Copyright Law

University of San Francisco School of Law, IP Law Clinic, comes to aid of lawyers defending RIAA victims

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In what is believed to be a first, the University of San Francisco School of Law's Intellectual Property Law Clinic has come to the aid of lawyers representing RIAA defendants.

Law students in the program, working under the supervision of law professors, are assisting outside lawyers representing the victims of RIAA suits on a pro bono basis.

Earlier this week, a brief was served in Maverick v. Chowdhury, a Brooklyn case in which the defendant is represented by Vandenberg & Feliu, in which two law students from the program assisted.

Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims (Maverick v. Chowdhury)*

* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).