Open source software movements initiated about two decades ago. Embodied by events like the IBM acquisition of the open source icon Red Hat, one of the current trends in open source is the large scale, enterprise-level IT service business.

The Intellectual Property Law Society invites you to a panel and discussion on current anti-counterfeiting measures in different intellectual property industries.

Panelists: 

Alex Bamiagis, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Aryn Emert, Assistant General Counsel at CBS Corporation

Dwana Dixon, Associate, Epstein Drangel

Kerry Brownlee, Associate, Epstein Drangel 

The discussion will focus on the status of extraterritoriality and the divergent circumstantial treatment that the Courts have given extraterritoriality in the United States. More specifically, there has been a trend that Courts are usually more comfortable applying United States law extraterritorially when issues of criminal law and national security are at stake, yet usually decide in the opposite direction when faced with the extraterritorial application of US civil law or human rights obligations. 

The symposium will have three panels, with the first two showcasing pending litigation in SCOTUS to illustrate this point, and the third will be a scholarly discussion of this phenomenon generally.

Agenda

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Check-in

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. - Panel 1: Extraterritoriality in Criminal and Human Rights Law (Hernandez v. Mesa)

Moderator: Professor Alexander Reinert

Faraz Sanei, Visiting Instructor of Clinical Law, Cardozo School of Law 

Jonathan Hafetz, Attorney, ACLU 

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Panel 2: Extraterritoriality in Securities Law (Scoville v. SEC)

Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Goldman

Jorge Tenreiro, Attorney, SEC 

Jennifer Achilles, Reed Smith

Alexander Janghorbani, Cleary Gottlieb

5:45 - 6:45 p.m. - Panel 3: Theory of extraterritoriality

Professor Beth Stephens, Rutgers University School of Law

Kevin Benish, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law

Professor Andrew Kent, Fordham University School of Law

6:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Reception

3 CLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice available

Please join The Heyman Center for a panel discussion analyzing the current state of antitrust law in our ever-evolving economy. The panel will address a variety of timely issues, including the application of classic antitrust law to challenges posed by big tech; federal and state investigations into leading tech companies; whether a successful monopolization case is plausible with the rise of companies like Amazon; and the increase in length of DOJ and FTC merger reviews. Light refreshments will be available after the panel.

Moderator: 

Sam Weinstein

Assistant Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, The Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance, Cardozo School of Law

Panelists:

Andrew Finch

Partner and Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, Paul Weiss

Christina Ma

Associate, Antitrust, Wachtell

Joseph Matelis

Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell

Approved for 1.5 transitional/non-transitional New York State CLE credits in the category "Areas of Professional Practice".

This event is open to the public and free of charge, but registration is required. For questions, please email: heyman.events@yu.edu.