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Carla Shapreau
Research Associate, Institute of European Studies

Fall 2007 - Ongoing

Email: shapreau [@] berkeley.edu

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of California, San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, 1988.

Current Research

• Musical cultural property: the Nazi-era and post-war provenance issues.

Academic Appointments and Affiliations

• Adjunct faculty, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (Art and Cultural Property Law).
• Awards/Grants:
  • 2011, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation
  • 2011, France-Berkeley Fund
  • 2010, European Union Center of Excellence
• Research Associate/Visiting Scholar, Institute of European Studies, 2007-present
• Affiliated Faculty, Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 2010-present

Professional Experience

• Attorney – emphasis in intellectual property, cultural property and art law litigation (1988-present), Representative cases: The Society of California Pioneers v. Baker, 43 Cal.App.4th 774 (1996)(amici counsel); Naftzger v. American Numismatic Society, 42 Cal.App.4th 421 (1996), mod., 1996 WL 91663 (1996)(amici counsel); Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 785 F.Supp. 1392 (N.D.Cal. 1992), rev’d, 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1993), Unix Systems Laboratories, Inc. v. Berkeley Software Design, Inc., et al., 27 U.S.P.Q.2d 1721 (D.N.J. 1993); Creative Technology Ltd. v. SRT, Inc., dba Covox, Inc., 29 U.S.P.Q.2d 1474 (N.D. Cal. 1993); Atari Corp. v. The 3DO Co., 31 U.S.P.Q.2d 1636 (N.D. Cal. 1994); Oakland Tribune v. U.S. Small Business Administration, 17 Med. L. Rptr. 1315 (N.D. Cal. 1989).
• Judicial Extern to the Honorable Chief Judge Robert F. Peckham, United States District Court, San Francisco, 1987.
• Violin Maker (1972-present).
• Member, American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers.
• Member, Violin Society of America.
  • Member, Board of Governors, American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers .
  • Member, Board of Directors, Violin Society of America.

  Books

  • Coauthor, Violin Fraud, Deception, Forgery, and Lawsuits in England and America, Oxford University Press 1997.

  Selected Publications

  • “A Nazi Violin Still Keeps Its Secrets,” New York Times, September 23, 2012.
  • “The Stolen Instruments of the Third Reich,”The Strad, Vol. 120, No. 1436, December 2009.
  • “Nazi-Era Restitution Lawsuits — New Developments in the California Courts," IFAR Journal, International Foundation for Art Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2008.
  • Panel: “Protecting the Cultural Heritage in War and Peace,” Santa Clara Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2007.
  • “Lost and Found. And Lost Again?” Los Angeles Times, West Magazine, cover story, February 12, 2006.
  • “Art, Internet, and U.S. Copyright Law,” Dear Images: Art, Copyright & Culture, Copublished by Ridinghouse and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2002.
  • “Extension of Express Abandonment Standard for Sovereign Shipwrecks in Sea Hunt, Inc. et al., Raises Troubling Issues Regarding Protection of Underwater Cultural Property,”International Journal of Cultural Property, Oxford University Press, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2001
  • “The Segelman Transatlantic Dealing Dispute: A Cautionary Tale for Sellers,” Strings, No. 90, December 2000.
  • “Second Circuit Holds that False Statements Contained in Customs Forms Warrant Forfeiture of Ancient Gold Phiale – Hotly Contested Foreign Patrimony Issue Not Reached by the Court: United States v. An Antique Platter of Gold,” International Journal of Cultural Property, Oxford University Press, Vol. 9, No.1, 2000.
  • “The Hazards of Secret Commissions and the Duty to Disclose,”American String Teacher, Vol. 49, No. 3, 1999\
  • “Droit de Suite in the U.S.,” The Art Newspaper, Vol. IX, No. 80, April 1998.
  • “Did He or Didn’t He? The Gibson Strad, New Evidence Regarding its 1936 Disappearance,” The Strad, January 1998.
  • “Federal Jurisdiction Over U.S. Shipwrecks,” Art Antiquity and Law, Institute of Art and Law, Vol.3, No. 3, 1998.
  • “California Adopts an ‘Actual’ Discovery Accrual Rule for Claims to Recover Stolen Art,” International Journal of Cultural Property, Oxford University Press, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1998.
  • “Treasure Salvors Win a Victory in the Ninth Circuit,” Art, Antiquity and Law, Institute of Art and Law, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 1997.
  • “Title Bout, The Discovery-Accrual Rule,” San Francisco Daily Journal, February 29, 1996.
  • “Understanding Basic Copyright Law,” Practicing Law Institute, July, 1996.
  • “Strings Attached – Violin Fraud and Other Deceptions,” MichiganLaw Review, Vol. 92, No. 6, May 1994.

  Selected Lectures

  • The Violin and Viol:  Music & Technology, Department of Music, University of California, 2012.
  • “Provenance and Evolving Due Diligence Standards,” Symposium, Current Questions in Authenticity, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
  • “When the Music Stopped: The Spoliation of Europe's Musical Property, 1933-1945, and 21st Century Concerns,” Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed Fund, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
  • “From Stolen Art to Incunabula — The Clash Between Private Property Rights, National Patrimony, and the Cultural Heritage of All Mankind,” University of California, Berkeley, 2011
  • “The Landowska Musical Instrument Collection: Plunder, Discovery, and Restitution – The Ardelia Hall Collection, United States National Archives,” Symposium, Die Dame mit dem Cembalo – Wanda Landowska und die Alte Musik, Das Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, November 13-15, 2009, Berlin.
  • “Musical Cultural Property: Nazi Era Looting and 21st Century Challenges,” September 22, 2009, University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the Institute of European Studies, the Department of Music, and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
  • “Musical Cultural Property:  The Nazi Era and Post-War Provenance Challenges,” Looted Art Working Group, European Union Conference on Holocaust Era Assets, June 26-30, 2009, and honorary member of the United States Delegation.
  • “Protecting the Cultural Heritage in War and Peace,” February 2007, International Law Weekend-West, Santa Clara University, California.
  • “Provenance: Theft and Forgery Issues, Continuing Legal Education International,” Santa Fe, New Mexico, August, 1999.
  • “Museums on the Internet, Copyright Issues in Cyberspace,” Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997.
  • “The Cultural Property Round Table,” New York Bar Association, the Committee on Art Law, November, 1996.
  • “Copyright Issues in Cyberspace,” InterBayNET, Oakland, California, November, 1996.
  • “Copyright Infringement Litigation and Strategies,” Practicing Law Institute, San Francisco, California, July 1996.
  • “Archaeology, Relics, and the Law,” University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, 1995.