Events

During this event, attendees “will explore how the competition for global markets has shifted and how today’s decisions can impact our ability to achieve sustainable, durable, and inclusive growth, creating jobs and prosperity.” Special guests include President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and President Macky Sall of Senegal. Speakers, including heads of state, senior officials, and […]

With free and open source software being ubiquitous, and since software developers “regularly leverage open source components to design proprietary code, and seek opportunities to contribute to the open source community,” this panel will discuss due diligence regarding open source technology, “including coordinating legal and technical due diligence and strategies for evaluating and correcting open […]

The Copyright Alliance, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA), in partnership with the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), will host a panel titled Learn About the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) to answer attendee questions, including: what is the reason the Copyright Claims Board was created?, where is the CCB located?, how does the CCB work and who staffs […]

The Copyright Alliance and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) are hosting a webinar presentation and Q&A on Copyright Basics, which will be facilitated by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid. Topics will include copyright registration, copyright licensing, third parties, fair use basics, and more. For more information and registration, please click here.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a two-day event to celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander innovation and entrepreneurship. The May 17 event is titled Find Pathways to Breakthroughs, and the May 18 event is titled Innovating for Real World Solutions. For additional information and registration for the May 17 event, please click here. For […]

This webinar, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), will focus on copyright infrastructure and “feature a number of speakers from the public and private sectors on a range of topics relevant to copyright infrastructure, such as metadata, identifiers, technology solutions and WIPO services.” The host of the event is Gyta Bernasneviciute-Singh. Registration for […]

The next listening session with Director Kathi Vidal hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which will focus on “key issues impacting stakeholders and their businesses,” will be held on May 25 at 10 a.m. PT in San Jose, CA. Registration is now closed.

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a wine tasting that will be held both in-person and virtually. In person registrations are $75 per person, and virtual registrations are free. Those who attend online can order wines poured during the tasting can order wines poured during the tasting and have them shipped […]

On May 5, the U.S. Copyright Office published a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on Standard Technical Measures (STMs) and Section 512. “The NOI includes thirteen questions on the topics of existing technical measures, the current 512(i) process, and potential changes to 512(i),” and the Copyright Office is seeking comments "to enhance the public record and to advise […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosts monthly professional development webinars “for K-12 educators interested in integrating intellectual property (IP), innovation, and invention activities into their STEM/STEAM curriculum. Educators can learn about different types of IP, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.” This month’s webinar features Rosalita Santiago, a K-12 STEM Specialist […]

The Ottawa and Toronto Chapters of the Copyright Society will hold a virtual event titled All for One, One for All: The Future of Collective Management in Copyright. Speakers include Lucie Guibault, professor of intellectual property law and associate director of the Law and Technology Institute at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University in Halifax, […]

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is hosting a Facebook Live 30-minute event titled 5 Keys to Awaken Your Great, which is “designed to show how to awaken ‘great’ for breakthrough in business, and in life” through tools shared by keynote and inspirational speaker PeriSean Hall. For more information and to register, please click here.