Events

On January 3, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Request for Comments in response to a petition from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (PIRG) and iFixit that asks the FTC to “initiate a rulemaking to protect consumers’ right to repair products that they have purchased.” Comments in support of or in opposition to the petition […]

On February 2, the House Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Los Angeles, CA to address AI issues and considerations. More information about the hearing, including exact location and start time, will be provided as soon as it’s available.

On January 24, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) confirmed that the correct due date is February 5 for parties looking to file a petition to participate with the accompanying filing fee in the proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for digital performance of sound recordings and making of ephemeral copies to facilitate those performances (Web VI).

The American Bar Association will host a webinar titled Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Courts: What Judges Should Expect to See. The webinar will be moderated by Stephanie Domitrovich, who will address topics surrounding generative AI in the courts, including case management issues, existing evidence rules, the role of experts in discovery of generative AI, and more. […]

On February 8, New York Volunteers for the Arts (NYVLA) and Moses & Singer LLP will host a webinar on Copyright 101, featuring “answers to deceptively simple legal questions.” The event will cover the definition of copyright, how to obtain a copyright, remedies for infringement, exceptions and limitations, fair use, and more. For additional information […]

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a lunch-time webinar to discuss character copyrights and the public domain. This is part one of a two-part program. The speaker is Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Center for the Study of the Public Domain. For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.

This virtual event, which is being hosted by the California Copyright Conference, will address how music is being included in media, advertising, marketing, and branded content. It will also address how music used for such interests is valued, protected by copyright, and used by social media platforms such as TikTok. For additional information and to […]

During this webinar, attendees will learn about monthly MLC royalty payments, as MLC staff cover each of the royalty statement documents that members receive in tandem with their payments. For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) and the Library of Congress (LOC) will hold the next meeting of the Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC) to discuss the Copyright Office’s modernization efforts. The meeting, which is open to the public, has not been publicly announced yet. Additional information, including location and time, will be shared once available.

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 January 3, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) setting forth regulations to create a new group registration option to register updates to news websites. The proposed rule would permit news publishers to register groups of updates to news websites published within the same calendar month as a collective work and for […]

Oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, are scheduled for February 21. The case involves questions over whether the Copyright Act permits damages to be collected from the date of infringement even if such damages occur more than three years before a lawsuit was filed.