PRESENT POSITION

BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL, 1987-present
Professor of Law, 1998-present
Law School Fund Scholar, 2004-present
Director, Emerging Enterprises and Business Law Program, 2005-present
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2000-2002
Associate Professor of Law (with tenure), 1991- 1998
Assistant Professor of Law, 1987-1991

Courses taught:

Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor, 1983
Stanford University, Master of Science in Operations Research, 1980
Stanford University, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, 1980

• Third Pary Copyright Liability After Grokster, forthcoming fall 2006, Minnesota L. Rev.
• Eldred, the First Amendment, and Aggressive Copyright Claims, 40 Houston L. Rev. 673 (2003) (invited symposium contribution) 
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions, 2003 Wisc. L. Rev.649 (2003)
• Western Frontier or Feudal Society?: Metaphors and Perceptions of Cyberspace, 17 Berkeley Tech. L. J.. 1207 (2002)
• A Personal Injury Law Perspective on Copyright in an Internet Age, 52 Hastings L. J. 929 (2001) (invited contribution to the symposium "Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Consumer Protection in an Internet Age")
• A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Napster:  Internet Technology, Copyright Liability, and the Possibility of Coasean Bargaining, 26 U. Dayton L. Rev. 247 (2001) (invited contribution to the symposium "Copyright's Balance in an Internet World")
• Internet Service Provider Liability for Subscriber Copyright Infringement, Enterprise Liability, and the First Amendment, 88 Geo. L. J. 1833 (2000)
• Praising with Faint Damnation: the Troubling Rehabilitation of Korematsu, 40 Bost. Coll. L. Rev. 1 (1998) (invited symposium introduction)
• The Danger of Bootstrap Formalism in Copyright, 2 Int. Prop. L. J. 453 (1998) (invited symposium contribution)
• Copyright Opinions and Aesthetic Theory, 71 So. Cal. L. Rev. 247 (1998)
• Foreword: Making us Possible, 4 Asian L. J. 1 (1997) (invited symposium foreword)
• Unhelpful, 81 Iowa L. Rev. 1573 (1996) (invited symposium contribution)
• A Statistical Analysis of Asian American Experience in the Affirmative Action Hiring of Law Faculty, 3 Asian L. J. 39 (1996)
• Entrepreneurship, Copyright, and Personal Home Pages, 75 U. Oregon L. Rev. 331 (1996)
• The Interdisciplinary Future of Copyright Theory, 10 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment L. J. 423 (1992) (reprinted in Woodmansee and Jaszi, The Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature, Duke University Press, 1994, and selected for reprinting in 20^th Anniversary Volume of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment L.J.)
• Some Practical Advice for the Beginning Scholar, 32 Loy. La. L. Rev. 95 (1992)
• The Legacy of Feist: The Consequences of a Weak Connection Between Copyright and the Economics of Public Goods, 52 Ohio St. L. J. 1343 (1991)
• When Authors Won't Sell: Parody, Fair Use and Efficiency in Copyright Law, 62 U. Colo. L. Rev. 79 (1991)
• Art Resting on Craft, 10 St. L. Pub. L. Rev. 241 (1991)
• Restoring the Natural Law: Copyright as Labor and Possession, 51 Ohio St. L. J. 517 (1990) (selected for reprinting in the Intellectual Property Law Review)
• A First Amendment Perspective on the Idea/Expression Dichotomy and Copyright in a Work's "Total Concept and Feel," 38 Emory L. J. 393 (1989)
• It's not that Simple: An Unnecessary Elimination of Strict Liability and Presumed Damages in Libel Law, 23 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 593 (1988)
• Judicial Review of the Zoning of Adult Entertainment: a Search for the Purposeful Suppression of Protected Speech, 12 Pepperdine L. Rev. 651 (1985)

• A Copyright Primer for Arts Lawyers (revision and update of original by William S. Strong). Published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (1994)

• Copyright Law, Cases and Materials (under development for West Publishing)
• The Faces of Copyright (book manuscript under development)
• Baseball and the Ownership of Created Facts (article under development)
  

PUBLISHED TRANSCRIPT OF PANEL PRESENTATION

• The Diversity Among Us, 19 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 36 (1997) (transcript of panel presentation made at Northeastern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, March 29, 1996)

• 1993 Authored and submitted Brief of Amici Curiae Concerned Law Professors before the United States Supreme Court in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Brief submitted on behalf of Defendants/Appellants. 6th Circuit decision below reversed by 9-0 margin.
• 1987-present Occasional pro bono consultation.
• 1983-87 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton - Los Angeles, California

Specialization in litigation and corporate transactions. Cases included the recovery of over $20,000,000 on behalf of investors swindled in a pyramid scheme and the entry of a $17,000,000 judgment on behalf of the Delaware Insurance Commissioner against individuals involved in systematic insurance fraud.

• Copyright and the Psychology of Creativity, invited panelist at Conference on Intellectual Property and Creativity, John Marshall Law School, November 18, 2005.
• Invited panelist  at Conference on Third Party Liability in Intellectual Property, University of Santa Clara Law School, October 7, 2005.
  
• Sony, Tort Doctrines, and the Puzzle of Peer-to-Peer, University of San Francisco Law School, Intellectual Property Lecture Series, April 6, 2005.
• Sony, Tort Doctrines, and the Puzzle of Peer-to-Peer, Georgetown Law School, Intellectual Property Lecture Series, March 17, 2005.
• Third Party Copyright Liability, Southern Methodist University Law School, Annual Intellectual Property Symposium, March 4, 2005.
• Sony, Tort Doctrines, and the Puzzle of Peer-to-Peer, Case Western Reserve Law School, Symposium on Copyright and Personal Copying: Sony v. Universal City Studios Twenty One Years Later, February 25, 2005.
• Sony, Tort Doctrines, and the Puzzle of Peer-to-Peer, Boston University IP Lecture Series, February 14, 2005.
• Sony, Tort Doctrines, and the Puzzle of Peer-to-Peer, Northeastern Law School Faculty Colloquium Series, January 13, 2005.
• Liability With and Without Fault: Making Sense of Third Party Copyright Liability in the Internet Age, National People of Color Law Conference, George Washington University Law School, October 8, 2004.
  
• Thoughts About Perfect Teaching Evaluations, National People of Color Law Conference, George Washington University Law School, October 8, 2004.
• Liability With and Without Fault: Making Sense of Third Party Copyright Liability in the Internet Age, IP Scholars Works-in-Progress Conference, Boston University School of Law, September 11, 2004.
• Major League Baseball and the Ownership of Created Facts, Intellectual Property, Sustainable Development, and Endangered Species: Understanding the Dynamics of the Information Ecosystems Conference, Michigan State University, March 26, 2004.
• Rewriting the DMCA Along the Lines of Federal Gun Control Law, Modest Proposals Conference, Cardozo Law School, March 15, 2004.
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA, Chicago-Kent Law School, March 9, 2004.
  
• Aesthetic Theory in Copyright Law, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 4, 2003.
• The Hiring of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty, Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty, Boston College Law School, October 17, 2003.
  
• Eldred, the First Amendment, and Aggressive Copyright Claims. Symposium presentation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 6, 2003.
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions, Panel presentation at International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 5, 2003.
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions, Lecture at Seattle University School of Law, March 19, 2003.
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions, Faculty colloquium presentation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, February 26, 2003.
• What Federal Gun Control Can Teach Us About the DMCA's Anti-trafficking Provisions, Faculty colloquium presentation at Suffolk University School of Law, February 19, 2003.
• Commentator, Conference on Intellectual Property, E-Commerce, and the Internet, October 18-19, 2002 at Boston College Law School
  Cyberspace and Feudalism, Boston University Intellectual Property Lecture Series, April 8, 2002.
• The Responsibility of Technology Providers for User Copyright Infringement, Information Technology and Legal Regulation: Promise and Pitfalls, conference at the Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie-Mellon University, February 8, 2002.
• How the DMCA Might be Improved by Studying Gun Control, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 5, 2002.
• Teaching Fair Use with Technology and Popular Culture, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 3, 2002.
• Cyberspace and Feudalism, Association of Internet Researchers Conference, October 12, 2001, University of Minnesota.
• Copyright, Universities, and the Internet.  Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, April 19 & 20, 2001.
• Cyberspace and Feudalism, Faculty Colloquium presentation at the University of Houston School of Law, April 12, 2001.
• A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Napster:  Internet Technology, Copyright Liability, and the Possibility of Coasean Bargaining.  University of Houston School of Law, April 12, 2001.
• Panelist and Paper Commentator, Interdisciplinary Conference on the Impact of Technological Change on the Creation, Dissemination and Protection of Intellectual Property, Ohio State University School of Law, March 9, 2001, Columbus, Ohio.
• A Personal Injury Law Perspective on Copyright in an Internet Age, Invited presentation for conference on Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Consumer Protection in an Internet Age, Hastings Law School, February 10, 2001, San Francisco, California
• Cyberspace and Feudalism, Faculty Colloquium presentation at Hastings Law School, February 9, 2001, San Francisco, California.
• Art and the Internet, Panel organizer and moderator for Section on Art Law Program, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 2, 2001, San Francisco, California.
• A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Napster:  Internet Technology, Copyright Liability, and the Possibility of Coasean Bargaining, Invited presentation for symposium entitled "Copyright's Balance in an Internet World" at University of Dayton School of Law, November 18, 2000.
• What Might Coase Have to Say About Napster? Summer Colloquium at Boston College Law School, July 19, 2000.
• Stereotyping, Politics, Scapegoating, and the Case of Wen-ho Lee, Roundtable Discussion Leader at the Joint Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty and Western Law Teachers of Color, O'ahu, Hawaii, May 31, 2000.
• Asian-Americans, the Internet, and Possible Influence of Stereotypes, Northeast National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, May 6, 2000.
• Asian-Americans, Discrimination, and Hiring in the Academy,  Sixth Annual National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy, Harvard University, March 4, 2000.
• The Internet and Inequality, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Mini-Workshop on Law and Technology, Washington, D.C., January 6, 2000.
• Capital Gains Tax Cuts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property. Panelist at Ethics and Technology Conference, Boston College, June 5, 1999.
• Copyright and Socially Subjective Perspectives on the Creative Process. Panel Chair and Presenter, Law and Society Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 1999
• Capital Gains Tax Cuts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property. Law Librarians of New England Annual Meeting, May 7, 1999.
• The Vicarious Liability of Internet Service Providers for User Copyright Infringement, Faculty Colloquium, University of Cincinnati School of Law, May 4, 1999.
• Capital Gains Tax Cuts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property Featured Speaker, Journal of Intellectual Property Annual Banquet, University of Georgia School of Law, April 21, 1999.
• The Vicarious Liability of Internet Service Providers for User Copyright Infringement, Faculty Colloquium, University of Georgia School of Law, April 21, 1999.
• People of Color: Emerging Voices and Differenc, Panelist at National People of Color Conference, John Marshall Law School, March 26, 1999.
• The Vicarious Liability of Internet Service Providers for User Copyright Infringement, Faculty Colloquium, University of Indiana-Indianapolis School of Law, March 25, 1999.
• The Vicarious Liability of Internet Service Providers for User Copyright Infringement, Faculty Colloquium, Vermont Law School, March 18, 1999.
• Images of Asian and Asian-American Women Golfers: Stereotypes in Flux? Vermont Law School, March 18, 1999.
• Praising with Faint Damnation: the Troubling Rehabilitation of Korematsu Presentation at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Meeting, November 13, 1998
• Images of Asian and Asian American Women Golfers: Stereotypes in Flux? Presentation at Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty, Boston College Law School, October 2, 1998.
• Intellectual Property, the Internet, and Freedom of Speech. Presentation at the Conference on Technology and Ethics, University of Santa Clara, June 6, 1998.
• Copyright Opinions and Aesthetic Criticism. Presentation to Copyright Society of the USA, Massachusetts Chapter, April 14, 1998.
• The Coming Information Age, Baseball Statistics, and Intellectual Property: a Perspective from the Baseball Fan's Webpage of the Not So Distant Future. Paper and presentation at the Diamonds in the Desert Conference, Arizona State University, March 18-21, 1998.
• Violence Against Asian Americans, Panel Moderator, Fourth Annual National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy, Harvard University, March 7, 1998
• Copyright Opinions and Aesthetic Criticism. Presentation at Legal Theory Workshop, Santa Clara University School of Law, September 8, 1997.
• Copyright Opinions and Aesthetic Criticism. Presentation at Faculty Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh Law School, April 18, 1997.
• Affirmative Action and Asian Americans. Moderator and presenter for panel at Harvard University, February 15, 1997.
• An Update on the Hiring of Asian American Law School Faculty. Panel presentation at the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Professors, Los Angeles, California, September 27, 1996.
• Caught in the Middle: Asian Americans in Legal and Public Policy Debates. Presentation at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 31, 1996, Kansas City, Missouri.
• Copyright Opinions and Aesthetic Criticism. Presentation at Faculty Colloquium, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, September 26, 1996.
• Copyright, Entrepreneurship and Personal Home Pages.. Panelist and moderator at the Conference on Intellectual Property in the Information Age, University of Oregon Law School, November 2-4, 1995
• Success Rates of Asian American Applicants for Tenure Track Law Faculty Positions.. Panelist at the Second Annual Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Professors, Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 1995
• Foundational Crises in Mathematics and Law. Colloquium presentation at University of Oregon Law School, February 21, 1995
• The Admissibility of DNA Evidence,. Presentation to Washington D.C. Chapter of Boston College Law School Alumni Association, October 6, 1994
• What Can You Borrow? . Invited presentation at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Massachusetts, September 11, 1994
• 2 Live Crew at the Supreme Court: Reflections on Campbell v. Acuff Rose. Boston Bar Association Lawyers for the Arts Committee Luncheon Speaker Series, Boston, Massachusetts, December 9, 1993
• Interview Strategies. Panelist and Discussion Group Leader at Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruitment Conference, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1993
• A Copyright Primer for Arts Lawyers. Panelist for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program, Boston, Massachusetts, January 27, 1993
• Foundational Crises in Mathematics and Law. Faculty colloquium presentation at Boston College Law School, December 4, 1992
• Copyright and the First Amendment. Delivered to Copyright Society of the USA New England Chapter, Boston, Massachusetts, October 20, 1992
• Entering Law Teaching. Panelist at the Southwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Tucson, Arizona, April 25, 1992
• Alternate Perspectives in Law Teaching. Delivered at Boston University Law School, April 1, 1992
• Copyright Rights for Copyright Risks. Delivered to the Boston Association of Law Librarians, Boston, Massachusetts, January 30, 1992
• Advice for the Beginning Legal Scholar. Panelist at the Conference for Minorities and Law Teaching, Loyola University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27, 1991
• The Association of American Law Schools Faculty Recruitment Process. Panelist at the Massachusetts Law School Consortium Conference for Minority Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Law Teaching, Harvard Law School, April 24, 1991
• The Interdisciplinary Future of Copyright Theory. Panelist at the Conference on Intellectual Property and the Construction of Authorship, Case Western Reserve University, April 21, 1991.
• Affirmative Action and Asian Americans in Law School Admissions. Delivered at the National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Annual Meeting, Harvard Law School, October 27, 1990
• Art Resting on Craft. Panelist at the Conference for Minorities and Law Teaching, University of Cincinnati Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 5, 1990
• Theoretical Problems in the Copyrighting of Maps. Delivered at the Northeastern Map Organization annual meeting, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, June 8, 1989
• Did Pufnstuf Blow Out the First Amendment Candle?: A Chilling Look at the Idea/Expression Dichotomy and Copyright in a Work's Total Concept and Feel. Written presentation at the Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology Conference on Computer Software Protection, Arizona State University, February 13, 1989
• Understanding the First Amendment: Hard Law and Social Understanding. Panelist at the Leadership in Law-Related Education conference, Boston College Law School, June 1, 1988

• Conference entitled “Owning Standards,” to be held on March 31, 2006 at Boston College Law School. Conference co-organizer.
• Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty, October 17-18, 2003 at Boston College Law School. Conference co-organizer.
• Conference on Intellectual Property, E-Commerce, and the Internet, October 18-19, 2002 at Boston College Law School. Conference co-organizer and co-editor for symposium issue of the Boston College Law Review.
• Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Professors. Served as lead organizer for the Fifth Annual Conference, held October 1-3, 1998 at Boston College Law School.
• Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Professors. Served as lead conference organizer for first ever conference of Asian Pacific American law school faculty.  Conference was held on October 13-15, 1994 at Boston College and Northeastern Law Schools.

• Chair, Planning Committee for Association of American Law Schools Workshop on Intellectual Property, 2005-06.
• Member, Advisory Committee, Intellectual Property Center, University of Richmond School of Law. Appointed 2005.
  
• Nominating Committee, Association of American Law Schools. Appointed to one year term for 2002
• Member, Legal Expert Network at the Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University. Appointed in 2001.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Legal Education. Appointed to three year term 2001-2003.
• Society of American Law Teachers, Board of Governors, 2000-present.
• Section on Art Law, Association of American Law Schools, Chair Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2001.
• Task Force on Diversity in Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools. 1999.
• Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Facutly. Served as lead conference organizer for conference held October 1-3, 1998 at Boston College Law School.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Legal Education. Appointed to three year term 1994-1997.
• Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty. Served as lead conference organizer for first ever conference of Asian Pacific American law school faculty. Conference was held on October 13-15, 1994 at Boston College and Northeastern Law Schools.
• Section on Minority Groups, Association of American Law Schools, served as Executive Committee Member 1991-1994 and Chair for 1995. Led and implemented revision of section's administrative structure and by laws.
• Massachusetts Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Board of Trustees, 1993-1998. Served as chair of the program committee, which oversees delivery of pro bono legal services and public education.
• Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers, Association of American Law Schools, 1992-1994
• Intellectual Property Steering Committee, Boston Bar Association, 1992-1994.
• Boston Bar Association, Subcommittee for the Study of Proposed Massachusetts Resale Royalty Act, 1991-1992
• Section of Intellectual Property, Association of American Law Schools, Executive Committee Member, 1990
• American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property, 1988-present. Authored portion of 1990 and 1997 annual subcommittee reports.
• Lawyers' Advisory Committee, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Boston, Massachusetts. 1998.
• Planning Committee, Association of American Law Schools New Law Teachers Workshop, 1988.

• 2005-present: Law School Promotion and Tenure Committee. Elected by faculty to a two year term
  
• 2003-present: University Intellectual Property Advisory Committee
  
• 2003-present: Chair, Law School Clerkship Committee
  
• University Council on Teaching. Appointed by the Academic Vice President, 2002-present.
• University E-Learning Strategic Planning Committee, 2002.
• Chair, Law School Ad Hoc Committee on Grading, 2001.
• Law School Educational Policy Committee, Chair 1999-2000
• Law School Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1998-2000
• Law School Appointments Committee, 1988-1992, Co-chair 1995-1996, Chair 1996-1999
• Law School Computer Committee, 1993-1999
• University Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, 1994-1996
• Law School Symposium/Colloquium Committee, 1993-1995
• Law School Admissions Committee, 1988-1993 and 1994-1998. Served as chair 1991-1993.
• Law School Dean Search Committee, 1992-1993
• Academic Vice President's Computer Advisory Committee, 1989-90
• Law School Publications Committee, 1989-90
• Law School Placement Committee, 1987-1989
• Law School Ad Hoc Honors Committee, 1987-1988

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court, Central District of California
• State of California (presently on inactive status)
• State of Massachusetts

• 2001-present, American Law Institute
• 1983-present, American Bar Association
• 1987-present, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• 1987-present, Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
• 1990-present, Copyright Society of the USA
• 2000-present, Boston College Intellectual Property Inn of Court. Serve as member of Inn's Executive Committee.

• 1995-2001, New England Conservatory, Board of Overseers
• 1993-2002, Harvard Pierian Foundation, Board of Directors

Foundation supports the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Elected to serve as President, 1997-1999.

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