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Harold Feld will be speaking at Law Seminars International’s Fifteenth Annual Conference on Telecommunications Law on a panel entitled “Competition in Telecommunications: Net Neutrality.” Details include:

Moving beyond an abstract policy debate: Perspectives on the FCC’s new net neutrality policy, implementation issues, and Comcast v. FCC re the FCC’s authority to enforce net neutrality rules

Moving beyond an abstract policy debate: Perspectives on the FCC’s new net neutrality policy, implementation issues, and Comcast v. FCC re the FCC’s authority to enforce net neutrality rules

Other Panelist: David M. Don, Esq., Senior Director, Public Policy Comcast Corporation / Washington, DC

Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel - Seattle Downtown in Seattle, WA

Harold Feld will be speaking on a panel at the American University Washington College of Law Administrative Law Review Symposium on the topic of Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration.

Since taking office in January 2009, President Barack Obama has advanced transformative regulatory reforms, some successful and some still stalled. This event will focus on the role administrative law has played in shaping the Obama Administration’s ambitious first year agenda, beginning with the revocation of Executive Order 13,422 on January 30, 2009.

Gigi Sohn will be speaking at the Pike and Fischer Broadband Policy Summit on a panel on Net Neutrality. Other notables:

• Moderator: Nancy J. Victory, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

After years of verbal sparring and heated debates about applicable principles, the FCC has now proposed specific net neutrality regulations. But are these rules really necessary? And, if they are, who stands to gain or lose by their application? How will activity in Congress and the courts possibly affect the Commission’s rulemaking efforts?

Panelists:

• Kathleen M. Grillo, Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon

• Paul Misener, Vice President for Global Public Policy, Amazon.com

• Gigi Sohn, President & Co-Founder, Public Knowledge

• Lawrence J.

Gigi Sohn will be speaking at the 2010 Intellectual Property Institute. Other notables:

Judge Leval Keynotes Morning; Commissioner Rosch Headlines Lunch; Updates by Lemley, McCarthy, Nimmer Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Leval will open the 2010 Institute with a keynote presentation. The morning will continue with an in-depth review of current developments in copyright, trademark and patent law with the leading academics in the field: Professors Lemley, J. Thomas McCarthy and Nimmer. Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch of the Federal Trade Commission will keynote the Institute’s luncheon presentation, discussing potential antitrust liability for single firm behavior in the IP context. The afternoon will feature three concurrent tracks of programming focused on copyright, patent and trademark issues.

Gigi Sohn will be speaking at The Sixth Annual Comprehensive Conference on Spectrum Management, “The Latest Policy Issues Before Congress And The FCC, Including Broadband Report Update” on a panel entitled: “The Rebirth of Antitrust Enforcement, Overview of DOJ and FTC inquiries in the telecom sector.” Also on the panel:

• Donald J. Russell, Esq., Moderator

• Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP / Washington, DC

• Jonathan B. Baker, Ph.D., Esq., Chief Economist FCC / Washington, DC

• Michael F. Altschul, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel CTIA - The Wireless Association / Washington, DC

Location: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 801 Mount Vernon Place NW in Washington, DC 20001.

Free Culture X, a conference of Students for Free Culture, will be held February 13th at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Keynote addresses will be given by Harvard Berkman Center co-founder Jonathan Zittrain, PK President and cofounder Gigi Sohn, and the director of American University’s Center for Social Media, Pat Aufderheide.

Free Culture X, a conference of Students for Free Culture, will be held February 13th at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Keynote addresses will be given by Harvard Berkman Center co-founder Jonathan Zittrain, PK President and cofounder Gigi Sohn, and the director of American University’s Center for Social Media, Pat Aufderheide.

By many accounts, World’s Fair Use Day was a great success. We had a capacity crowd, with hundreds more joining in on the webcast. Members of the audience included staff from the White House, the State Department, the US Copyright Office and Congress. Since one of the main missions of the event was to demonstrate to policymakers the importance of fair use to our culture, our discourse and our economy, having a strong turnout from government is key.

I’ve now had a few days to reflect on the day’s events.

Greetings everyone – my name is Chris and I am pleased to join Public Knowledge as an intern for the Spring 2010, or 20-10 as many call it.

As a recent graduate of Penn State University with a bachelors degree in Telecommunications, my interests focus on telecommunication law and the hot topic of net neutrality. I am from Maryland, and being a huge sports fan, root for the Redskins (sadly) and of course, the Washington Capitals.

I am currently applying to graduate and law schools in hopes of furthering my education in this field, and am really excited at the opportunity I have here at Public Knowledge. Thanks for reading and I look forward to reading and replying to your comments.

Everyone involved in the National Broadband Plan (with the possible exception of broadcasters) says we need more spectrum. Everyone from Chairman Genachowski to the Department of Justice and the NTIA all agree we need “more spectrum“ to meet increasing demand and avoid a “spectrum crisis.”

As Gigi pointed out at the FCC workshop last October, this should sound familiar to anyone who has listened to our national debate on the “energy crisis.” And, like the energy crisis, we need a long-term sustainable strategy.