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DESCRIPTION:A CIPP Seminar with Professor Michael J. Madison\, University o
 f Pittsburgh School of Law.  Kindly RSVP to Mr. Francis Lord (francis.lord
  [at] mail.mcgill.ca). A request has been made to the Quebec Bar for accre
 ditation as a Continuing Legal Education activity.  Abstract  This present
 ation explores the meanings and functions of the objects of intellectual p
 roperty: the work of authorship (or copyright work) in copyright\, the inv
 ention in patent\, and the mark and the sign in trademark. It is usually a
 rgued that the central challenge in understanding the copyright work is to
  develop a sensible method for appreciating its boundaries\, in the sense 
 of its metaphorical 'metes and bounds.' The boundaries might be establishe
 d by deferring to the intention of the author\, or by constructing a sense
  of the work with reference to reader\, viewer\, or listener experience\, 
 or perhaps by mediating between those two poles.  The presentation re-cons
 iders the copyright work as a fundamental object of copyright. It rejects 
 the premise that the purpose of interpreting the work is to properly under
 stand its metes and bounds\, either as a concept or as a token. The de-mat
 erialization of the work over the last century made that project deeply pr
 oblematic from the beginning of modern copyright\, and digital technology 
 has made it even more difficult.  I argue instead that the idea of the wor
 k plays a central role in constructing expressive culture itself.  About t
 he speaker  Michael J. Madison is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director 
 of the  Innovation Practice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Scho
 ol of  Law\, in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, USA. He specializes in the law
 \,  policy\, and theory of intellectual property. His scholarship on  inte
 llectual property law\, property theory\, and commons has appeared in  law
  reviews at Cornell University\, Fordham University\, Boston College\,  th
 e University of Notre Dame\, the College of William & Mary\, and  Case Wes
 tern Reserve University\, among others\, and he is the co-author  of a cas
 ebook on intellectual property law published by Aspen  Publishers\, now in
  its third edition. Professor Madison has been a  member of the faculty at
  the University of Pittsburgh since 1998. A  complete biography and list o
 f publications can be found at http://madisonian.net.
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LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:The Future of Things: The Copyright Work as Legal Object
URL:/law/channels/event/future-things-copyright-work-l
 egal-object-218283
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