September 22, 2022

Fake Symposium

While the law is often forced to make binary distinctions between what is real and what is fake, that distinction can be much more fluid in broader society. The Fake Symposium explores the distinction between the real and the fake in a number of different contexts, and how well that understanding in the legal context maps on to societal expectations.

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September 22

10:15 - 11:15 - Keynote: Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia

11:25 - 12:00 - Framing Discussion: What Does It Mean To Be Real?

1:15 - 2:30 - Fake Social Media Movements in Culture, Advocacy, and Policy

Chris Lewis, Public Knowledge
Michael Livermore, University of Virginia School of Law
Andrea Matwyshyn, Penn State Law
Michael Weinberg, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law (moderator)

2:45 - 4:00 - Fake Goods and the Problem of Authenticity

Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law
Sari Mazzurco, Yale Law School
Mark McKenna, UCLA School of Law
Julie Zerbo, The Fashion Law
Christopher Sprigman, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

4:00 - 5:00 - Fake Art

Amy Adler, NYU School of Law
Winnie Wong, University of California, Berkeley
Barton Beebe, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

September 23

10:30 - 11:30 - Fake Intellectual Property

Brian Frye, University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law
Rebecca Giblin, Melbourne Law School - Scott Hemphill, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
Stephen Lee, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Target Corporation
Jason Mazzone, University of Illinois College of Law
Jason Schultz, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

11:30 - 12:30 Fake News

Kate Klonick, St. John’s University School of Law
Nathaniel Persily, Stanford Law School
Judge Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jessica Silbey, Boston University School of Law
Katherine Strandburg, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

12:30 - 1:30 - Fireside Chat: John Belcaster, General Counsel of MSCHF, and Megan Bannigan, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, in conversation with Jeanne Fromer, NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy