Copyright Counsel, Google
Brian is Copyright Counsel at Google where he advises on copyright matters across the company. He was formerly Product Counsel at YouTube where he also focused on copyright matters including the notice and takedown process and copyright management tools such as Content ID. Previously he was on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley where he taught intellectual property and cyberlaw courses. He has also litigated intellectual property cases as an associate at a Silicon Valley-based law firm. Brian received his J.D. from UC Berkeley Law and is a member of the State Bar of California. He is originally from Birmingham, Alabama.