Brian Rowe
Curriculum Vitae
Brian@BrianRowe.org


Employment

University of Washington Information School

Freedom for IP

ATJWeb.org

Public Knowledge

Washingon State Bar Association's ATJ Board

Creative Commons

Seattle University School of Law
Office of Civil Legal Aid
Mavin Foundation

Guest Professor for the Master of Science in Information Management

Founder

Project oversight and support

Public Policy Fellow

Legal Extern

Legal Intern

Research Assistant to IP Professor Margaret Chon
Website Consultant
Research Intern

2010 winter

2005 - present

2006 - present

2009 summer

2009 spring

2008 summer

2006 - 2008
2006
2005



Education

Seattle University School of Law, Juris Doctorate
University of Washington, Bachelor of Science in Informatics
University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of Washington, Minors in Human Rights and Philosophy
Clark College, Associate in Arts

2009
2005
2005
2005
2000



Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Electronic Discovery

Patent Law Nonobviousness
Intellectual Property and "Gamer" Technology
Intersection of Intellectual Property and Anti-trust
Open Access Legal Publishing
Privacy and Consequences of the In
formation Age

Washington State Bar Assoc. (WSBA) 13th Annual IP Institute
IP in Virtual Worlds
Trademark in Virtual Worlds

Advertising Law in a Changing World - It’s Not Your Father's Media Mix  

The Intersection of Intellectual Property, Patent Law, and Software Piracy

Seattle University

Lewis & Clark
Seattle University
Seattle University
Lewis & Clark
University of Washington

WSBA

Second Life Bar

Second Life Bar 

Seattle University 

Seattle University


Other Education

Seattle Works
Drupal Association  
Reed College

"The Bridge" Nonprofit Board Training Class
Drupal Camp, Seattle
Audited classes on Psychology and Chinese History


Presentations

Seattle Central Community College Creative Commons and Free Culture
Nov. 2009
Info Camp
Wikileaks.org Information Systems Living Outside the Law
Oct. 2009
Info Camp
Google Book Settlement Panel on Competition & Privacy
Oct. 2009
Washington Lawyers for the Arts
Creative Commons 101 for Artists and Lawyers
Sept. 2009
Nonprofit Technology Conference 
DMCA, Fair Use and UGC - w/ Colette Vogele & Tim Jones
Apr. 2009
Nonprofit Technology Conference Dyslexics of the World UNTIE!:  Disabilities and the Law
Apr. 2009
League of Professional System Admins

Legal & Technical Aspects of Sharing, Reusing, and Remixing

Apr. 2009
Law of the Commons CLE Panelist: Technology and the Information Commons Mar. 2009
KEXP Mind Over Matters
Radio Interview on the Law of the Commons /w Steven Reisler Feb. 2009
Seattle Central Community College Creative Commons and the Free Culture Movement
Nov. 2008
Grammy Tech Music Summit
Panelist: Fair Use Firestorm
Nov. 2008
InfoCamp 2008
Creative Commons 101 and Fair Use for Academic Purposes Aug. 2008

LinuxFest NW

Copyright 101 for Coders 

Apr. 2008

Nonprofit Technology Conference   Generation Y meets Printing Press Law Mar. 2008

ATJWeb.org - State Wide Access Group  

Accessibility, Visibility, and Usability

Nov. 2007

Convergence 13 

Panelist: The Future of Digital Freedom

May 2007

Seattle University

Public Interest Kick Off

Oct. 2007

ATJ Board

Presentation on ATJWeb.org

Nov. 2007

Salmon Bay Middle School

Fair Use and DRM - Using Your Rights in Creating

Jan. 2007

CopyNight Seattle

Fair Use, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, and DMCA

July 2007

McClure Middle School

Copyright and Creating Digital Content

June 2007

University of Washington

Balancing Intellectual Property Interests and Human Rights 

June 2005

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International Meetings through World Affairs Council

China

Patents Intersecting with Human Rights

Taiwan

Trademark and Copyright

Iran
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Human Rights

Bosnia-Herzegovina

IP and Human Rights Overview

Kosovo

Moral Rights and Human Rights

China

Reasons to Opt Out of Copyright in an Emerging Economy

China
Fair Use & Public Policy Exemptions for Patents


Writing

Wikileaks.org Legal Paper - Forthcoming
Comment to the Copyright Office: DRM Harms Dyslexics
Comment to National Teleco. and Information Administration on Broadband and the Justice System
Freedom for IP Blog. Top posts include: Savage v. Cair - Fair Use Analysis; Girl T - Fair Use
Fair Use and Blogging Mock Trial for the Future of the Law Institute
Seattle Human Rights Network Blog
Seattle University Prolific Reporter: Social Justice, IP and Free Culture
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog: interview and comments on copyright in Seattle
Binary Freedom: Letter to BBC on DRM use (collaborative co-author)
Intellectual Property and Human Rights capstone (2005)


Technology Initiatives
ATJWeb.org:  Home site for the Access to Justice Technology Principles
A2J - Online interview for eviction response - Document Assembly for Notice of Appearances and Answers
Washington State Office of Civil and Legal Aid


Community Involvement (Legal)

Access to Justice Technology Board, Washington State Bar Assoc. 

Committee Member

American Civil Liberties Union
Member and Activist
Future of the Law Institute
Mock Trial Writer 2008 and Volunteer

Public Interest Law Foundation Seattle University

Donor & Volunteer Activist

Students for Free Culture - Seattle University Chapter

Founder, Alumnus, National Member

Human Rights Network Seattle University School of Law

Board Member: 2007-2009

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Member and Volunteer Activist

Creative Commons

Network Member & Volunteer Activist

CopyNight Seattle

Member and Former Coordinator

Intellectual Property Law Society Seattle University

Member


Community Involvement (Non Legal)

Amnesty International

Member

Student for Free Culture Chapter Leader / helped draft national by-laws

Defective by Design

Member and Protester

Free Software Foundation

Member # 6925

Rebuilding Together

Volunteer: 2006, 2007

Wikipedia

Contributor. Username: Sarterus

Math and Reading Tutor 

K-8; 2001-2005

Chess Instructor

K-Adult; private and group lessons




Technology Skills and Training

Web Tools

Drupal, WordPress, Blogger, Wiki, Dreamweaver, 

Web Languages

HTML, CSS, PHP, JSP, MySQL, PostGressSQL

Programming Languages

Java, C, C++, C#, Basic

Networking

P2P, Samba, small-scale networking of 25 or fewer workstations & central servers

OS

Linux, OSX, Windows XP, Windows Server

Graphic Design

Adobe Creative Suite, Gimp

Accessibility

W3C, Bobby 508, Emergent Best Practices



Awards and Honors

Google Public Policy Fellowship recipient  (Summer 2009)

Nominated for Jan Jancin Award through the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (2009)

Washington State Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section Scholarship recipient (2009)
Public Interest Law Foundation Grant recipient (Summer 2008)
Informatics research capstone speaker (2005)
Dean's List at the University of Washington (2.5 years)
Model United Nation Speaker Award recipient
College Debate Speaking Awards Recipient: Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Parliamentary, CEDA
Eagle Scout - Vancouver Troop 525