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.
Fall 2025 Kernochan Center Events
The Kernochan Center looks forward to our Fall season, with all these events and more to come! Please contact the program coordinator, Samara Weiss, if you have any questions.
Symposium - Deepfakes: In Search of Global Solutions
On Friday, October 24, 2025, in collaboration with the Columbia-Sorbonne Alliance, the Kernochan Center's annual symposium will examine the problems created by AI-generated deepfakes and analyze domestic and international IP laws in search of potential solutions. Scholars and industry leaders from the United States, the European Union, and the Commonwealth will consider the adequacy of current IP frameworks to address deepfakes, the role of transparency obligations, and potential enforcement and liability mechanisms.
This Fall from Our Friends at the Copyright Society
Copyright Society members and guests are cordially invited to the 2025 International Meeting in Dublin. Conference sessions will take place at the prestigious National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. Registration and information is available on the Copyright Society's website for the event. Registration for the conference will close on Monday, October 13 and space is limited, so please register today to confirm your seat at this exciting international copyright event.
37th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture - Video Available
On March 24, Prof. Peter Menell of UC Berkeley Law School delivered the 37th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture, "On the Devolution of Copyright Scholarship," at 6:15 PM at Columbia Law School.
Peter Menell is the Koret Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, co-founder and Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and co-founder and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. He earned his S.B. at MIT, Ph.D. in economics at Stanford University, and J.D. from Harvard Law School before clerking for Judge Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 1990. Professor Menell’s research and teaching span intellectual property across the technology and entertainment fields, as well as environmental law and policy, property law, law and economics, and judiciary reform. He has authored more than 100 articles and 15 books, including leading casebooks, intellectual property treatises, and research handbooks. Since 1998, Professor Menell has organized more than 60 intellectual property education programs in conjunction with the Federal Judicial Center, including an annual four-day program on “Intellectual Property in the Digital Age.”
The Visual Arts Infringement Database
On Monday, March 3, Megan Noh, partner at Pryor Cashman LLP, introduced the launch of the Visual Arts Infringement Database, a resource that will illuminate issues and cases in visual arts infringement for students, lawyers, and artists alike. The Visual Arts Infringement Database is made possible by the generosity of Arnold D. Burke '55.