Events

On April 13-14, Fordham Law School will hold its 30th Annual IP Conference. Additional information will be shared here as it becomes available. To register, please click here.

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) and BuzzMyVideos are hosting a webinar focused on YouTube Shorts for music creators. During the event, experts will share “how to effectively use YouTube Shorts to expand audience and increase discoverability, viewership and ultimately revenue” by sharing real cases and experiences. BuzzMyVideos will offer one free YouTube Shorts package worth $1,200 to […]

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society, in association with the Copyright Alliance, will host an event titled Using Copyrighted Works to Train AI: Fair Use or Just Plain Unfair? During this panel discussion, speakers will address the applicability of the Fair Use Doctrine in relation to the use of copyrighted materials to train machine learning […]

The Ottawa and Toronto Chapters of the Copyright Society are hosting a panel discussion on the “various challenges and approaches to regulating Internet content through an existing and expanding copyright-adjacent regulatory framework for telecommunications and broadcasting” in Canada, where the broadcasting industry is regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The discussion will […]

On April 25, the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) will hold an open meeting in-person and online between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET to discuss the Committee’s efforts to develop its year one report that will be presented to the President and National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office. The final agenda and registration information are located on the NAIAC website. Comments […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host an AI Inventorship Public Listening Session, which will take place online and in person at the USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria, VA. Seating for in-person attendance is very limited. For additional information and to register, please click here.

Artist Rights Society (ARS) is hosting a Copyright + Licensing Basics Workshop for visual artists in celebration of World IP Day. During the event, the ARS team will share licensing terminology, information on how to approach licensing, and answer commonly asked questions about copyright. The presentation wil be followed by a brief Q&A. The free event is […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will celebrate World Intellectual Property Day with a panel titled The Value of Her IP. The event will feature high school seniors from Detroit, Michigan, Alexandria, Virginia, and Arlington, Virginia, who are participating in the Office’s Intellectual Property Skills Work-Based Learning (IP-Skills WBL) program. The students will discuss their experiences […]

The California Copyright Council is hosting a conversation with punk rock icon, actor, song writer, and composer Richie Ramone. The event will feature an informal chat between Teri Nelson Carpenter, Founder and CEO of Reel Muzik Werks, and Ramone about a number of topics, including protecting your works. For additional information and to register, please […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization officially announced that the 2023 World IP Day theme is Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity. According to its statement regarding the 2023 theme, WIPO noted that, “At a time when economic recovery is on everyone’s mind, connecting more women with the IP system to accelerate innovation and creativity is […]

The U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will host 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. The sessions will focus on Literary […]

To celebrate World IP Day 2023, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will highlight the stories of a few of the women who depend on intellectual property (IP) rights to accelerate innovation and creativity for themselves and others. Event attendees will hear first-hand accounts of how IP enables and benefits creators, innovators, and society. […]