The Fake Symposium Day 1

The Fake Symposium is a two-day exploration of how the law understands the space btween what is real and what is fake. Please see panel topics and panelits listed below for our first of two days of the Fake Symposium. Lunch will be provided. Be sure to RSVP by getting a free ticket through Eventbrite. CLE credit pending. 

Please note: Day 1 will take place in Tishman Auditorium. Day 2 will take place on teh 9th floor of Furman Hall in the Lester Pollack Colloquium. 

10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome 

10:15 - 11:15 - Keynote: Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan 

11:15 - 12:15 - Framing Discussion: What does it mean to be real? 

12:15 - 1:30 - Lunch 

1:30 - 2:30 - Fake Social Media Movements in Culture, Advocacy, and Policy 

- Chris Lewis, Public Knowledge 

- Professor Michael Livermore, University of Virginia School of Law 

- Andrea Matwyshyn, Penn State Law 

- Michael Weinberg, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law (moderator) 

2:30 - 2:45 - Break 

2:45 - 3:45 - Fake Goods and the Problem of Authenticity 

- Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law 

- Sari Mazzurco, Yale Law School 

- Mark McKenna, UCLA Law 

- Julie Zerbo, The Fashion Law 

- Professor Christopher Sprigman, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law (moderator) 

3:45 - 4:45 - Fake Art 

- Professor Amy Adler, NYU Law 

- Professor Winnie Wong, UC Berkley 

- Barton Beebe, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law (moderator) 

4:45 - 6:00 - Reception