Hannibal Travis is an Associate Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches Internet Law, Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Introduction to International and Comparative Law. Professor Travis conducts research in the fields of cyberlaw, intellectual property, antitrust, telecommunications, international and comparative law, and human rights law. He received his B.A. in Philosophy summa cum laude from Washington University, where he was named to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a member of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and the Harvard Human Rights Journal. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable William Matthew Byrne, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He then served an associate at O'Melveny & Myers in San Francisco, and at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. At both firms, he participated in litigating intellectual property and antitrust disputes, and advising clients in the media, telecommunications, software, and Internet industries. His writings have been published in law reviews and journals affiliated with American University, Hofstra University, Northwestern University, Pepperdine University, the University of Arizona, the University of California, the University of Miami, and the University of Virginia. His most recent publications are in the Notre Dame Law Review on the copyright liability of Internet service providers in the U.S. and Europe, and in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology on the future of technology policy in the U.S. He has a chapter forthcoming in the Top Ten Global Security Law Articles of 2008, published by Oxford University Press.
Broadband Regulation and Net Neutrality
Of Blogs, eBooks, and Broadband: Access to Digital Media as a First Amendment Right, Hofstra Law Review (2007)
In an information society, wealth and power are increasingly linked to access to knowledge and...
Wi-Fi Everywhere: Universal Broadband Access as Antitrust and Telecommunications Policy, American University Law Review (2006)
Cheap, ubiquitous high-speed Internet access promises to accelerate economic growth, create new jobs and industries,...
Intellectual Property Law
Opting Out of the Internet in the United States and the European Union: Copyright, Safe Harbors, and International Law, Notre Dame Law Review (2008)
This Article analyzes the legal and human rights implications of efforts by copyright owners such...
The Future According to Google: Technology Policy from the Standpoint of America’s Fastest-Growing Technology Company, Yale Journal of Law & Technology (2008)
As the fastest-growing technology company in the United States, Google has been at the center...
Google Book Search and Fair Use: iTunes for Authors, or Napster for Books?, Miami Law Review (2006)
Google plans to digitize the books from five of the world's biggest libraries into a...
Building Universal Digital Libraries: An Agenda for Copyright Reform, Pepperdine Law Review (2006)
This article proposes a series of copyright reforms to pave the way for digital library...
The Battle for Mindshare: The Emerging Consensus that the First Amendment Protects Corporate Criticism and Parody on the Internet, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology (2005)
This article describes the development of trademark liability for engaging in corporate criticism or parody...
International Law and Human Rights
Genocide in Sudan: The Role of Oil Exploration and the Entitlement of the Victims to Reparations, Arizona Journal of Interational and Comparative Law (2008)
Human Rights in Disaster Policy: Improving the Federal Response to Natural Disasters, Disease Pandemics, and Terrorist Attacks,, THROUGH THE EYE OF KATRINA: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES (2007)
This is a contribution to an edited volume on the legal and human rights implications...
"Native Christians Massacred": The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians During World War I, Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (2006)
The Ottoman Empire's widespread persecution of Assyrian civilians during World War I constituted a form...
Other
Are Issuers of and Dealers in Securities Immune from Lawsuits Arising Under Federal and State Antitrust Laws?, ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases (2007)
Conduct potentially subject to regulatory scrutiny by federal agencies such as the Securities Exchange Commission...
The Battle for Mindshare: The Emerging Consensus that the First Amendment Protects Corporate Criticism and Parody on the Internet, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology (2005)
This article describes the development of trademark liability for corporate criticism or parody on the...