Events

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting the third in a series of three Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposiums during the month of March, titled From Inspiration to Commercialization. The event will feature Georgia Grace Edwards, CEO and Co-Founder of SheFly Apparel; and Ceata E. Lash, Founder, Inventor and Co-CEO, PuffCuff LLC. The speakers will talk about “how […]

The Copyright Alliance, Copyright Society and the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA) will host part two of a three-part series, titled Black in Copyright. The event will feature a “moderated discussion focused on Black creators.” Through this discussion, the event “will provide awareness about the Black experience in Copyright […]

On February 3, Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter announced that the U.S. Copyright Office will extend the time period for copyright registration applicants who filed electronic applications with declarations under section 710 of the Copyright Act to submit their deposits to the Office. For such applicants, deposit copies must be received on or before March 31, 2022, […]

The Roger Williams University School of Law Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA), in partnership with the Black Law Students Association, the Criminal Law Society, the Multicultural Law Students Association, the Criminal Law Society, the Asian American Law Students Association, and the Feinstein Center for Pro Bono & Experimental Education, will host an event on Zoom “to discuss […]

In 2022, Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will deliver the 34th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture. Additional information and a registration link will be shared when they become available.

In 2022, Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will deliver the 34th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture on Art, Music, and Mash-ups—A View from the Bench on Creativity and Copyright. Please email Samara Weiss at ssw2125@columbia.edu with any questions. All attendees must be prepared to show proof of vaccination (including a booster shot) at […]

On April 5, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) will host the fifth annual Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS) 2022, featuring The Future of IP as its theme. The event will include two keynotes and four panel sessions, spanning topics such as “Entrepreneurship and Diversity,” “The IP Awareness Disconnect,” “The Rise of Virtual Property,’ and “Looming IP […]

The American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section (ABA-IPL) is hosting its IPLSPRING conference, featuring a variety of CLE program sessions, a discussion of critical issues in IP law, and the opportunity to network with colleagues throughout the three day event. Program topics and highlights include IP Protection for Software; Expungement and the Reexamination of […]

Composers Stephanie Economou, Bobby Tahouri, Tori Letzler, and Esin Aydingoz (moderator) will participate in a panel discussion on “how non-gamers break through those entry barriers to fully experience and appreciate these modern music masterpieces and the composers who create them.” The conversation will center upon “how to break through the blockades to the game scoring […]

This event will bring together a cross-disciplinary panel to examine how “courts handle patent-eligibility questions, particularly at the outset of patent cases, and ways in which copyright cases may deploy similar strategies.” The panel will also “examine an increasingly nuanced patent-litigation domain— treatment of the related questions of contributory, induced, and willful infringement—and share lessons […]

For those who are unfamiliar with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a webinar for “experts about intellectual property (IP) basics and potential ways to protect creator innovations as from idea to product.  The Office “offers this free event for aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and students the […]

The Copyright Society will host an event on Zoom titled Whose Dish Is It Anyway? Copyrightability of Cookbooks, Recipes, and Your Nonna’s Secret Marinara. This panel discussion will “explore the copyrightability of cookbooks, recipes, chef's ‘signature’ dishes, and all things culinary.” San Francisco-based chef Maria Zizka “will share her strategies for publishing copyrightable cookbooks.” Attorney Lynn Oberlander […]