With Debbie Halbert

Friday, November 2, 2001 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Room 637

Intellectual property has become a focus of concern for the United States both domestically and internationally. Given that the laws of copyright and patent have their roots in the 18th century and earlier, one should question if these same laws should govern our creative work in the future. This talk will evaluate the implications of intellectual property law 25 years in the future and develop several scenarios for how it can, and possibly should, proceed.

Debbie Halbert is an alumni of the University of Hawai'i and currently teaches political science at Otterbein College, a small liberal arts college in Ohio. Her primary area of research is intellectual property, specifically the expanding boundaries of copyright law. Her current work focuses on the futures of intellectual property.