William Fisher

Global Access in Action, a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, conducts action-oriented research into access to lifesaving medicines,…

The Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) fosters the growth of open access to research, within Harvard and beyond.

CopyrightX is a twelve-week networked course offered under the auspices of Harvard Law School, the HarvardX distance-learning initiative, and the Berkman Klein Center.

We offer computer-mediated seminars through our interactive Berkman Online Lecture and Discussion (BOLD) series. Topics have included intellectual property and privacy on the…

The Berkman Center partnered with eIFL to deliver a distance learning program on copyright for librarians. The resulting curriculum, made available on March 24, 2010, can be used…

The goal of the Digital Media Project is not to advance a simple agenda but instead to help educate stakeholders – government officials, the media, artists, businesspeople, and…

Taught by world-renowned experts in the field, the Berkman Klein Center’s Internet Law Program addresses the most pressing cyberlaw issues being debated by lawmakers in the U.S…

Noank's mission is to license and distribute digital content globally while fairly compensating content owners, using the most efficient, sustainable, and effective business and…

The Berkman Center works in collaboration with Berklee College of Music on a variety of initiatives under the Rethink Music banner, examining the law, policy, and business…

The Bridge is divided into two major parts: a six-unit series on legal reasoning, and a series of modules on American Legal Theory, divided into six "tracks" representing…

Global Access in Action (GAiA), a new initiative of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, is hosting a workshop today to assess promising but understudied…

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society has announced a significant leadership transition as Professor William (Terry) Fisher steps down after 12 years as Chair of the Board of…

Berkman Center Faculty Director Terry Fisher, with Quentin Palfrey of WilmerHale and Sara Boettiger of Global Access in Action, submitted comments today responding to a Requests…

On Dec. 6-8, 2012, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, together with seven international co-organizers, hosted a symposium at Harvard Law School titled Internet-Driven…

In the second week of February, 2012, four faculty from Harvard Law School (including Berkman directors Terry Fisher and John Palfrey) and three faculty from Harvard Business…

The directors of the Berkman Center wish to extend our warmest congratulations to John Palfrey, our colleague and friend, upon his appointment as the Head of School of the…

Jonathan Zittrain takes up the "arguments over cyberlibertarianism sparked by the release of [Lessig's] Code [and Other Laws of Cyberspace]" at Cato Unbound...

Roughly half of this course will examine and assess the legal rules in the United States and other countries governing patents. The other half will explore policy issues…

This course explores copyright law and policy.  Approximately two thirds of the readings and class time are devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder are…

This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching. Each student in the course will be…

In recent years, global public health has taken a turn for the worse. The COVID-19 pandemic is only one of the causes. In addition, the progress that we have been making in…

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This course will explore copyright law and policy. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder will be…

This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching. Each student in the course will be…

This course deals with characteristic arrangements under American law for the creation and transfer of rights to control and exploit property. The relationships of these…

Professor William Fisher, Professor Ruth Okediji Roughly half of this course will examine and assess the legal rules in the United States and other countries governing patents…

Professor William Fisher This course will explore copyright law and policy. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright…

Professor William Fisher This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching. Each…

This course will explore copyright law and policy.

This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching.

Roughly half of this course will examine and assess the legal rules in the United States and other countries governing patents.  The other half will explore policy issues…

This course will explore copyright law and policy.

This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching.

This seminar is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.

This course will explore copyright law and policy. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder will be…

This course is designed for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of copyright law and gaining experience with law teaching. Each student in the course will be…

Teaching Copyright Return to Course Catalog Professor William Fisher Spring 2015 Course Meets: T 7:00pm - 9:00pm 2 classroom credits Note: The credit breakdown for this…

This course explores copyright law and policy. Approximately two thirds of the readings and class time are devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder are devoted to…

Many developing countries are already facing or will soon face health crises arising from the increasing incidence of communicable and non-communicable diseases. This Reading…

This course will explore copyright law and policy. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder will be…

This course is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further. We will examine in…

This course will examine trademark law and the law of unfair competition in the United States and in other countries. Substantial attention will be paid to efforts by economic and…

This course will explore copyright law in depth.

This course will examine trademark law and the law of unfair competition in the United States and in other countries.

This course is structured for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.

This course will explore copyright law in depth.

This course is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.

This course will explore copyright law in depth.

This course will explore copyright law in depth. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder will be…

This course is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.

This course will examine trademark law and the law of unfair competition in the United States and in other countries.

This course is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual property law and would like to explore the subject further.

This seminar explores frontiers question involving the Internet. Anticipated issues involve innovation, copyright, new uses of the wiki form, prediction markets, democratic…

This course will explore copyright law in depth.

This course will explore patent law in depth.

What prompts people to do what they do? A rapidly growing literature in several disciplines -- psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and economics -- casts new light on this age…

Haochen Sun will discuss his new book with Jon Penney and Yong Jin Park...

Join us for a one-day conference exploring the current pharmaceutical pricing landscape. This event will bring together leaders from the pharmaceutical industry, policymakers,…

Global Access in Action: Conversations in Global Health, Innovation, & the Digital World

Join Professor William Fisher and Pedro Paranagua, senior legal advisor for the Brazilian government on Intellectual Property, for a comparative perspective on major features of…

The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is pleased to invite the community to continue the conversation on the future of the unowned Internet on April 8, 2014 with a panel…

Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic,…

Come to our Open House to meet Berkman faculty, fellows, and staff and to learn about the Center's current activities and ways you can get involved...

The Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) is a joint effort of the Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute, which provides top doctoral students from around the world with the…

For 50 years broadcast media have played a powerful role in shaping political culture and mediating citizen engagement in the democratic process. Now a participatory culture is…

Terry Fisher, Bill McGeveran and Jackie Harlow discussed how digitization alters the use of content, difficulties associated with digital learning, and possible reforms to enable…

A Panel Discussion on "The Day the Music Died? Harvard's Policy on Napster and Its Siblings--Past, Present and Future"