Karyn Temple

Karyn A. Temple (previously Karyn Temple Claggett) is the acting Register of Copyrights. On October 21, 2016 Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden named Temple acting Register of Copyrights.[1]

Education

Temple earned her BA in English from the University of Michigan. She earned her JD from Columbia University Law School, where she was a senior editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Career

Temple served as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of the United States. She also worked for the Recording Industry Association of America and at the law firm Williams & Connolly, LLP. She began her legal career as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division through its Honors Program and was a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.[2]

Temple has served as Associate Register of Copyrights and director of policy and international affairs for the United States Copyright Office since January 30, 2013.[2] She directed the Office of Policy and International Affairs, which represents the Copyright Office at meetings of government officials concerned with the international aspects of intellectual property protection, and she provided regular support to Congress and its committees on statutory amendments and construction. Prior to that, she served as senior counsel in the Office of Policy and International Affairs.

References

  1. ↑ Office, U.S. Copyright. "Leadership and Offices, Karyn Temple Claggett | U.S. Copyright Office". www.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  2. 1 2 "Librarian of Congress Makes Senior-Level Appointments". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  • "Leadership and Offices, Karyn A. Temple". copyright.gov. U.S. Copyright Office. (official biography)
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