EMBASSY INFORMATION
Embassy Event
U.S. SPECIALIST TALKS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE U.S.
November 20-21, 2006
Mr. Jonathan Band, founder of the law firm Jonathan Band PLLC, Technology Law and Policy, will be in Buenos Aires on November 20 and 21 to give presentations on the topic of "Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Law in the U.S."
He has been invited by the U.S. Embassy to discuss U.S. IPR laws and how they achieve their aims of protecting knowledge industries. Mr. Band has helped shape the laws that govern intellectual property and the Internet through legislative and appellate advocacy and has worked on the World Intellectual Property Organization's Copyright Treaty and other international trade agreements.
He is the author of "Interfaces on Trial: Intellectual Property and Interoperability in the Global Software Industry" and has written over 60 articles on IPR. Mr. Band received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1982 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985.
To get more information on this subject, check this information guide (which includes links to resources in English and Spanish)
Jonathan Band Biography
Jonathan Band received a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1982 from Harvard College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985.
He has worked on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Copyright Treaty, the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Convention and Hate Speech Protocol, and several free trade agreements.
Mr. Band has written extensively on intellectual property and electronic commerce matters, including the book Interfaces on Trial: Intellectual Property and Interoperability in the Global Software Industry and over 60 articles.
He is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on the intellectual property legislative process.
He is an active member of the American Bar Association y and of the Bars of the Distrito de Columbia and the State of California.
Mr. Band has been quoted as an authority on intellectual property and Internet matters in numerous publications, including Clarin (Argentina), New York Times, Washington Post, Los Ángeles Times, USA Today, Forbes, Radio Pública Nacional y en CNN.