"AI Firms Under Fire for Allegedly Infringing on Copyrights"
Robert Brauneis quoted in Voice of America discussing the legality of fair use and OpenAI.
Robert Brauneis
Robert Brauneis
Michael J. McKeon Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program; Co-Director of the Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies; Member, Managing Board, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center
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Robert Brauneis is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Program at the George Washington University Law School. After earning his Juris Doctor magna cum laude at Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (now Justice Breyer), and to Justice David H. Souter. He has also served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the city of Chicago.
Professor Brauneis’ teaching and scholarly interests include copyright, trademark, property, and constitutional law. He is the co-author of a leading casebook on copyright law, and of numerous articles on copyright, trademark, and constitutional law. He is a member of the Managing Board of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center and a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the USA, and has served as President of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court. In 2013-2014, he served as the inaugural Abraham L. Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the United States Copyright Office.
In the News
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WUSA9 quoted Robert Brauneis in the ongoing discussion of Twitter’s rebranding and the likelihood of retaining the name "X".
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Robert Brauneis is quoted in The Hill stating the legal implications and steps Musk and Twitter will need to take to secure its rebranding title of “X”.
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; JD, Harvard University