BroadbandBreakfast.com presents The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club's FREE Third Event The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Now is an exciting time for copyright and patent experts to gather in a neutral forum to discuss the policy, business, legal and technological issues surrounding intellectual property on the internet. BroadbandBreakfast.com is thus presenting a new monthly Intellectual Property Breakfast Club, meeting on the Second Tuesday of the month, beginning May 11, 2010, to complement our successful Broadband Breakfast Club. Citing a burgeoning global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods and an ineffective process at the World Trade Organization, trade negotiators from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco and elsewhere are meeting independently to hammer out a new, controversial intellectual property enforcement scheme. But how will the agreement interact with existing intellectual property law on the books, and can the Obama Administration implement the new rules without consulting Congress? A panel of legal experts will address these burning questions of the day at the next Intellectual Property Breakfast Club event in Washington DC on July 13th. Stanford McCoy, the Assistant US Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Michael Carroll, Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property for American University Washington College of Law, Steve Metalitz of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), Matt Schruers of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, and Heidi Salow of DLA Piper (representing telcos) will be on hand to discuss the issues and answer your questions. Intellectual property advocates, policy-makers, journalists, top officials and the general public, all seeking to trade insights on these important issues, are invited to attend this event of the BroadbandBreakfast.com, an online news service focusing on internet policy and intellectual property. Tickets to the event are FREE. This event is on the record and open to the public. For News and Events on BroadbandBreakfast.com follow us at http://www.twitter.com/broadbandcensus Event Details Title: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Where: Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 The breakfast begins at 8 a.m., followed by a discussion, beginning shortly after 8:30 a.m. and ending by 10 a.m. If you have questions for the panel that you'd like to submit that you'd like to see discussed, please submit them via Google Moderator: http://bit.ly/ajwpiZ Panelists: * Michael Carroll, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Washington College of Law, American University Professor Carroll's research and teaching interests are in the areas of intellectual property law and cyberlaw. He is a founding member of the Creative Commons board, a member of advisory boards of related public interested organizations, and a leading advocate for open access to scholarly literature on the Internet. Prior to teaching, he practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and served as a law clerk to judges on the federal trial court and appeals court in Washington. Professor Carroll received his A.B., from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. * Stanford McCoy, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Mr. McCoy serves as chief policy advisor to the USTR and the Administration agencies on intellectual property and trade issues, and is responsible for developing and implementing United States trade policy on intellectual property. Stan is the lead U.S. trade negotiator on intellectual property and innovation, including in the WTO TRIPS Council and the U.S. free trade agreements. In addition, he oversees bilateral discussions with numerous trading partners on a wide variety of intellectual property and innovation issues. Stan previously served as Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement in the Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation at USTR, and as an Associate General Counsel in the USTR Office of General Counsel. Before joining USTR, Stan was with the law firm of Covington & Burling in Brussels, Belgium and Washington, D.C., where his practice included international intellectual property enforcement, international trade law, and other matters. He is a graduate of DePauw University and the University of Virginia School of Law. * Steve Metalitz, Counsel, International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) and Partner, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP Steve Metalitz advises trade associations and companies in the film, music, software, videogame and publishing industries on domestic and international copyright matters. Since 1994, Steve