The Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications

Professor Jessica Litman

Rethinking Copyright

Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Time: Lecture 5:00 pm, Reception to follow in the Rowell Room
Place: Cassels, Brock and Blackwell Classroom (FLB), Flavelle House, 78 Queen’s Park

Jessica Litman is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she teaches copyright law, trademark law and Internet law. Professor Litman is the author of the book Digital Copyright, as well as many articles on intellectual property, the public domain and information law. She has testified before Congress and the White House Information Infrastructure Task Force's Working Group on Intellectual Property. She is a trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA and the chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Intellectual Property. She is a member of the Intellectual Property and Internet Committee of the ACLU and the advisory board of Cyberspace Law Abstracts. Professor Litman has a B.A. from Reed College, an M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University, a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and clerked for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Betty Fletcher.

The Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications was established by Senator Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C., Class of 1958, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the Faculty of Law and the 10th anniversary of the graduation of his son, Laurence Grafstein and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Grafstein (nee Weatherhead), both from the Class of 1988. The inaugural lecture was delivered in the fall of 1999 by Charles Dalfen of Torys, a former professor at U of T’s Faculty of Law.

Reception to follow in the Rowell Room.