Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

10:00 - 11:30 am

Literature, Art, and Piracy I -- McGrath Room A
Chair: Eileen Panetta
Kathleen Kennedy Translating Early Modern Pirates
Andreas Stuhlmann Plagiarism, Pride, and Prejudice
Stephen Butler Joyce and Copyright

Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights -- McGrath Room B
Chair: Tresmaine Grimes
Stephen Marvin Copyright Issues for Web 2.0/Web 3D
Katherine Farias: Folklore Under National & International Copyright
Tamara Mann Iraqi Jewish Archive & Logic of Cultural Property

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Intellectual Property & The Law -- McGrath A
Session Chair: John Breslin
Richard Wilson Peer to Peer File Sharing: Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Yi Fu Chen Patent Law and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Rose Sengendo Trademark Protection in Africa

Politics and Property I -- McGrath B
Chair: Michael Jordan
Connie Powell & Mia Moody-Hall Changing Face of Politics: Social Networking During The 2007-08 Primaries And Its Impact On Intellectual Property
Kathleen Olson Politicians, Publicity Rights, and Political Speech
Robin Hunt CIBER team and Intellectual Property Policy

2:45 - 4:15 pm

Literature, Art, and Piracy II -- McGrath A
Chair: Scott Cleary
Denise Budd The Intellectual Property of the Renaissance Artist
Jeffrey Berlin: Schnitzler's Views on Intellectual Property
Scott Cleary William Warburton, Pope and Intellectual Property

Politics and Property II -- McGrath B
Chair: Teresa Delgado
Victoria Ekstrand Don't Steal My Headline, Don’t Steal My Facts” The Hot News Doctrine Heats up the Debate about News in the Public Domain
Gail Drakes The Stories We Cannot Afford to Remember: Intellectual Property Law & Collective Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
John Knapp: Taking Games Seriously: Category Confusion in Video Game Copyright

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Keynote Address McGrath A
Joy Garnett Who Owns History? Art, Agitprop and Appropriation in the Digital Age

6:00 pm - Dinner

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

9:00 - 10:30 am

Plagiarism, Property, & Students I -- McGrath A
Chair: Dean DeFino
Dagmar Zuefle Authorship, Ownership, & Student Compositions
Dorothy Pisarski An Analysis of the Impact of Student Participation in Academic Honesty Discourse and Code of Ethics
John Rodgers Teaching the Art of Skillful Citation in the Intellectual Commons

The Present and Future of Intellectual Property -- McGrath B
Chair: David Cundy
Anirban Mazumder Information, Copyright, and the Future
Jonathan Trerise A Philosophical and Economic Argument for Why Patents Are Not Incentives
David Cundy The Jolly Roger at Half-Staff: The Ironic Ongoing Battle to ProtectOnline Intellectual Property

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Plagiarism, Property, & Students II -- McGrath A
Chair: Fredrica Rudell
John Rodgers Plexis and Plagiary: An Argument Against Showing the Red Card
Itai Sneh Fighting Plagiarism Innovatively: Interviews, Citations, and Information Literacy
Adam Goldstein Bullshit Plagiarism

The Limits of Intellectual Property -- McGrath B
Chair: John Mahon
Ron Healy & Joseph Timoney Addressing Limitations in the Distribution of Public Performance Royalties
Marc Roark Limitations of Sales Warranties as an Alternative to Intellectual Property Rights
Dorothy Pisarski Teaching IP Law to Advertising Students

12:30 pm - Faculty Reception Room, Spellman Hall

Closing Luncheon

1:00 pm - Faculty Reception Room

Keynote Address
Laura Quilter

Closing Remarks
Brian Nickerson, Dean of Arts and Science, Iona College