Stanford CIS

Brandy Karl

Non-Residential Fellow

Brandy Karl is an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on copyright, telecommunications, Internet, and technology policy. She is a Non-Residential Fellow at CIS and is currently an LLM student at Georgetown University Law Center studying the intersection of international trade issues, intellectual property, and internet regulation.  She volunteers her extra time at the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis.

In the past, she has been a Residential Fellow at CIS, a Non-Residential Fellow at the National University of Singapore, and taught copyright law to secondary school students. Prior to becoming a residential fellow at CIS, Brandy practiced copyright and trademark law in Boston as principal of her own firm.

Brandy is a 2001 graduate of MIT (S.B. Political Science, minor in literature) and a 2004 graduate of Boston University School of Law (cum laude, honors concentration in IP). At BUSL she was named a Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar and was also an Articles Editor for the Journal of Science and Technology Law.

Brandy is licensed to practice in Massachusetts.

Recent articles

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The Powder & the Glory premieres on PBS

The Powder & the Glory, part of the Fair Use Project's Documentary Film Program, will have its broadcast premiere on PBS Monday March 23, 2009 at 10PM (…

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Preempting State IP claims

A New Hampshire District Court has ruled that two state IP law claims - a right of publicity claim and a false designation of origin claim - are not preempted b…

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CIS Petitions for Review in Kahle

CIS has petitioned for review of the Ninth Circuit's decision in Kahle v. Gonzalez, asking the Supreme Court to clarify the scope of the “traditional contou…

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Government Seeks Rehearing in Golan

After our win in Golan v. Gonzales, the government has petitioned the Tenth Circuit for a rehearing of the case, which decided that the Uruguay Round Agreements…