Copyright Basics

July 23, 2021, 1 – 4 pm EST

This session explores the principles governing copyright protection and frames the key questions—copyright subsistence, limiting doctrines, infringement analysis, fair use, and remedies—that arise in copyright litigation.  It begins with a tutorial led by leading scholars and treatise writers, followed by a series of simulations of actual and hypothetical infringement and fair use cases.  It is an essential introduction for judges who have never studied or practiced copyright law and a good refresher for those who have.


Program Faculty

Peter S. MenellKoret Professor of Law; Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Faculty Director, Berkeley Judicial Institute; University of California at Berkeley School of Law

Shyamkrishna BalganeshSol Goldman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Dale Cendali, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

David NimmerOf Counsel, Irell & Manella


Background Materials