Charles Clark Memorial Lecture returns with an AI focus.

Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and British author Tom Chatfield, will deliver the 2021 Charles Clark Memorial Lecture at 2pm GMT on Wednesday 29 September.

The session will be moderated by Florian Koempel.

NB- This year the event will be held virtually

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In a revamped, virtual format, the session will see O’Malley and Chatfield discuss the rise of Artificial Intelligence from both legal and ethical perspectives and consider its impact on copyright and copyright-based industries.

In 2010, Judge Kathleen O'Malley was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the appellate court that hears patent cases, with jurisdiction over international trade, government contracts, and trademark law. Judge O'Malley's most notable opinions include rulings for Oracle in a multi-billion-dollar copyright dispute with Google, finding in 2014 that Oracle's Java API was copyrightable and in 2018 that Google didn't make fair use of it in the Android operating system.

Tom Chatfield is a British author and tech philosopher interested in improving our experiences and understanding of technology. Tom has written and spoken extensively about the ethics, economics and technology behind artificial intelligence, outlining the complex challenges posed by AI.

The Charles Clark Memorial Lecture

The Charles Clark Memorial Lecture is an annual event hosted by the Publishers Association (PA), Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), the Federation of European Publishers (FEP), the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS), and the International Publishers Association (IPA). Focusing on key developments in the world of copyright, the lecture celebrates the achievements of Charles Clark—a British publisher and lawyer who was an authority on the law of copyright.

Sponsors

The lecture is brought to you by a collaboration between the Publishers Association (PA), Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS), the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) London Book Fair (LBF) and the International Publishers Association (IPA).