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Paul Edward Geller
Attorney at Law
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Specialized Legal Practice: 1986 - present
Expert counsel in litigation, media
transactions, and strategic planning, with regard to international and
comparative copyright and to related conflicts of laws
Selected Clients: American
Film Marketing Association; Directors and Writers Guilds of America; Goodyear
Tire Company; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Motion Picture Association of America; Elvis
Presley Estate; Sergei Rachmaninoff Estate; Recording Industry Association of
America; Summit Entertainment; Zomba Music; Zynga Games
Writing and Teaching: General
Editor, International Copyright Law and Practice; further
writing listed and some linked below, with sample articles posted on this
site; Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles,
International Copyright and International Intellectual Property, 1987-2001;
Lecturer, Stanford Law School, Intellectual Property, 1989
Member: ALAI-USA;
Copyright Society of the USA; Los Angeles Copyright Society; International Association
for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP);
Editorial Advisory Board, European Copyright and Design Reports;
International Editorial Board, Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle,
Canada; Expert Committee, Intellectual Property Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) IP Center; Research Group, Droit et changements, CRDP, Faculté
de droit de Montréal
General Legal Practice: 1977-85
Counsel in complex business litigation in
state and federal courts; Transactional counsel for private media and other
business clients; Instructor, Comparative Law, Golden Gate University, 1977-79;
Admitted to the State Bar of California, December, 1976
EDUCATION
Legal Studies: 1973-76
JD, University of Southern California Law
School, 1976; Member, Southern California Law Review, 1974-76; Member,
Curriculum Committee, 1974-75
European Studies and Teaching: 1962-73
Doctorate, Philosophy, University of
Paris X, 1973; Chargé de cours, Universities of Paris and Toulouse, 1969-72;
Instructor, University of Maryland, European Division, 1966; French Government
Fellowship, 1965-67; fluent French; working knowledge of German
Initial University Studies: 1957-62
MA, as Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Brandeis
University, 1962; AB, with General Honors, University of Chicago, 1961
SELECTED LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
International
Copyright: The Introduction, framework chapter, contributed as the
General Editor of International Copyright Law and Practice
(published by Matthew Bender / LexisNexis, updated annually)
A German Approach to Fair Use: Test Cases for TRIPs Criteria for Copyright Limitations?, 57 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 553
(2010)
Rethinking
the Berne-Plus Framework: From Conflicts of Laws to Copyright Reform, 2009 European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR]
391, as well as in translation in 2010 Propriétés intellectuelles 699 (French).
Beyond
the Copyright Crisis: Principles for Change, 55 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 165
(2008), as well as in translations in 2009 Cahiers de
Propriété Intellectuelle 47 (French) and in 19 Intellectual Property Studies 1 (CASS IP
Center, 2010) (Chinese)
Dissolving
Intellectual Property, 2006
European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR] 139 and in Intellectual
Property: Bridging Aesthetics and Economics 1 (Y. Gendreau, ed., ATRIP,
Thémis, 2006), as well as in translations in 2006 GRUR Int. 273 (German), 2006 Propriétés intellectuelles 4 (French),
and 18 Intellectual Property Studies 17 (CASS IP Center, 2007) (Chinese)
Conflicts of Laws
in Copyright Cases: Infringement and Ownership Issues, 51 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 315
(2004)
An
International Patent Utopia?,
2003 European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR] 515 and in translations in
2004 GRUR Int. 271 (German), 2004 Propriétés intellectuelles 503 (French), and
15 Intellectual Property Studies 78 (CASS IP Center, 2004) (Chinese)
Copyright History and the Future: What's Culture Got to Do With
It?, 47 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 209
(Millennium issue, 2000) and in translation in 6 Forum on Intellectual
Property 237 (CASS IP Center, 2001) (Chinese)
Mastering
Conflicts of Laws in Intellectual Property Litigation, 18 (no. 4) IPL
Newsletter 7 (ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, 2000)
Zombie and
Once-Dead Works: Copyright Retroactivity after the E.C. Term Directive,
18 (no. 2) Entertainment and Sports Lawyer 7 (ABA Entertainment Law Forum,
2000)
Overcoming Insularity: Lessons from
New British Books for International Intellectual Property, 46 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 615
(1999)
International
Intellectual Property, Conflicts of Laws, and Internet Remedies, in its
original version in Essays in Honour of H. Cohen Jehoram 29 (Kluwer,
1998), expanded in 2000 European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR] 125, and
that version in
translations in 1999 Cahiers de Propriété
Intellectuelle 227 (French) and 2000 GRUR Int. 659 (German), and updated in 10 Journal of Intellectual
Property Rights 133 (NISCAIR, 2005) and in translation in 17
Intellectual Property Studies 1 (CASS IP Center, 2005) (Chinese)
Hiroshige
v. Van Gogh: Resolving the Dilemma of Copyright Scope in Remedying Infringement,
in its original version in Festskrift till Gunnar Karnell 193
(Carlsson Law, 1999), expanded in 46 Journal of the Copyright Society of the
USA 39 (1998), and that version in translation in 22 (no. 3) CASS Journal of
Foreign Law 62 (2000) (Chinese), and reprinted in Dear Images: Art,
Copyright and Culture 421 (D. McClean and K. Schubert, eds., Ridinghouse
ICA, 2002)
From
Patchwork to Network: Strategies for International Intellectual Property in
Flux, 9 Duke J. of International & Comparative Law 69 (1998) and 31
Vanderbilt J. of Transnational Law 553 (1998) and in translation in 5
Intellectual Property Studies 1 (CASS IP Center, 1998) (Chinese)
Litigating Cross-Border Infringement
in International Intellectual Property,
22 (no. 3) New Matter 1 (California Bar Intellectual Property Section, 1997)
Conflicts of Laws in Cyberspace:
Rethinking International Copyright,
44 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 103 (1996), 20 Columbia-VLA
Journal of Law & the Arts 571 (1996), and 31 (no. 1) UNESCO Copyright
Bulletin 1 (in English and translations, 1997)
Intellectual Property in the Global
Marketplace: Impact of TRIPs Dispute Settlements, 29 The International Lawyer 99 (ABA, 1995) and in
translations 1995 GRUR Int. 935 (German), 68 Aktualne Problemy Prawa Prasowego
9 (1997) (Institute for Protection of IP, Cracow) (Polish), and Propriedad
Intelectual en el GATT 171 (C.M. Correa, ed., Ciudad Argentina, 1997)
(Spanish)
The Universal Electronic Archive:
Issues in International Copyright, 25
International Review of Industrial Property & Copyright Law [IIC] 54 (1994)
Must Copyright Be For Ever Caught
Between Marketplace and Authorship Norms?, in Of Authors and Origins: Essays in Copyright Law, 159 (B.
Sherman & A. Strowel, eds., Clarendon Press, 1994)
Toward an
Overriding Norm in Copyright: Sign Wealth, 159 Revue Internationale du
Droit d'Auteur 3 (1994) (in English and in French and Spanish translations)
Legal
Transplants in International Copyright: Some Questions of Method, 13 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 199 (1994)
The Proposed EC Rental Right: Avoiding
Some Berne Incompatibilities, 1992
European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR] 4 and in translation in 1992 (no.
4) Actualité Législative Dalloz 29 (French)
New Dynamics in International
Copyright, 16 Columbia-VLA Journal of
Law & the Arts 461 (1992) and in translations in 32 (no. 8) Copyright 2
(1992) (Japanese), 5 Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle 391 (1993) (French),
and 1993 GRUR Int. 526 (German)
French High Court Remands Huston Colorization Case, 13 (no. 3)
Entertainment Law Reporter 3 (1991), 16 (no. 4) New Matter 1 (Cal. Bar IP
Section, 1991), and 39 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 252 (1992)
US Supreme Court Decides the Feist Case, 22 International Review of
Industrial Property & Copyright Law [IIC] 802 (1991) and 150 Revue
Internationale du Droit d'Auteur 115 (1991) (in English and in French and Spanish
translations)
Can the GATT Incorporate Berne Whole?, 4 World Intellectual Property Report 193 (BNA, 1990)
and 1990 European Intellectual Property Review [EIPR] 423
Reprography and Other Processes of
Mass Use, 38 Journal of the Copyright
Society of the USA 21 (1990) and 153 Revue Internationale du Droit d'Auteur 3
(1992) (in English and in French and Spanish translations)
Worldwide "Chain of Title"
to Copyright, 11 (no. 3)
Entertainment Law Reporter 3 (1989), 15 (no. 1) New Matter 3 (Cal. Bar IP Section,
1990), and 4 World Intellectual Property Report 103 (BNA, 1990)
Harmonizing Copyright-Contract
Conflicts Analyses, 25 Copyright 49
(WIPO, 1989) and translated in102 Le Droit d'Auteur 49 (WIPO, 1989) (French)
Copyright Protection in the Berne
Union: Analyzing the Issues, 5
Intellectual Property Journal 1 (1989) and 13 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law &
the Arts 435 (1989)
US Compliance with Article 6bis of the
Berne Convention,10 Columbia-VLA
Journal of Law & the Arts 665 (1986)
SELECTED SPEECHES AND PROGRAMS
Panel, Reforming
Copyright: Process, Policy and Politics, Southwestern Law School, Los
Angeles, March 6, 2009
Speaker and Panel Moderator,
International Fair Use, Compared, Examining
the Derivative Works Right in the Face of Fair Use, University of San
Francisco Law School, Nov. 1, 2008
Panel, The Global Impact of the Internet on Copyright Law, University of Southern California School
of Law 2008 Intellectual Property Institute, Beverly Hills, March 18, 2008
Keynote Speaker, International Congress,
held at the University of Montreal, Quebec, International Association for the
Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), July 11,
2005
Speaker, Going Abroad: Whose Laws Apply?,
Getting What You Pay For: IP Issues and
Risks of Offshoring, Intellectual Property Society, Palo Alto, California,
Sept. 14, 2004
Speaker, 3rd Annual Entertainment Law
Symposium, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Copyright Society, and the Motion Picture Association of America, at the
American Film Market, Santa Monica, Feb. 24, 2001
Panel, International Intellectual Property, International Law West
Weekend, International Law Association, American Society of International Law,
and American Bar Association, Pepperdine Law School, Jan. 26, 2001
Panel, Intellectual Property and the
Future of Cyberspace, Research Conference, Digital Cultures Project,
University of California at Santa Barbara, Nov. 4, 2000
Panel, International Intellectual Property: Representing the Client in the Multimedia World, 46th Annual
Entertainment Law Institute, University of Southern California Law School,
Sept. 23, 2000
Luncheon Speaker, 24th Annual
Intellectual Property Institute, the State Bar of California, IP Section, Santa
Monica, California, Nov. 13, 1999
Opening Speaker, Intellectual Property
in the New Millennium, Program, US Council for International Business,
International Chamber of Commerce, Palo Alto, California, Oct. 19, 1999
Speaker and Participant,
Interdisciplinary Workshop, Creating Intellectual Property, Annenberg
Center for Communication, University of Southern California, Sept. 26-27, 1998
Speaker and Panel, Symposium, Balance
Between Protection and Exploitation, Japan Software Information Center
(SOFTIC), Tokyo, Nov. 13-14, 1997
Speaker, Plenary Session, Globalization
of the Entertainment and Sports Industries, ABA Forum on the Entertainment
and Sports Industries, Miami Beach, Oct. 18, 1997
Speaker, Conference, Public-Private
Initiatives After TRIPs, Duke Law School, Center for Global Information
Technologies, Brussels, July 16-19, 1997
Panel, Conference, Intellectual
Property and New Business Models on the Internet, Berkeley Center for Law
& Technology, University of California, Nov. 8-9, 1996
Panel, Forum, The Protection of
Intellectual Creations in the Information Society, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naples, Oct. 18-20, 1995
Speaker and Panel, Academy Colloquium, The
Future of Copyright in a Digital Environment, the Institute for Information
Law, University of Amsterdam, July 6-7, 1995
Speaker, Trinational Forum on
Intellectual Property and Industrial Development, the Institute of Legal
Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, June 8-10, 1994
Speaker and Panel, Conference, Intellectual
and Industrial Property: Objectives & Strategies, the Commission of the
European Community, Athens, April 11-13, 1994
Conference on Intellectual Property
Protection in East Asia, held jointly by the Center for East Asian Studies of
the University of Missouri and by the Law School of Washington University in St.
Louis, Feb. 25-26, 1994
Speaker, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Symposium, The Impact of
Digital Technology on Copyright, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, March 31 -
April 2, 1993
Trade Workshops, National Committee on
US-China Relations and China CCPIT, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, China,
May 25 - June 2, 1992
Speaker, China-US Intellectual Property
Seminar, AT&T and China SSTC, under the auspices of the Chinese Government,
Beijing, May 19-22, 1992
Panel, Is Europe Rewriting
Distribution Ground Rules?,
American Film Market Forum, American Film Marketing Association, Santa
Monica, California, March 2, 1992
International Training Seminar for
Officials from French-speaking Africa, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and US Copyright Office, Washington
DC, Sept. 17-25, 1990
Speaker, Colloquium, The Reform
of Copyright Law: Experiences Abroad, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law,
Lausanne, Nov. 3, 1989
Speaker, Current Issues in Entertainment
Law, Joint Program, Los Angeles Copyright Society, State Bar of California, and Los Angeles
County Bar, IP Sections, Dana Point, June 3, 1989
Speaker, International IP Seminar,
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of
California, San Diego, July 15, 1988
OTHER SELECTED ACTIVITIES
Study Group on Protecting International
Intellectual Property, Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles,
1995-1998
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for
International and Foreign Patent, Copyright, and Competition Law, Munich,
Summer 1991