Senior Lecturing Fellow
Troy Dow is Vice President for Government Relations at The Walt Disney Company, where he advises the company on intellectual property and technology policy and represents the company on such matters before the Congress, the Executive Branch and related agencies. In addition to his work in the legislative and regulatory areas, Mr. Dow works closely with the company's legal team on major copyright litigation matters that involve Disney or its trade associations as parties or as amici, including the recent Supreme Court case in MGM v. Grokster. He also works closely with the legal department and the various business units on the legal and regulatory aspects of the company's content protection and digital distribution strategies.
Prior to joining Disney, Mr. Dow was Vice President and Counsel for Technology and New Media at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). In this capacity, Mr. Dow advised and represented the major Hollywood studios on policy and legal issues related to intellectual property, the Internet and other digital electronic distribution systems affecting the motion picture industry.
Before entering the private sector, Mr. Dow served as Intellectual Property Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was involved in the drafting and enactment of a number of the laws that define the legal structure currently governing electronic commerce in the United States, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Satellite Home Viewers Improvements Act, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the Copyright Term Extension Act, patent reform legislation, and a number of other significant copyright, trademark, and patent measures. Mr. Dow also worked in the Washington, D.C. and Utah offices of Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), and as minority staff to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Mr. Dow received his degree in economics from Brigham Young University and a law degree from Georgetown University.