Insights

In October Arnie and I attended the annual conference of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF) at the beautiful Terranea Resort on the Pacific coast in Orange County, California. At the concluding gala, Arnie was surprised (all the more so because he was asked to read the plaque) to receive the Larry Koltun […]

Susan and I have just returned from a productive and wonderful week in Italy. The purpose of our trip was to attend the European summit of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), of which I am a Board member as well as national secretary and president of the DC Chapter. In addition to […]

We were thrilled to host a reception on May 6 organized by the firm on behalf of the DC Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Approximately 70 lawyers, who were in DC to attend the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association, gathered in Hubbard Hall, the first formal headquarters for the […]

I am currently teaching a month-long distance learning course for the Center for Intellectual Property Management of University of Maryland’s University College entitled “Copyright, Photos, Video, Art & Multimedia.” The goal of the course is to provide an understanding of how to legally and ethically create and use multimedia in the digital environment. The course […]

Arnie and Susan Lutzker have just returned from Paris, where they participated in the annual conference of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF). The business focus of the meeting was the development of practice groups within the network to encourage interaction both domestically and with members of the international partner firms by lawyers […]

Susan and I had a wonderful week in Turkey. Our purpose in going to Istanbul (our fourth trip to this city we love) was to attend the European summit of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF), of which I am a Board member as well as president of our local chapter. The group […]

I recently had the opportunity to be the featured presenter for the University of Maryland’s Center for Intellectual Property Online Certification Course in Copyright. As context for a discussion of DMCA issues currently in the news and before the courts, I described the origins of the law and my personal role as one of the […]

I had the pleasure of being a guest lecturer in Professor Laura Pohl’s graduate journalism class at American University, on February 19, 2011. The class was on Multi-Media Storytelling and so the topic of copyright and social media was ripe for discussion. I gave a presentation and answered questions on copyright basics and discussed specific […]

As Washington braced for another mega-snowstorm, I attended a meeting at the Copyright Office concerning ongoing plans to bring the semi-annual filings of Cable Statements of Account (SOA) into the digital age. Since 1978 thousands of cable systems have twice annually filed reports and paid fees in order to qualify for the compulsory license, which […]

Arnie was recently the featured speaker at an event for the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Here are his thoughts. I had the great pleasure of being the Sandy Peterson Lecture Series luncheon speaker for the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. meeting on January 20, 2011 at the Georgetown Law Center. LLSDC, which […]