Bruce Turnbull

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1976

Principal

Turnbull Law Firm PLLC

Current

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

DVD Copy Control Association DVD Copy Control Ass'n v. Bunner, et al. Represented licensor of the technology used to decrypt copyrighted motion pictures on DVD. In a landmark decision by the California Supreme Court, which affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction by the Superior Court, the Court held that the grant of an injunction barring the posting of trade secrets on the Internet was not a violation of the First Amendment. more

George Washington University

J.D.

1976

Cornell University

B.A.

1973

District of Columbia Bar

Member

1976 - Current

Publication

Digital Rights Management: Legislative, Regulatory, and Legal Developments (November 17, 2007) (client company seminar)

Technological Protection Measures and Digital Rights Management in the Marketplace: CSS Example (November 30, 2006) U.S. Copyright Office program

U.S. International Economic Regulatory Laws (July 17, 2006) WGM Seminar

Legislative and Public Policy Advocacy (April 26, 2006) WGM Seminar

Anti-Circumvention and Reverse Engineering (September 16, 2005) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

Protecting DVD Content on Digital Networks - A Seminar on Using DTCP to Transport Audio and Video over MOST (September 01, 2005) Future Delivery of Content and Content Protection Issues (client company seminar)

Understanding the Grokster Decision (July 25, 2005) (client company seminar)

U.S. International Economic Regulatory Laws (May 26, 2005) WGM Seminar

Content Protection for Recordable Media for Video Content (CPRM for Video) (March 24, 2005) (client company seminar)

Congressional Intellectual Property Agenda (March 08, 2005) WGM Seminar

Export Control Regulatory Developments (November 09, 2004) Organization for Investment, General Counsel Conference

DRM Litigation Summary (April 10, 2004) (client company seminar)

'The Exon-Florio Law: Balancing National Security with Foreign Investment' Organization for International Investment (Washington DC, November 05, 2003)

U.S. Government Reconstruction Contracts in Iraq (Warsaw, October 29, 2003)

Digital Rights Management - Consumer Electronics Perspectives (Denver, October 10, 2003) CableLabs Winter Conference

Perspectives on Copy Protection (San Francisco, August 10, 2003) American Bar Association, Science & Technology Law Section, Annual Meeting Program: Content Wars: How New Technology, Digital Content, and Copy Protection Will Remake the World of Entertainment

U.S. Government Contract Issues in the Reconstruction of Iraq (Budapest, June 03, 2003)

Digital Rights Management Tools: Whose Rights Are Being Managed? (Washington DC, April 03, 2003) Seminar panelist, Congressional Internet Caucus

Heightened National Security Controls on Trade and Transactions: The Post-September 11th Environment (Washington DC, November 05, 2002) Organization for International Investment

A Consumer Electronics Perspective on Copyright and Content Protection (New York, October 02, 2002)

Content Protection for DVD Audio, Licensing and Legal Issues (Burbank, CA, August 08, 2002) DVD-Audio 2002

Current Laws and Regulations Government Digital Rights and Relevant Case Law (New York, December 07, 2001) Digital Rights: Protecting Your Client’s Rights Under Current Regulatory & Marketplace Developments, City Bar of New York

Copy Protection Legal Issues (Los Angeles, November 14, 2001) International Electronics Manufacturers and Consumers of America

Current Licensing Approaches to Digital Transmission Content Protection (Keystone, Colorado, August 14, 2001) CableLabs Summer Conference

Important Legal Developments Regarding Protection of Copyrighted Content Against Unauthorized Copying (Washington DC, August 01, 2001) International Electronics and Electrical Engineers, Communications Program, Las Vegas (2000); presentation expanded and printed in IEEE Communications Magazine

Security in Electronic Contracting - Digital Signatures and Digital Certificates (Washington DC, June 13, 2001)

Electronic/Digital Signatures (Washington DC, September 26, 2000)

Washington Policy Issues on E-Commerce (New York, June 01, 2000)

Anticircumvention from the Perspectives of Consumer Electronics and Information Technology Product Manufacturers (Washington, DC, January 21, 1999) (written material co-authored with Sandra M. Aistars) Copyright Law '99 & Beyond, Glasser LegalWorks Seminar