Events

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a webinar titled Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions. The event will provide an overview of inventorship guidance and answer related stakeholder questions, including how to determine whether the human contribution to the invention is significant enough to qualify for IP protection. The guidance and examples are available on the […]

ACT | The App Association is hosting a panel on Section 1201 vs. The Right to Repair. The briefing will cover the importance of the current exemptions to Section 1201 and why broadening exemptions for repair purposes could threaten copyright protections and consumer privacy. Panelists include Priya Nair, IP Policy Counsel, ACT | The App […]

The University of California in Los Angeles’ (UCLA) Law School—in partnership with the McCarthy Institute at Arizona State University—is hosting the 2024 Copyright Symposium to convene copyright scholars, practitioners, and industry leaders on emerging issues within copyright law. The symposium will focus on corporate authorship, authorship and AI, community authors and cultural property, and more. […]

During SXSW, the U.S. Copyright Office will host a panel titled The Creative Biz: What We Wish Was Taught in Art School, which will focus on “how creatives can protect their work through copyright, common revenue streams for creators like licensing, best practices for running your business, and where solopreneurs, small businesses and underrepresented groups, can […]

The Federalist Society is hosting a webinar titled AI Meets Copyright: Understanding New York Times v. OpenAI. The event will focus on assisting attendees in better understanding the 2023 suit that involves the New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft, “alleging that OpenAI's use of articles from the New York Times to train their ChatGPT large language model constitutes copyright infringement.” Speakers […]

The California Copyright Conference is hosting a panel that will focus on AI, Creators, and the Future of Copyright. The event will include a discussion on “transparency in identifying AI-generated v. human created music; what consent is required for music to be used for AI training; how music licensing may be impacted by AI-generated works; how songwriters […]

As part of its series titled “Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies,” the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold its ninth session on March 13-14. during which it will address copyright AI issues. The session, which is titled Training the Machines: Bytes, Rights and the Copyright Conundrum, “willprovide a platform for deep exploration, aiming to understand […]

Please save the date for an event titled Copyright Office Comes to California, hosted by the California Lawyers Association. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter will be the event’s featured speaker. Details will become available here when they are announced.

A&R Worldwide will host the MUSEXPO United Nations of Music event in Burbank, CA. The event is geared toward music artists, leaders, executives, and all other industry creatives “to unite and discover the latest happenings in music.” The event features discussions about publishing, sync, digital marketing, streaming, and more, and includes keynotes, panels, leadership sessions, and networking […]

The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) will hold a webinar on Copyright 101 for employees who need a basic overview of U.S. copyright law that will assist with day-to-day work responsibilities. This CCC course is a condensed version of the comprehensive six-module course, titled Advanced Copyright for Business. For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.

The World IP Review (WIPR) Summit will focus on the theme of Charting the Course for Global IP Excellence. The event will feature roundtables, case studies, and best practices on how intellectual property (IP) practitioners can overcome and capitalize on the biggest obstacles facing the industry. Sessions will include topics such as IP in the Age […]