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Rob Kasunic is a Principal Legal Advisor at the United States Copyright Office. At the Copyright Office, he has been involved with most domestic Internet, technology, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues before the Office, is in charge of the triennial Anticircumvention rulemaking proceedings and was a co-author of the Section 104 Report, both of which were mandated by the DMCA. He has been involved with numerous litigation and appellate issues before the Office, including the Office's intervention in the Tiffany v. Morelli infringement suit, the Dastar v. Twentieth Century Fox reverse passing off case decided by the Supreme Court and the Veeck v. SBCCI model building code case in which the government successfully argued against a grant of certiorari. He has also been the lead attorney on all trademark, domain name, and antitrust issues that have arisen before the Office, including the Office's recent adoption of a new seal and logo.
He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at American University's Washington College of Law where he currently teaches a seminar on Advanced Copyright Law and Policy. He also taught the basic copyright law course at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Copyright and the Arts, for eight years. Prior to working at the Copyright Office, he managed a private IP practice that included major copyright litigation against the Baltimore Ravens and National Football League Properties. He has authored several published articles on copyright law and manages his own website on copyright law and litigation: http://www.kasunic.com. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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