The Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts was established to contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use.
Open Now: The Honorable William Conner Writing Competition
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) is currently accepting submissions for the Hon. William C. Conner Intellectual Property Writing Competition. The award was established to recognize exceptionally written papers in the field of intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, antitrust, and data security/privacy issues. The competition is open to students enrolled in a J.D. or LL.M. program. Two awards are given, with cash prizes. The deadline is March 7th. For details, rules and requirements, please visit the competition site.
Lunch events sponsored by the Horace S. Manges Fund
For more information, please click on the titles of individual events. Current students, staff, and faculty are not required to register for events. Alumni, students of other schools, and other parties without a current law school ID card should email the program coordinator, Samara Weiss, to be placed on the guest list. Please note that the October 8 evening panel, Alumni in IP, is open only to students.
The Kernochan Center's annual symposium, Past, Present and Future of Copyright Licensing, was a full-day symposium four panels of academics, industry experts, government and non-government officials, and lawyers representing different interests within the world of licensing. Each panel focused on a particular creative industry and examine the different models of licensing that these copyright sectors have employed.
Video of the symposium is forthcoming.
Copyright Society Hosts 15th Annual Copyright and Technology Conference
The Copyright Society's 15th Annual Copyright and Technology Conference features a keynote by Tom Rubin, Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI. It will be held on Monday, September 30, at Fordham Law School in New York City, in the Constantino Lecture Hall on Floor 2. Registrants may attend in person or virtually.
2024 Awards for Excellence in Intellectual Property Studies
The Carroll G. Harper Prize, awarded to members of the graduating class who have attained the highest standards of achievement in intellectual property studies and writing, is presented to Lily Henderson and Matt Tracy.
The Michael D. Remer Memorial Award, presented by the Kernochan Center to a graduating student whose activities and academic achievements demonstrate an interest in and aptitude for the fields of art and copyright law, is awarded to Anne Diamond.
The Andrew D. Fried Memorial Prize, given annually for the best student essay on a subject in the field of intellectual property and related law published in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts during the preceding year, is awarded to Margalit Zimand, for "Deconstructing the Blueprint for Infringement: Remedying Flawed Interpretations of the § 120(a) Exception to Architecture Copyrights."
Congratulations to our 2024 prize winners!
The annual ELI Writing Contest challenges law students to identify and research a pressing legal issue facing the music industry today and outline a proposed solution in a 3,000-word essay. A nationwide panel of music law experts judge the papers in a blind process to select one winner and two runners-up. For more information, please visit the Entertainment Law Initiative site and read the official rules, including information on the scholarships and other prizes. Manuscripts and accompanying paperwork are due November 8, 2024.