Shira Perlmutter

Most recently, Perlmutter served as head of the office of Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Copyright Office. In that position, she was responsible for the preparation of studies and reports to Congress on policy issues, as well as testimony for Congressional hearings and legislative proposals. She also worked with the Clinton Administration in treaty negotiation and implementation. Perlmutter was one of the chief U.S. negotiators of the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet treaties, and a principal advisor to Congress on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. For the past year, Perlmutter has served as a consultant on copyright and electronic commerce for WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland. A widely published author on intellectual property issues, Perlmutter received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1978 and a J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1983.