CV: Professor David Lametti Page 8
Curriculum vitae of David Lametti
Associate Professor of Law, McGill University
Member and Co-Founder, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University
Member, Paul-André-Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, McGill University
Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Law, McGill University, 2008-11
Faculty of Law, McGill University 4856 Hutchison
3644 Peel Street Montreal, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Canada H3A 1W9 H2V 4A3
Tel: (514) 398-7602 Tel/Fax: (514) 276-9502
Fax: (514) 398-3233
email:
Languages: English, French, Italian
Civil status: married, three children
Areas of Teaching and Research Interests:
Ethics, Property, Intellectual Property, Private and Comparative Private Law Theory, Legal Traditions, Legal and Political Philosophy
EDUCATION
1999 Doctor of Philosophy in Law (DPhil) degree; Exeter College, Oxford University, England
Thesis: “The Deon-Telos of Private Property: Ethical Aspects of the Theory and Practice of Private Property” (Supervisor: Prof. James Harris) (349 d-s pp)
1991 Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree; Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
1989 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) degrees; National Programme, McGill University, Montreal. University Scholar (top 10% of graduating class), Upper Second Class Honours
1985 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree; Specialist (Honours) in Economics & Political Science; St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. With Distinction
ACADEMIC AND LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
Faculty of Law, McGill University
Associate Professor (2003- ) Current
Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University (2009-12)
Associate Dean (Academic) (2008-11)
Director, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University (2002-4)
Assistant Professor (1998-2003)
Visiting Assistant Professor (Special Category) (1997-98)
Faculty Lecturer (1995-97)
Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick September 1994 to August 1995
Visiting Research Fellow
-Course taught: Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Exeter College, Oxford University October 1993 to August 1994
Junior Dean
-Assisted College Rector in administrative, welfare and disciplinary matters
Boston University, London Programme January to October 1993
Part-time Lecturer
-Course taught: The Anglo-American Legal Tradition
Supreme Court of Canada September 1989 to August 1990
Clerk to Mr Justice Peter deCarteret Cory
-Assisted in judicial research and writing
Concurrent Visiting Appointments
Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel March 2014
Visiting Professor
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy May 2014
Visiting Professor
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy May 2013
Visiting Professor
Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, UK May to June 2012
Visiting Researcher
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy March to April 2012
Visiting Professor
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy March to April 2011
Visiting Professor
ACADEMIC AND LEGAL EMPLOYMENT (visiting)
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy March to April 2010
Visiting Professor
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Trento, Italy March to April 2008
Visiting Professor
Associate, Lider-Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy September 2004 -
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy September 2004 to July 2005
Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università degli studi di Perugia, Italy
Academic Visitor
TEACHING
A. Courses Taught
a. At the Faculty of Law, McGill University
2013-14 Common Law Property 4 cr 70 students (Lecture) (2nd yr; compulsory)
Advanced Comm. Law Obs 3 cr 70 students (Lecture) (2nd yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 35 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
2012-13 Common Law Property 4 cr 60 students (Lecture) (2nd yr; compulsory)
Advanced Comm. Law Obs 3 cr 50 students (Lecture) (2nd yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 35 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
Excess Copyright 1 cr 10 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
2011 Analog Copyright 1 cr 25 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
2010-11 Civil Law Property 5 cr 70 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Copyright & TM Theory 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
2009-10 Civil Law Property 5 cr 65 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
2008-09 Civil Law Property 5 cr 50 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
2007-08 Foundations of Can. Law 4 cr 35 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
La propriété intellectuelle 3 cr 15 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Property Theory 3 cr 15 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
Treble Cliff 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (multidisciplinary)
2006-07 Foundations of Can. Law 4 cr 74 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
La propriété intellectuelle 3 cr 25 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Copyright & TM Theory 3 cr 20 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
2005-06 Civil Law Property 5 cr 70 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Legal Traditions 3 cr 35 students (Lecture) (Graduate, optional)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 65 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
2003-04 Legal Traditions 3 cr 35 students (Lecture) (Graduate, optional)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 60 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Copyright Theory 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
TEACHING (continued; McGill; other teaching)
2002-03 Civil Law Property 5 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 75 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Property Theory 3 cr 18 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
2001-02 Civil Law Property 5 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 110 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Property Theory 3 cr 12 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
2000-01 Intellectual Property 3 cr 80 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Jurisprudence 3 cr 25 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
1999-00 Civil Law Property 5 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 65 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Legal Theory 3 cr 35 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
Theoretical Approaches 3 cr 11 students (Seminar) (Graduate; optional)
1998-99 Civil Law Property I 6 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Intellectual Property 3 cr 65 students (Lecture) (Upper yr; optional)
Theoretical Approaches 3 cr 12 students (Seminar) (Graduate; optional)
1997-98 Legal Theory 3 cr 15 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
1996-97 Civil Law Property I 6 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
Civil Law Property IA 4 cr 70 students (Lecture) (2nd yr; compulsory)
1995-96 Civil Law Property I 6 cr 60 students (Lecture) (1st yr; compulsory)
b. At the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick
1994-95 Juris & Legal Theory 3 cr 15 students (Seminar) (Upper yr; optional)
B. Other Teaching and Supervision
a. Tutorial groups
2001-02 Legal Methodology Tutorial Group (1st year) 2 credits 15 students
2000-01 Legal Methodology Tutorial Group (1st year) 2 credits 10 students
1999-00 Legal Methodology Tutorial Group (1st year) 2 credits 10 students
1998-99 Legal Methodology Tutorial Group (2nd year) 2 credits 20 students
1995-96 Legal Methodology Tutorial Group (1st year) 2 credits 10 students
TEACHING (continued: graduate supervision)
b. Graduate thesis supervision
Current
Salman Rana, “Hip Hop, Culture and Copyright” (D.C.L. expected 2014)
Eric Mendelsohn, “On the Characterization of Transactions (With a Particular Focus on
Financial Transactions)” (LL.M. expected 2013)
Completed
Eric Pollanen, “Towards Global Property Duties and Obligations” (LL.M. 2012)
Catherine Doldirina, "Legal Protection of Satellite Remote Sensing Data" (D.C.L. 2011)
Allen Mendelsohn, “A Torrent of Copyright Infringement? Liability for BitTorrent File-Sharers
and File-Sharing Facilitators Under Canadian Copyright Law” (LL.M. 2011)
Caroline J. Simard, “Le principe réglementaire de neutralité techno-économique comme outil instrumentant des réseaux de nouvelle génération” (D.C.L. 2009: co-supervised with Prof. Marc Raboy, Dept. of Art History & Communications)
Christian Ferron,“L'extension contractuelle du droit d'auteur par le biais de licences
d'utilisation: analyse de la situation canadienne” (LL.M. 2007; Dean’s Honour List)
Yohan Benezri, “Droit d’auteur et co (régulation): la politique du droit d’auteur sur l’internet” (LL.M. 2007; published in McGill Law Journal)
Xiaotong Yuan, “Copyright Protection to Musical Works in Cyberspace” (LL.M. 2005)
Anthony M. Hoffman, “The Protection of Intellectual Capital in the Knowledge Economy in Canada” (LL.M. 2004; Dean’s Honour List)
Cheng-Ru Feng, “Authorization and Copyright Infringement” (LL.M. 2004)
Henning Fraessdorf, “Intellectual Property in Standards” (LL.M. 2003; Dean’s Honour List)
Alexia Colson-Duparchy, “Bridges, Hoops and Pools – International Film Co-Production: The
Interface between Culture and Trade” (with Me Daniel Levinson; LL.M. 2003)
Alejandro Sotelo, “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Transfers in Mexico within
the North American context” (with Me François Painchaud; LL.M 2003)
TEACHING (continued: graduate supervision)
Geneviève Barsalou, “Les véritables enjeux de l’appropriation artistique au regard du droit
d’auteur” (with Me Bob Sotiriades; LL.M. 2002)
Julie Haller, “The legality of parallel import of trade-marked goods” (LL.M. 2002)
Fabienne Vandenabeele, “Patenting life: legal and ethical perspective” (LL.M. 2001)
Marie-Pierre Simard, “Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent
au commerce : la licence obligatoire de câblodistribution Canado-américaine y survivra-t-elle?” (with Dr S. Handa; LL.M. 2001)
José Frias, “Understanding Indigenous Rights (Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela)” (LL.M. 2001)
Dominique Babin, “The Canadian Pharmaceutical Patent Regime in the World Trading System”
(with Professor Ysolde Gendreau; LL.M 2000; Dean’s Honour List)
Salvador Garza Montemayor, “Reforming Personal Property Law in Mexico”
(with Professor R.A. Macdonald; LL.M., 2000)
c. Undergraduate term essays and LL.M. non-thesis essay supervision
3-credit papers and 6-credit papers (3-4 papers per term; varied topics)
A number of papers have won Faculty prizes; a few have been published
C. Teaching Honours
Nominated or Named Finalist for Law Faculty John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence: 1997, 2001, 2006
Nominated for the McGill University Kerry Derrick Award for Graduate Supervision: 2004
SCHOLARSHIP
A. Published Works
a. Articles in refereed journals
1. “The Cloud: Boundless Digital Potential or Enclosure 3.0?”, (2012) 17 Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, 190-243 http://www.vjolt.net/vol17/issue3/v17i3_190_Lametti.pdf
a. “Cloud computing: verso il terzo Enclosures Movement?” (Italian translation, G. Capuzzo) (2012) Rivista critica del diritto privato, no. 3, 363-396.
b. “Cloud computing: verso il terzo Enclosures Movement?” (Italian translation, G. Capuzzo) in Giuseppe Allegri, Maria Romana Allegri, Alessandro Guerra, & Paola Marsocci, eds. Democrazia e controllo pubblico dalla prima modernità al web, (Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, 2012) 141-176.
2. “General Concepts of Private Law Relating to Private Property in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and in the Civil Code of Quebec” (2005) 30 Rev. of Central and East European L. 7-18
3. “Objects of Private Property in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and in the
Civil Code of Quebec” (2005) 30 Rev. of Central and East European L. 19-28
4. “Rights of Private Property in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and in the
Civil Code of Quebec” (2005) 30 Rev. of Central and East European L. 29-47
5. “The Concept of Property: Relations through Objects of Social Wealth” (2003) 53 U. Toronto LJ 325-378.
6. “Civil Law Property as (Movable) Rehabilitative Therapy” (A Comment on Sarah Worthington, “Rehabilitating Personal Property Law as a Serious Topic for [Research and] Teaching”), (2002) 36 Can. Bus. L.J. 292-306.
7. “The Form and Substance of Domain Name Arbitration” (2002) 7 Lex Electronica http://www.lex-electronica.org/articles/v7-2/lametti.htm.
a. reproduced in (2002) 1 ICFAI J. of Alternative Dispute Resolution 30
b. also translated and published in Korean
8. “Publish and Profit?: Justifying the Ownership of Copyright in the Academic Setting” (2001) 26 Queen’s Law Journal 497-567.
9. “Les auteurs sont-ils des employés? Certaines réflexions sur la propriété des droits dans le contexte scolaire” (1999) 12 Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle 11-29.
10. “Property and (Perhaps) Justice” (1998) 43 McGill Law Journal 665-745.
SCHOLARSHIP (published works)
11. “Plaidoyer pour un ouvrage approfondi en droit des biens” (1997) 76 Canadian Bar Review 228-246.
12. “Reasons for Decision in Administrative Law”, with R.A. Macdonald, (1990) 3 Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice 123-172.
b. Cases and materials
- Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials, co-editor of chapters in patent, confidential information and trade secrets with Gregory Hagen, Cameron Hutchison, Graham Reynolds, Teresa Scassa, & Margaret Ann Wilkinson, (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, forthcoming 2013.)
c. Book chapters
1. “Prescription à la recherche du temps: In Search of Past Time (or Recognizing Things Past)” in M.-F. Bureau & M. Dévinat, eds, Les livres du Code Civil du Québec (RDUS, 2014) (solicited)
2. “Laying Bare an Ethical Thread: From IP to Property to Private Law?” in S. Balganesh, ed. Intellectual Property and the Common Law (CUP, 2013) 353-384 (solicited)
3. “The Concept of the Anticommons: Useful, or Ubiquitous and Unnecessary?” in H. Howe & J. Griffiths, eds, Concepts of Property in Intellectual Property Law (CUP, 2013) 232-257 (solicited)
4. “Exceptions et droits des utilisateurs” – Propriété intellectuelle – JurisClasseur Québec (Montreal; LexusNexus, 2012) (solicited).
5. “On Creativity, Copying and Intellectual Property” in Roberto Caso, ed. Plagio e Creatività: Un Dialogo tra Diritto e altri Saperi (Trento; Università di Trento, 2011) (solicited) 171-89.
6. “The Virtuous P(eer): Reflections on the Ethics of File Sharing”, in A. Lever, ed. New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property (Cambridge; CUP, 2011) (solicited) 284-306.
7. “The Objects of Virtue” in G. Alexander and E. Peñalver, eds. Property and Community (New York; Oxford University Press, 2010) (solicited) 1-37.
8. “How Virtue Ethics Might Help Erase C-32’s Conceptual Incoherence”, in M. Geist (ed), From "Radical Extremism" to "Balanced Copyright": Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda (Toronto; Irwin Law, 2010) (refereed collection) 309-340.
9. With Audrey E. Boctor, “Rewarding Ownership, Valuing Possessors: Making Sense of Articles 957-962 of the CCQ”, in S. Normand, ed., Mélanges François Frenette (Quebec City; PUL, 2006) (solicited) 151-194.
SCHOLARSHIP (published works)
10. “The Morality of James Harris’s Theory of Property” in T. Endicott, J. Getzler & E. Peel, eds, The Properties of Law: Essays in Honour of James Harris (Oxford; OUP, 2006) (refereed collection) 138-165.
11. “Coming to Terms with Copyright”, in M. Geist (ed) In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law (Toronto; Irwin Law, 2005) (refereed collection) 480-516.