Dr. Jane Anderson to Moderate a Panel on Intellectual Property and Social Justice
Dr. Jane Anderson will be moderating a panel as part of the Institute for
Intellectual Property and Social Justice's "Intellectual
Property Empowerment Summit," taking place at Howard University School
of Law on 5 November 2010. The Summit aims to develop working frameworks for
providing and facilitating access to information about intellectual property
law within underserved and marginalized communities. Dr Anderson has served
as part of the core organizing team and is co-ordinating the panel, "Protection
for Indigenous Cultural Knowledge and Expression," which will focus on the
question, "Is cultural
expression and 'know-how' in my community protectable?" The Summit will draw
scholars and professionals in the field of intellectual property, specifically
those who are working to empower marginalized communities through IP strategies
of protection. The Under-Secretary of Commerce and Director of the US Patent
and Trademark Office, Honorable David Kappos, as well as the US IP Enforcement
Co-ordinator, Victoria Espinel will be in attendance.
Dr. Anderson is a new faculty affiliate with the Center for Heritage and Society, the first in the cluster hire for international heritage studies. |