Events

The U.S. Copyright Office will host its next public modernization webinar. “This webinar will outline the reasons the Office is looking into modernizing its contact center and the potential benefits ” as it does so. More specifically, “the Office is working with the General Services Administration Centers of Excellence to conduct a gap analysis of […]

Adobe invites the creative community to attend its 2021 Adobe MAX conference, “a virtual experience to find inspiration, connect with creatives from around the world, and learn the best ways to bring your ideas to life.” This year’s event is free to attend. The Copyright Alliance will host a virtual “sponsor page”. For additional information […]

The U.S. Copyright Office is hosting a webinar titled Food and Copyright to “showcase copyrighted works and authors who inspire and bring people together around food.” Speakers will discuss “how they use the culinary aspects of a culture to tell diverse stories in various mediums including, film, blogs, photography, short stories, and more.” Speakers include Bryan Ford, […]

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a webinar on the proposed TRIPS waiver and its implications for copyright. Panelists “will provide a refresher on the history and background of the TRIPS regime and its copyright-oriented provisions, before delving into an assessment of the primary copyright scenarios a TRIPS waiver may cover.” The […]

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its 2021 Annual Meeting, encompassing “a three-day, multi-track conference for intellectual property practitioners…to help supercharge skills and careers.” Topics include “Copyright—A Deep Dive into the DMCA”; “Analyzing the Oracle v. Google Decision”; “Managing Your Brand in Times of Social Change and the Interplay”; “IP Litigation Including IP Injunctions and […]

As part of its Business Bootcamps for Writers series, the Authors Guild is hosting a session on publishers, agents and the book acquisitions process, to help authors understand how these elements work. Specifically, questions that will be addressed include: “Why do editors pursue some works and not others?”; “How do authors communicate their interests to agents when […]

The University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) is hosting its 65th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference to provide an “opportunity to meet with newsmakers and influencers, to learn and discuss the…most important developments in the field, and…to help create better laws and policies that promote innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.” The conference, which specializes in employing a highly interactive format, will […]

On November 8, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the Unicolors v. H&M case. The issue being considered is “whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the U.S. Copyright Office in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 411 requires […]

This year, the 51st Annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture will be delivered by David Vaver on User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond. Vaver is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law at the University of Oxford. The lecture is given each year in […]

On November 8, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET, American University Washington College of Law’s IP at the Supreme Court Series will hold a panel discussion on the Unicolors Inc. v. Hennes & Mauritz H&M LP case, which is scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Court earlier that day. Counsel of record and counsel for selected amici will […]

The Authors Guild Manuscript to Marketplace series is hosting a conversation with Priyanka Champaneri, author of The City of Good Death—a novel that won the 2018 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize. The conversation will be led by literary agent Leigh Feldman and Restless Books […]

JSM for Artists will present a webinar titled Growing and Protecting the Artist Brand. The webinar aims to educate musicians who want to ensure their success in making music their business in an ever-increasing DIY industry. CEO of Music Business Registry Rich Esra will moderate the session, which will “give indie artists and bands the…up to date information […]