[1] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (170)
Subject: Berkeley Conference on Article 2B
[2] From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu> (338)
Subject: LREC 3RD CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 10:32:25 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Berkeley Conference on Article 2B
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
March 2, 1998
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONTRACT LAW
IN THE INFORMATION AGE:
The Impact of Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code
on the Future of Transactions in Information and Electronic Commerce
April 23-25, 1998
University of California at Berkeley
<http://sims.berkeley.edu/BCLT/events/ucc2b>
An important conference will take place at UC Berkeley, April 23-25, 1998,
to discuss the potential impact of Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial
Code (UCC), which is still undergoing revision.
Under current proposals, this article will not only "validate shrinkwrap
and other mass-market licenses, but also proposes to regulate virtually all
transactions in information: everything from online database contracts to
motion picture deals to consulting arrangements to technology transfer
agreements.
"Potential conflicts between intellectual property law, the traditional
legal touchstone of information commerce, and Article 2B are substantial.
Although the debates surrounding Article 2B have many focal points, our
conference will address this particularly complex topic-the intersection of
Article 2B and intellectual property law."
The organizers maintain that their goal is to "help shape a text and
interpretation of Article 2B that provides optimal rules for a highly
competitive digital marketplace, while respecting the economic and social
wisdom underlying intellectual property laws as they exist today."
For the arts and humanities, the major impact of Article 2b would be its
potential for asserting the pre-eminence of contracts (especially those
un-negotiated "shrink-wrap" or "click-through" licences) over copyright law
and its up-till-now guaranteed exemptions, such as the fair use defense.
The website for this conference is quite complete and it includes the
latest draft of Artice 2b and an online registration form. Arrangements
are being made to publish presentations. An outline of the conference, with
speakers is included in this announcement below.
David Green
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The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
proudly presents...
_______________________________________________________
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONTRACT LAW
IN THE INFORMATION AGE:
The Impact of Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code
on the Future of Transactions in Information
and Electronic Commerce
_______________________________________________________
April 23-25, 1998
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
University of California at Berkeley
http://sims.berkeley.edu/BCLT/events/ucc2b
To register Call: 510.642.4041
With Generous Support From:
The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation &
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Co-Sponsors Include:
American Law Institute
Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
Fisher Center for Management and Information Technology, UC Berkeley
Information Technology Association of America
School of Information Management and Systems, UC Berkeley
______________________
THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
______________________
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THURSDAY, April 23rd, 1998 International House Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Tutorial Sessions: ARTICLE 2B AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Coordinated by:
Peter H. Carson, Cooley Godward, UCC Committee of the State Bar of
California;
Pamela Samuelson, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California
at Berkeley;
Dawan Stanford, Morrison & Foerster
______
FRIDAY, April 24th, 1998 Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
WELCOME
Pamela Samuelson, on behalf of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Michael Traynor, on behalf of the American Law Institute
Marc A. Pearl, on behalf of the ITAA
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Raymond T. Nimmer, Reporter for Article 2B of the UCC
Session: UCC 2B THROUGH THE EYES OF COPYRIGHT SCHOLARS: PERSPECTIVES &
COMMENTARY ON THE INTERSECTION OF COPYRIGHT AND CONTRACT
Papers Presented By:
Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia Law School;
David Nimmer, Irell & Manella;
Jerome H. Reichman, Vanderbilt Law School
Commentators:
Henry Barry, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati;
Amelia Boss, Temple University School of Law;
Lucie Guibault, Institute of Information Law,
University of Amsterdam;
Brian Kahin, Office of Science & Technology Policy, White House;
Jessica Litman, Wayne State University Law School;
Margaret Jane Radin, Stanford Law School
LUNCH Presentation by Jay M. Tenenbaum, CommerceNet
Session: INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY & ARTICLE 2B: PERSPECTIVES & COMMENTARY
ON PATENT AND TRADE SECRET LICENSING
Papers Presented By:
Martin J. Adelman, Wayne State University Law School;
Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law
Commentators:
Dan L. Burk, Seton Hall University School of Law;
Peter M.C. Choy, Sun Microsystems;
David L. Hayes, Fenwick & West;
James Pooley, Fish & Richardson
Session: THE INTERFACE OF STATE CONTRACT RIGHTS WITH FEDERAL
PROCEDURE & POLICY
Papers Presented By:
Mark A. Lemley, University of Texas School of Law;
David F. McGowan, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady,
Falk & Rabkin
Commentators:
John H. Barton, Stanford Law School;
Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, Microsoft Corporation;
Christopher J. Kelly, U.S. Department of Justice;
Charles R. McManis, Washington University School of Law
EVENING RECEPTION Sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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SATURDAY, April 25th, 1998, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Session: THE MECHANICS OF LICENSING I: CONTRACT FORMATION
Paper Presented By:
Peter A. Alces, College of William & Mary School of Law
Commentators:
Peter Harter, Netscape Communications Corp.;
Holly K. Towle, Preston Gates & Ellis
Session: THE MECHANICS OF LICENSING II: ELECTRONIC
MONITORING & TECHNICAL SELF-HELP
Papers Presented By:
Julie E. Cohen, University of Pittsburgh School of Law;
Ronald J. Mann, University of Michigan Law School
Commentators:
Kaye Caldwell, Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition;
James R. Davis, Xerox PARC;
David D. Friedman, Santa Clara University School of Law;
Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law;
Hal Varian, School of Information Management &
Systems, UC Berkeley
LUNCH
Session: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF ARTICLE 2B
Presenters Include:
Susan DeSanti, U.S. Federal Trade Commission;
P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Institute of Information Law,
University of Amsterdam, European Commission
Legal Advisory Board for the Information Market;
Tsuneo Matsumoto, Hitotsubashi University School of Law, Japan
Session: BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME? PERSPECTIVES
FROM AFFECTED INDUSTRIES
Presenters Include:
Lorin Brennan, American Film Marketing Association;
Stephen Y. Chow, Perkins Smith & Cohen;
Ronald Epstein, Intel;
Michele C. Kane, The Walt Disney Company;
Cem Kaner, Law Office of Cem Kaner;
Peter Lyman, University of California at Berkeley Library;
Matthew R. Lynde, Price Waterhouse;
Joel Wolfson, The NASDAQ Stock Market Inc.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MCLE credit is provided through the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB).
CEB certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the
State Bar of California.
Arrangements are underway to publish papers and comments presented at the
conference.
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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 16:06:36 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu>
Subject: LREC 3RD CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
>> From: Simone Saint Laurent <lrec@ilc.pi.cnr.it>
(Apologies if you receive multiple copies)
****PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY****
****3RD CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT****
***REMINDER - REDUCED REGISTRATION FEE IF YOU REGISTER BY ***MARCH 9, 199=
8***
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION
GRANADA, SPAIN, 28-30 MAY 1998
Hosted by
THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA
Departamento de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
Departamento de Electr=F3nica y Tecnolog=EDa de Computadores
With the support of
DG-XIII of the European Commission and Fundaci=F3n Banco Central-Hispano =
(Spain)
The First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation h=
as
been initiated by ELRA and is organized in cooperation with other
Associations and Consortia, including ACH, ACL, ALLC, Cocosda, EAFT, Eagl=
es,
EDR, Elsnet, ESCA, Euralex, Francil, LDC, Parole, Telri, etc., and with
major national and international organizations, including the European
Commission - DG XIII, ARPA, NSF, the IC/863 Project (China), the ICSP
Permanent Committee (Korea) and the Japanese Project for International
Coordination in Corpora, Assessment and Labeling.
The conference will focus on the following issues: the availability of
language resources and the methods for the evaluation of resources,
technologies and products, for written and spoken language. Substantial
mutual benefits can be expected from addressing issues like these through
international co-operation. The aim of this Conference is to provide an
overview of the state-of-the-art, discuss problems and opportunities,
exchange information regarding ongoing and planned activities, language
resources and their applications, discuss evaluation methodologies and
demonstrate evaluation tools, explore possibilities and promote initiativ=
es
for international co-operation.
PROVISIONAL LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS (ABOUT 220)
May be found at our website http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html or via
e-mail by sending a request for list of provisional papers to lrec@ilc.pi=
...cnr.it
PROVISIONAL LIST OF PANELS TO BE HELD AT LREC
1. Panel of the Funding Agencies:
Members of the major agencies funding research and development in Languag=
e
Engineering (EC, ARPA, NSF, etc) will discuss priorities and perspectives
for international cooperation.
2. Lexical Semantic Standards for Information Systems:
The panel will discuss guidelines for the standardization of lexical
encoding with specific reference to requirements for Machine Translation =
and
Information Systems.
3. Industrial and R&D use of Language Resources:
Users and providers of Language Resources, from industrial companies and
from the public research sector, will discuss the priorities and the
economical aspects of producing, distributing and using Language Resource=
s,
and the importance of their availability.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT LREC
The Program Committee will invite Keynote Speakers to discuss the major
aspects of Language Resources and Evaluation. The provisional list will =
be
circulated at a later date.
PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Pre-Conference Workshops, May 26 and 27
There are 8 half day workshops, to be held May 26 and 27 with two in
parallel during the morning session and two in parallel during the aftern=
oon
session.
1. Linguistic Coreference Workshop
26 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/coreference.html
Contact: Sara J. Shelton, US Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, Maryland, =
USA
sjshelt@afterlife.ncsc.mil, tel +301-688-0301, fax +301-688-0338
2. Adapting Lexical and Corpus Resources to Sublanguages and Applications
26 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/adapting.html
Contact: Paola Velardi, Dipartimento di Scienza dell'Informazione, Rome, =
Italy
velardi@dsi.uniroma1.it, tel 39-(0)6-49918356, fax +39-(0)6-8541842 88419=
64
3. Minimising the Effort for Language Resource Acquisition
26 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/minimizing.html
Contact: Svetlana Sheremetyeva, Computing Research Laboratory, Las Cruces=
,
New Mexico, USA
lana@crl.nmsu.edu, tel +505 646 5466, fax +505 646 6218
4. The Evaluation of Parsing Systems
26 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/parsing.html
Contact: John Carroll, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
john.carroll@cogs.susx.ac.uk, tel (+44 / 0)1273 678564, fax (+44 / 0)1273=
671320
5. Towards an Open European Evaluation Infrastructure for NL and Speech
27 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/towards.html
Contact: Steven Krauwer, ELSNET, Utrecht, NL
steven.krauwer@let.ruu.nl, tel +31 30 253 6050, fax +31 30 253 6000
6. Language Resources for European Minority Languages
27 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/minority.html
Contact: Briony Williams, briony@cstr.ed.ac.uk
7. Speech Database Development for Central and Eastern European Languages
27 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/speech.html
Contact: Peter Roach, University of Reading, UK
p.j.roach@reading.ac.uk, tel (44) 118 9318138, fax (44) 118 9753365
8. Distributing and Accessing Linguistic Resources
27 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/distributing.html
Contact: Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, UK
yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk, tel +44 114 222 1814, fax +44 114 278 0972
POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP, 31 MAY - 1 JUNE
"Translingual Information Management: Current Levels and Future Abilitie=
s"
Contact: Nancy Ide, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
ide@cs.vassar.edu, tel: (+1 914) 437 5988, fax: (+1 914) 437 7498
This workshop is by invitation only. If you are interested in
participating, please contact Nancy Ide directly.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR REQUEST VIA E-MAIL FOR THE FULL CALLS FOR PARTICIPAT=
ION
OF THE WORKSHOPS
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html
lrec@ilc.pi.cnr.it
REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR LREC AND PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Conference
The registration fees will be 25.000 pesetas (about 150 ECU) per
participant, with reduced fees of 20.000 pesetas (about 120 ECU) for earl=
y
registration by March 9, 1998, and 12.000 pesetas (about 70 ECU) for
students. The fees cover the following services: a copy of the proceedin=
gs,
a social dinner, coffee breaks and refreshments. For accompanying persons=
,
the social dinner will be 6.000 pesetas (about 35 ECU).
Pre Conference Workshops
Pre Conference Workshops are 5,000 pesetas each for those attending LREC =
and
10,000 pesetas each for those not attending LREC, and include a copy of t=
he
proceedings of the workshop and a coffee break.
Post Conference Workshop
The 2-day Post Conference Workshop is 10,000 pesetas for those attending
LREC and 20,000 pesetas for those not attending LREC, and includes a copy=
of
the proceedings of the workshop and coffee breaks. Registration will be
made only for those persons who have been invited to participate by the
organizers.
Advance registration payment can be made using the Registration Forms bel=
ow.
Registration can be made on-site and must be paid in cash, using pesetas.
REGISTRATION FORMS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION
GRANADA, SPAIN, 28-30 MAY 1998
E-MAIL OR FAX TO:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
Dpto. de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 GRANADA, SPAIN, tel +34 58 24 41 00, fax +34 58 24 41 04,
reli98@goliat.ugr.es
Last Name: ______________________________________
First Name: ______________________________________
Affiliation: ______________________________________
Address:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
City:___________________________________________
State/Province: ___________________________________
Country: ________________________________________
Postal/Zip Code: __________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________
Fax:____________________________________________
E-mail:__________________________________________
Web:___________________________________________
REGISTRATION PAYMENT FORM
REGISTRATION FEES
Full participant*
By March 9, 1998 20.000 pesetas (about 120 ECU)
After March 9, 1998 25.000 pesetas (about 150 ECU)
sub total: __________
Student*
12.000 pesetas (about 70 ECU)
sub total: __________
* Registration fees include one copy of the proceedings, a social dinner,
coffee breaks and refreshments.
Social Dinner for accompanying persons=09
6.000 pesetas (about 35 ECU)
sub total: __________
Pre Conference Workshops, May 26 - 27, 1998
5,000 pesetas each for those attending LREC
10,000 pesetas each for those not attending LREC
Please indicate the workshops you plan to attend (X)
_____ "Linguistic Coreference"
May 26, morning session
_____ "Adapting Lexical and Corpus Resources to Sublanguages and Applic=
ations"
May 26, morning session
_____ "The Evaluation of Parsing Systems"
May 26, afternoon session
_____ "Minimizing the Effort for Language Resource Acquisition"
May 26, afternoon session
_____ "Towards an open European Evaluation Infrastructure for NL and Sp=
eech"
May 27, morning session
_____ "Language Resources for European Minority Languages"
May 27, morning session
_____ "Speech Database Development for Central and Eastern European Lan=
guages"
May 27, afternoon session
_____ "Distributing and Accessing Linguistic Resources"
May 27, afternoon session
Total Number: __________
x 5,000 (if attending LREC) __________
x 10,000 (if not attending LREC) __________
=09
sub total: __________
Post Conference Workshop, May 31 - June 1*
_______"Translingual Information Management: Current Levels and Future
Abilities"
*Register only if you have been asked to participate and have confirmed w=
ith
the organizers
10,000 (if attending LREC)
20,000 (if not attending LREC)
sub total: __________
=09
Grand Total: __________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
You may pay by credit card (VISA, MasterCard or Eurocard only; we cannot
accept American Express, Diners Club, etc.). You may also pay by Banker'=
s
Cheque, bank transfer or by Eurocheque. All payments must be in Spanish
pesetas.
If payment is by Banker's Cheque, bank transfer or by Eurocheque, please
send it by regular mail. If payment is by credit card, it may be faxed.
Please DO NOT e-mail credit card numbers, as we cannot guarantee the
security of our e-mail system, and because we require signatures.
Please indicate (X) one of the following four payment options:
a)
____ I enclose a Banker's Cheque in Spanish pesetas payable to
"First International Conference on Language Resource=
s and
Evaluation".
b)
____ I have transferred the full fees by bank transfer to your account at=
:
Banco Central Hispano, c/ Recogidas, 13, 18002 Granada.
Account Name:
First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation.
Account Number: 0049 - 0372 - 18 - 2210856078.
I have told my bank to charge me/us with all bank charges so that
"First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation"
will receive the full fees. I enclose a copy of the bank transfer paper=
s
with the person(s) name written on the transfer.
c)
____ Please debit my VISA/MasterCard/Eurocard account:
Amount: _________________________________________
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Valid from:
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Cardholder's Name and Address:
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Street Address:
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State/Province: _____________________________
Country: __________________________________
Postal/Zip Code: ____________________________
E-mail: ____________________________________
Web: _____________________________________
Signature as on card:
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Credit card charges will be processed in Spanish pesetas.
d)
____ I enclose Eurocheque(s) for the full fees. I have written my
Eurocheque number on the back of each Eurocheque.
MAIL OR FAX TO:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
Dpto. de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 GRANADA, SPAIN
reli98@goliat.ugr.es
+34 58 24 41 04 fax
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html
CONFERENCE ADDRESSES
The Conference Chair is Antonio Zampolli (Istituto di Linguistica
Computazionale del CNR and President of ELRA).
Antonio Zampolli - LREC
Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR
via della Faggiola, 32
56126 Pisa, ITALY
+39 50 560 481 tel.
+39 50 555 013 fax
pisa@ilc.pi.cnr.it
The Secretariat of the Conference, who will provide general information o=
n
the Conference, is:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
Dpto. de Traducci=F3n e Interpretaci=F3n
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 Granada, SPAIN
+34 58 24 41 00 tel.
+34 58 24 41 04 fax
reli98@goliat.ugr.es
CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Harald Hoege, Siemens, Munich, Germany
Bente Maegaard, CST, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joseph Mariani, LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France
Angel Martin Municio, President of the Real Academia de Ciencias, Madrid,=
Spain
Antonio Zampolli, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa, Italy
EXHIBITION
An exhibition will be organised by ELRA. This exhibition is open to
companies and projects wishing to promote, present and demonstrate their
language resources products and prototypes to the wide range of experts a=
nd
representatives from all over the world participating in the conference. =
For
more information on this, please contact the ELDA office on elra-elda@cal=
va.net.
ELRA
For more information about ELRA (the European Language Resources
Association), please contact:
Khalid Choukri, ELRA CEO
55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
F- 75013 Paris, France
Tel. +33 1 43 13 33 33
Fax. +33 1 43 13 33 39
E-mail: elra@calva.net
Web: http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/home.html
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