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EDUCATIONCurrently - Ph.D. Candidate in Copyright Law at the University of Edinburgh [expected completion in 2010] Thesis: "The advent of the consumer in digital copyright: from micro-infringement to micro-patronage" Supervisors: Professor Charlotte Waelde and Professor Hector MacQueen
Courses: Intellectual Property Law, Company Law, Law of Obligations Institut Supérieur d’Interprétariat et de Traduction - Paris: Degree in general and legal translation in English and Spanish. Distinction in English. Major Courses: Commercial Law, Contract Law, Company Law, Competition Law and Taxation.
PUBLICATIONS- A “New Deal” for end users? Lessons from a French innovation in the regulation of interoperability (2009) 51 William & Mary Law Review 547, with Jane Winn - A “new approach” to standards and consumer protection (2008) 31:4 Journal of Consumer Policy 459, with Jane Winn [Pre-print via University of Washington website] - The silver lining in Dailymotion’s copyright cloud (2008) Juriscom.net, 19/04/2008 (PDF here) - La France v. Apple: who’s the dadvsi in DRMs? (2006) 3:4 SCRIPTed 473
CONFERENCES- “The French Copyright Authority (HADOPI), the graduated response and the disconnection of illegal file-sharers” (March 2010) BILETA 2010, University of Vienna >> - "France: the land of the Linux? The case of DRM interoperability and reverse-engineering" (September 2009) GikII 4, IViR - University of Amsterdam >> - "The French Copyright Authority (HADOPI), the graduated response and the disconnection of illegal file-sharers" (March 2009) SCRIPTed conference on the Governance of New Technologies, University of Edinburgh >> - "Panel on the Legal Landscape [regarding DRMs]" (March 2009) Federal Trade Commission Town Hall Meeting on DRMs, FTC @ University of Washington (Seattle) >> - "How to promote and improve access to a European legal literature?" (December 2008) European Legal e-Access / Journées Européennes d'Informatique Juridique, Palais du Luxembourg - Sénat (Paris) >> - "The French “Creation and Internet” bill: an intelligent design?" (September 2008) GikIII, Oxford Internet Institute >> - "La copie privée en France et au Royaume-Uni: un droit de copier ou un droit de payer?" (May 2008) La propriété intellectuelle face au défi de la mondialisation, Université Paul Verlaine (Metz) >> - "Private copying in France and the UK: a right to copy or a right to pay?" (March 2008) International Harmonization of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, Cardozo Law School (New York) >> - "Round table: New Speech: the Wisdom of Crowds?" (September 2007) SCL Law 2.0? : New Speech, New Property, New Identity, Herbert Smith (London) >> - "International, European and French Copyright Law" (May 2007) Bayer Crop Science (Lyon) - "La France v. Apple: who’s the dadvsi in DRMs?" (April 2007) BILETA, University of Hertfordshire >> - "La France v. Apple: who’s the dadvsi in DRMs?" (December 2006) International Conference on Business, Law and Technology, Copenhagen >> - "La France v. Apple: who’s the dadvsi in DRMs?" (September 2006) VI World Computer Law Conference, The University of Edinburgh >>
SEMINARS- "French Law and the Internet". Seminar in the course French Law (Honours – Joelle Godard), Edinburgh, February 2007. - "Copyright Law and Moral Rights" and "Music and the Internet". Seminars in the course European Community Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media (Honours - Dr Rachael Craufurd Smith), Edinburgh, March 2006 and 2007.
WORK EXPERIENCE2002-2007 AHRC/SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Edinburgh >> Part time research assistant in all the legal fields covered by the directors of the centre (copyright, trademark, patents, e-commerce and medical law). Main achievements: - Provided research assistance to the Director and Co-directors of the Centre for their respective subject areas (IT/IP and Medical law). - Analysed and interpreted statutes, case law, and other sources of legal information. Presenting the information and updates in suitable formats for academic members of staff. - Updated the Centre’s academic staff on new developments in their subject areas. - Promoted the Centre’s research and teaching, through involvement with the Centre’s doctorate community and distance learning team. - Created a distance learning module about French law for the LLM program. - Daily updating and news aggregation for the Centre's website.
INTERNSHIPS2005 Latham & Watkins, Paris >> Internship in May, June and July. IP/IT department of Latham’s Paris office. Litigation and counsel work on trademarks, advertising, information technology, patent and life science issues. Legal researches and translations. Internship in May, June and July. French law firm specialised in intellectual property and information technology law. Legal research, drafting and translating of legal documents relating to trademarks, patents and international arbitration. Internship in July, August and September. Thales’ legal department specialised in IP matters. Review and analysis of all IP contracts in order to update the group’s contract database. Work on assignment and license agreements relating to patents, software, transfer of technology and trademarks. Legal researches and translations. Internship in July. Business Law Firm. Legal research, drafting and translating legal documents. Internship in July and August. Creating a bookmark file for internet browsers consisting of the best legal websites. Writing a memo comparing the advantages, inconvenient and costs of paper (legal reviews, handbooks, codes...) and digital legal resources (legal databases, CD ROMs...). Legal research and translation of documents.
MEDIAThe Guardian : Wendy M Grossman, Freedom of rights management. The Guardian. April 26, 2007.
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