Events

The Artist Rights Society (ARS) is hosting a Copyright Basics and Creative Approaches to Licensed Products session during the American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting & Museum Expo for event attendees who want to learn about navigating the process of art licensing. “Attendees will come to understand how to pursue commercial licensing projects that thoughtfully […]

The Northwest Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a webinar on Generative AI and Contracting. Additional information and registration will become available here in the near term.

Time: TBD The Copyright Society is hosting an event titled Copyright Claims Board (CCB) State of the Union with Monica McCabe, CCB Copyright Claims Officer at the U.S. Copyright Office. During the event, McCabe will provide an update on the CCB, its cases, and its progress during the past nine months following its launch. For additional information […]

During the next #WEWednesday event hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a panel of experts will address questions such as: What are the barriers that persist for women-led businesses and how do we break through them?; and How do women-led startups and small business owners navigate this complex world, and what are […]

The MLC welcomes Amy Lui, Music Tech and Industry Studies Instructor at Francis Polytechnic High School and Contributor at Asian American Collective, to moderate a virtual roundtable with a panel of fellow Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) music creators and industry professionals. “The panelists will explore the ways in which their upbringing, identity, and community […]

This webinar from the MLC introduces who we are, why self-published writers should become Members of the MLC, and why registering your songs with the MLC is critical to ensuring you receive all of the royalties you are entitled to when your songs are streamed in the U.S. For additional information and to register, please […]

The U.S. Copyright Office will continue to hold monthly webinars to keep the public updated on the Office’s optimized Recordation System. Separate from the Office’s registration application, the new recordation module allows users to transfer their copyrights to someone else electronically. The webinars will “cover announcements about the module, important reminders, frequently asked questions, and a live […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is holding a virtual seminar on the intellectual property (IP) gender and diversity gaps within Arab and African regions. The session will include IP and innovation economists discussing the challenges of measuring and analyzing these challenges and looking to find solutions. For additional information and to register to attend, […]

The U.S. Copyright Office announced its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, which includes hosting a series of virtual public listening sessions on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with stakeholders from various creative industries. The Office is inviting artists, members of creative industries, AI developers and researchers, and attorneys involved with the issues to participate as speakers. This session […]

Mark Hendricks and Frank Gallagher of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) are hosting a regional photography event at Shenandoah National Park to enable photographers to “experience and photograph the best that has to offer.” The shoot will include exploring the central section of the 70-mile-long park, which is home to some of the […]

Time: All day (weekdays-only for two weeks) The Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School is partnering with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to host the sixth iteration of the WIPO U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property. This two-week summer course will be held online-only to accommodate participants from all over the […]

The Center for Art Law and the Artists Rights Society (ARS) are hosting a webinar titled Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Infringement, Fair Use, and Takedowns, which will feature a discussion on copyright considerations such as infringement and issuing DMCA takedown notices. Specific topics that will be addressed during the event include how to differentiate between infringement and […]