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Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Program at George Washington University
Robert Brauneis is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Program at the George Washington University Law School. After earning his Juris Doctor magna cum laude at Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (now Justice Breyer), and to Justice David H. Souter. He has also served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the city of Chicago.
Professor Brauneis’ teaching and scholarly interests include copyright, trademark, property, and constitutional law. He is the co-author of a leading casebook on copyright law, and of numerous articles on copyright, trademark, and constitutional law. He is a member of the Managing Board of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center and a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA, and has served as President of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. In 2013-2014, he served as the inaugural Abraham L. Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the United States Copyright Office.
Publications
Copyright subsists in works of authorship, not in an artist’s or author’s style as such. However, copyright does protect an author’s expression, and at times the line between protectable expression (and associated adaptation rights) and unprotectable ideas can be hard to draw. The advent of generative AI, which can mimic individual… Read More
Register Location Zoom Join the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Copyright Society in partnership with The George Washington University Law School for a two-part program featuring retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Justice Breyer’s Copyright Legacy Part I: Fireside Chat with Justice… Read More
