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IP at the Supreme Court Series: Van Buren v. United States

November 30, 2020

5:00pm | Registration Required
A Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court. 

ISSUE

Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act if he accesses the same information for an improper purpose. 

Panelists

Andrew Grosso,ÌýPrincipal Attorney,ÌýAndrew Grosso & Associates 
Brief Amicus Curiae of The United States Technology Policy Committee of the ACM in Support of Neither Party

Joseph V. DeMarco,ÌýPartner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP
Counsel of Record, Amicus Curiae for Managed Funds Association and Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association in Support of Respondent

Jennifer Daskal,ÌýProfessor and Faculty Director, Tech, Law and Security Program,ÌýÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law.  Presenting, for the sake of argument, Position of the United States

Megan Iorio,ÌýCounsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Brief of Amici Curiae for Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Fifteen Technical Experts and Legal Scholars in Support of Respondent

Annie Lee,ÌýDurie Tangri LLP
Brief Amicus Curiae for Technology Companies in Support of Petitioner

All briefs available on SCOTUSblog:

UPDATE:

Decision:
Argument: