Events

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a program for current and aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs titled 2022 Black Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program: Invest in Ideas (Part Two). Attendees will learn “how creative spark can help build generational wealth,” participate in interviews with successful entrepreneurs, learn why investing in IP is important, and more. Additional […]

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.”

This year, the 4th Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Tech Law Summit and 19th Annual Intellectual Property (IP) and Social Justice CLE Seminar will be held together, enabling attendees to benefit from all programs offered. The HBCU Tech Law Summit “aims to educate minority legal professionals on the issues and opportunities in the tech industry […]

On February 4, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its regulations related to remitter payments for Office services and requirements for to deposit account requirements. The Office notes that the proposed rules consolidate regulatory provisions about payment options and reflect current Office practices regarding payment methods. Comments are due March 7.

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI), which is “America’s highest honor for technological achievement and innovation,” will be presented by the President of the United States at a special White House ceremony. In advance of this presentation, the NMTI staff “will hold a free informational webinar on the award and the nomination process, to […]

ALAI and the International Chapter of the Copyright Society will host a session titled Kraftwerk, Hip-hop, Prince, & Warhol: European and U.S. Approaches to Sound Sampling and Appropriation Art to explore questions such as “to what extent does artistic license create an exception to copyright?” It will also “consider a landmark European case on music sampling involving […]

The U.S. Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have been hosting “a year-long virtual roundtable series on copyright education for youth enrolled in primary and secondary schools” titled The Roundtables on International Copyright Education: IP and Creativity for the Youth (RICE). The roundtables have been held on a monthly basis, with the first event […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting the second in a series of three Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposiums during the month of March, titled Trends and Opportunities. The event will feature Tené Dolphin, Executive Director of the National Women’s Business Council, and Adji Fatou Diagne, Ph.D., Economist, U.S. Census Bureau, who will speak about “the economic […]

C-IP2 is hosting a virtual event titled Paradise Rejected: What the Decision to Reject Copyright Registration for an AI-Created Work Imagining an Afterlife Means for AI, featuring Professor Sandra Aistars, Senior Fellow for Copyright Research and Policy and Senior Scholar, C-IP2, Antonin Scalia Law School; and Dr. Robert Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University […]

The Authors Guild is hosting a conversation with U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Authors Guild lobbyist Marla Grossman. Representative Leger Fernández sponsored both the Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA) and the 21st Century Federal Writers Project. “This discussion will address the importance of authors and other creative professionals as a driving force in […]

NFT experts will join panel moderators—Dana Childs of Sound as A Pound and Jane Bushmaker of Adeptus Partners—to address what Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are and to “delve into some of the legal and ownership considerations for creatives and other interested parties in this burgeoning marketplace.” The event will also address how creatives are using NFTs […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a webinar on “the latest developments in intellectual property (IP) law in China.” The program “will provide an opportunity for IP attorneys, businesses, inventors, brand owners and other IP stakeholders to access a unique and concise source of information about recently implemented IP-related measures and legal […]