Law Clerk Addict

Court:

United States Court of Federal Claims

Title:

Judge

Chambers:

Washington, DC

Status:

Active

Nomination Information:

Educational Background:

President:

Bill Clinton

Law School:

Catholic University of America, J.D., Unkn

Nominated:

1998

Other Schools:

St. Stephen's College, A.B.
Columbia University, LL.M.
Columbia University, J.S.D.

Confirmed:

1998

Prior Federal Judicial Service:

None

Professional Career History:

From 1995-98 Judge Damich served as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. During his tenure on the Committee, he assisted the Chairman, Senator Orrin Hatch, with the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the most significant change in copyright law since the Copyright Act of 1976. The DMCA updated U.S. law for the digital age and for the Internet. In addition, he worked on the Omnibus Patent Act, the basis for the 1999 American Inventors Protection Act. He was also a member of the U.S. delegation at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) diplomatic conference, which concluded the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

In September 1992, Judge Damich was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to be a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal (CRT). In formal adjudicatory proceedings, the CRT set rates and distributed royalties under the statutory license provisions of the Copyright Act regarding cable television, non-commercial broadcasting, satellite television, sound recordings, and digital audio recording technology. He served as a Commissioner until November 1993.

At present Judge Damich is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Intellectual Property at the Columbus School of Law of Catholic University. He has been an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center and a professor of law at George Mason University and at Delaware Law School of Widener University.

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