Events

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will gather intellectual property (IP) experts, Office senior officials, federal agency representatives, and Tribal representatives for a roundtable discussion on Tribes, IP, and Consumer Protection. Topics include IP crime, consumer and creator protections for Native American arts and crafts, international developments protecting traditional knowledge and cultural expressions, and more. For […]

The Chicago area Lawyers for the Creative Arts VLA will host its 2023 Benefit Luncheon, featuring performances from award-winning theatre companies, interviews with Chicago cultural leaders, and Distinguished Service to the Arts Award presentations. Proceeds will go toward funding the Lawyers for the Creative Arts initiatives in the Chicago creative community. For more information and […]

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting the 2023 Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture. This year’s lecture will be conducted by Professor Shyam Balganesh, who teaches copyright law, intellectual property, and legal theory at Columbia University Law School. Dr. Balganesh will speak on “The Judicial Method in Copyright.” For additional details and […]

The California Copyright Conference will host the 2023 Apollo Awards during its holiday party at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA. The evening will include a dinner and silent auction to raise money for the organization’s John Braheny Scholarship Award, a fund that provides financial support to music studies students. The Apollo Awards, which recognize […]

On November 15, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice in the Federal Register that extended the deadline for reply comments for its Artificial Intelligence and Copyright study. The Office now seeks reply comments by December 6. Input will be used by the Office to help it assess whether legislative or regulatory steps are warranted and to provide information […]

The American Bar Association will host a webinar discussing Microsoft's approach to generative artificial intelligence (AI) design and risk mitigation, as well as industry practices and recommendations. The webinar will teach the building blocks of responsible AI systems design, including practical approaches for identifying, measuring, and mitigating harms and ensuring that controls are engineered into […]

The California Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a virtual panel to discuss some of the top copyright cases of 2023, including Anderson v. StabilityAI, Kadrey v. Meta, Perry v. Larson, Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, Kelley v. Morning Bee, and Valancourt Books v. Garland. Speakers include Lindsay Edelstein, Senior Associate, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp; Carolyn Foley, Senior Vice […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will host an in-person and online webinar titled Copyright Infrastructure: Lessons Learned, Challenges and Opportunities. The webinar will bring together experts from the public and private sectors across four continents to share and debate their vision on the evolution of the global copyright infrastructure. View information on the speakers and register […]

Following the launch of the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) more than a year and a half ago by the U.S. Copyright Office, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is hosting an update on how the CCB is progressing in terms of providing an affordable and streamlined alternative to federal court for certain small copyright claims. […]

The LA Chapter of the Copyright Society will host a webinar titled Ten Years of Copyright Termination: What We've Learned and Where We're Going. The event will focus on copyright termination jurisprudence under Section 304 during the last ten years since works created after 1978 first became eligible for termination. The webinar will be presented by Jordan […]

On October 19, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the ninth triennial proceeding under section 1201 of Title 17. The notice outlines seven newly proposed classes of exemption and initiates three rounds of public comment. Comments from those who proposed new exemptions and those supporting adoption of a proposed exemption, […]

On September 11, the U.S. Copyright Office announced it is accepting applications for the Barbara A. Ringer Copyright Honors Program. The fellowship, which runs for eighteen to twenty-four months, “was created for attorneys in the initial stages of their careers who demonstrate exceptional ability and interest in copyright law.” The program is designed to enable […]