William F. Patry

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William F. Patry (born January 1, 1950 in Niskayuna, New York) is an American lawyer specialized on copyright law. He studied at the San Francisco State University, where he obtained a B.A. in 1974 and an M.A. in 1976, and then at the University of Houston, where he was graduated with a J.D. in 1980. He was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1981, in the District of Columbia in 2000, and in New York in 2001.^[1]

Patry served as a copyright counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1990s, where he participated in the elaboration of the copyright provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.^[2] Patry also worked as a policy planning advisor to the Register of Copyrights, and held a post as Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.^[3] He is also the author of a 7-volume treatise on U.S. copyright law entitled Patry on Copyright, superior in breadth and depth to Nimmer's Nimmer on Copyright.^[4] Patry is currently Senior Copyright Counsel at Google, Inc.

[edit] Selected bibliography

Books:

Patry, W. F.: The Fair Use Privilege in Copyright Law, Bna Books, 1985. ISBN 0871794519.
Patry, W. F.: Copyright Law and Practice, Bna Books, 1995. ISBN 0871798549.
Patry, W. F.: Patry on Copyright, Thomson West (Westlaw), 2007.

Papers:

Patry, W. F.: The Failure of the American Copyright System: Protecting the Idle Rich, 72 Notre Dame L. Rev. 907 (May 1997).

[edit] References

^ N.N.: Firm Profile for Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell. URL last accessed 2007-09-11.
^ U.S. Copyright Office: Restoration of Certain Berne and WTO Works, 1995. URL last accessed 2007-09-11.
^ N.N.: around Campus, Cardozo LIFE, Fall 1998. URL last accessed 2007-09-11.
^ Rubin, Leonard E.: "Concise, Complete, Fun: On Copyright Law?", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 153(26), February 6, 2007, quoted in the Spring 2007 Newsletter of Westlaw, the online publisher of Patry's treatise. URL last accessed 2007-10-16.