Events

The Graphic Artists Guild and RightsClick are hosting a webinar to educate artists about how to most successfully protect their works. “Artists commonly say enforcing their rights isn’t worth the time. But 65% of artists also report that their work has been used without permission!” RightsClick is a software suite designed to walk you through […]

The Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) invites attendees to save the date for its Annual Fall Conference. “After decades of efforts by some to slow the perceived expansion of intellectual property rights (IPR) around the globe, policymakers and courts in a number of countries have responded by placing greater limitations on IPR. Now […]

The Authors Guild Foundation is hosting its inaugural WIT: Words, Ideas, and Thinkers Festival to “expand understanding of critical issues, celebrate America’s literary culture, and amplify new voices and perspectives.” The festival’s theme is Reimagining America, which will be explored through conversations, presentations, panels, and speeches throughout the event. The festival is free and open to the […]

Summary: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host the next meeting in its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series, titled AI/ET Partnership Series #2: AI & Biotech. The event will be held virtually and in person at the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office. During this meeting, panelists from the USPTO and the […]

Everyone who is interested in copyright law and policy is invited to a Happy Hour hosted by the DC Chapter of the Copyright Society. There will be information shared about upcoming events, joining the Copyright Society, and the opportunity to mingle with copyright comrades. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Additional information and […]

Are you an independent songwriter? This webinar hosted by The MLC “will provide step-by-step instructions on how you can Connect to Collect!” Topics that will be covered include: How to Sign Up with The MLC, Collecting All of Your U.S. Digital Mechanical Royalties, How The MLC Supports Songwriters, and more. Registration is now closed.

This World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) webinar “will feature multi-territorial licensing practices for musical works for digital music services, based on the experience of SACEM, a French Collective Management Organization (CMO) operating in the music field.” Speakers include Caroline Champarnaud, Director of International, Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM); and Habib Achour, […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting a webinar to present an overview of WIPO’s general activities, as well as to share information about Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights. Additional information and registration are available here.

The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) and the California Copyright Conference (CCC) present their sixth Music Industry Toolbox—"a unique event created for music publishers, record companies, production music libraries/producers, managers, attorneys, and artists, but should be of interest to all music industry professionals.” The event “features leading firms in music management software and services […]

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ) is hosting session one of its IP for the People series, which will focus on offering attendees an explanation of what intellectual property rights are; real-world examples of how they come up in your business ideas and creative processes; an interview with an author who will share how […]

Times: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET The U.S. Copyright Office will hold two closing plenary sessions to conclude its Technical Measures Consultations. The meetings will be on Tuesday, October 4 and will offer a discussion of “preliminary findings and emerging themes." Both of the sessions are open to the […]

When music is used on digital music services, more than one type of royalty is generated and paid to creators. Are you collecting all of the royalties you should be? Understanding the types of royalties generated and how to collect them can be difficult because it is complex. At The MLC, we’ve mapped it out […]