Anandashankar Mazumdar

About Anandashankar Mazumdar

I have spent my career digesting complex information and synthesizing it for audiences both general and specialized. Every day, I learn something new and figure out how to make that information useful to others. I have written for print, for broadcast, for podcast, for live presentations, and for electronic media. Highlights- Interviewed Luc Devigne, head of the European Commission’s Intellectual Property Unit, on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” (April 22, 2009)- Invited by Judge Michael P. Mills to speak at the annual bench and bar conference of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on the topic of copyright law and literature (November 2014)- Speaker at the Tenth Annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar, Howard University Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, on the topic “Recent Developments in Fashion Law” (March 21-22, 2013)- Offered analysis about copyright law decision for video presentation “William Faulkner v. Woody Allen: Copyright Fight” (Bloomberg Law, August 19, 2013)- Conceived of and created Bloomberg BNA’s Intellectual Property Law Blog and Intellectual Property Law Podcast. Scripted and hosted all podcast segments- Conceived of Bloomberg BNA’s online PTAB Challenge Navigator service, which allows the patent law community to track proceedings before the Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board- Guest speaker at Howard Law School class on the invitation of Professor Lateef Mtima on copyright law and the Google Book Search case.

Experience

1. Outreach and Education Officer

   U.S. Copyright Office

   Nov 2018 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Press/News Media Liaison Outreach and Education Specialist Public Affairs Specialist Communications Officer - Respond to inquiries from press/news media - Plan and execute communications/public affairs programs - Develop content for print, audiovisual, electronic, and online media - Conduct internal and external training/education sessions - Liaise with creator and user organizations/communities - Conduct public presentations

Education

• Wright State University

  B.A., Mass Communication

  1988 — 1991

• Ohio University

  Fellow, Midwest Newspaper Workshop, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism

  1991 — 1991

• Georgetown University Law Center

  J.D., Law

  1994 — 1997