Events

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a roundtable to share insights from businesses, intellectual property holders, and other stakeholders on the future outlook of anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy. Topics include trends, evolutions, harms, protective measures, and technological solutions in counterfeiting and piracy. A recording will be available for anyone unable to attend. For […]

The Los Angeles, Northern California, and Texas chapters of the Copyright Society will host “a program discussing attribution rights in open source and creative commons license in machine learning training,” an event that is part of the Copyright Society’s AI series. Event panelists “will discuss the importance of the attribution covenant in open source licenses, […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a free informational webinar on intellectual property (IP) for aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and students. The webinar will cover different types of IP, why protecting IP is important, and available local resources and assistance. Pending availability, participants may meet with members of the Office staff following […]

The American Bar Association's (ABA) Fifth Annual Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics National Institute will bring together law firms, government professionals, in-house attorneys, and business leaders to cover topics such as intellectual property, data protection, employment, contracting, and the ethical implications of using generative AI in the practice of law. The event will also focus on practical guidance and […]

Adobe MAX is holding its annual Creativity Conference returning in-person in Los Angeles as well as virtually from Tuesday, October 10 to Thursday, October 12, with a pre-conference from Sunday, October 8 through Monday, October 9. The conference will include presentations from industry professionals, labs and workshops, and networking receptions. The Copyright Alliance will join […]

Mondo New York will host its annual Music & Tech Business Conference & Showcase Festival at the Williamsburg Hotel in Brooklyn, NY, from Tuesday, October 10 to Friday, October 13. The conference will include panels, workshops, and networking sessions that shed light on the current state of all facets of artist and songwriter career development and technology's […]

California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) will host a workshop led by Carol T. Contes of Contes Law Corporation, providing an overview of legal issues addressed in film, including option/purchase agreements, securing licenses and permissions (releases), fair use issues, legal aspects of distribution, intellectual property protection (copyright and trademark), content clearance, international co-production agreements, network agreements (streaming, broadcast, and […]

The Center for the Intellectual Property x Intellectual Property (C-IP2) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School is hosting its Annual Fall Conference, titled First Sale: The Role of IP Rights in Markets. The event is designed to bring together academics, policymakers, innovators, and creators to discuss key issues in the IP system, namely those surrounding tech, IP, […]

The USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association are co-hosting the 2023 Institute on Entertainment Law and Business. The one-day event is considered one of the premiere conferences for entertainment professionals in the United States, covering both entertainment law issues and the latest business perspectives for attorneys, executives, agents, producers, accountants, […]

Humboldt University, ALAI Germany, and the Copyright Society are hosting an international conference titled, What Every Practitioner Needs to Know About the Differences in Collective and Individual Licensing between the EU and North America, which is the first conference hosted by the Copyright Society in Germany. Sessions Include: Managing Rights by Authors, Songwriters, Publishers, and Composers; […]

On September 1, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) “to update its regulation regarding access to electronic deposits of published works submitted to the Office and selected for addition to the collections of the Library of Congress.” The proposed rule expands the categories of eligible electronic deposits covered by the Office’s current […]

The Kernochan Center's annual symposium, titled Rearrange, Transform, or Adapt, will address “the many questions about the derivative works right that remain in the wake of Warhol v. Goldsmith.” The event will offer a full day meeting and include three panels of guests, including Judges Pierre N. Leval and Margaret McKeown, as well as Professor Pamela Samuelson. For […]