Edition of the Compendium of Copyright Office Practices plays in articulating the legal limits on copyrightable subject matter. Subsequent panels will examine specialized topics in copyright law and registration policy, including a focus on software and a discussion of useful articles and copyright at the edges of developed law. Agenda below. There will be a live webcast of this event, which will be available at http://www.pijip.org/copyright-registration-practice-with-robert-kasunic at the start of the event. AGENDA 2:00 Introduction 2:15 Registration and the Compendium Robert Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy & Practice, U.S. Copyright Office 3:00 Software: Copyrightability and Registration Terry Illardi, Copyright Counsel, IBM Chris Mohr, Vice President for Intellectual Property and General Counsel, SIIA Moderator: Michael Carroll, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law 3:50 Coffee Break 4:05 Copyright at the Edges Tom Kjellberg, Counsel, Cowan, Liebowitz, & Latman Rebecca Tushnet, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center Moderator: Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law 4:55 Open Discussion 5:30 Reception This event has passed
