USCO Deadline for Comments on Remitter Payment Options and Deposit Account Requirements

Deadline

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.

USPTO: National Medal of Technology and Innovation Webinar 2022

Webinar

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 […]

Kraftwerk, Hip-hop, Prince, & Warhol: European and U.S. Approaches to Sound Sampling and Appropriation Art

Webinar

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 […]

USCO and WIPO Roundtables: International Copyright Education: IP and Creativity for the Youth (RICE)

Virtual Event

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 […]

USPTO Webinar: Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (Part Two): Trends and Opportunities

Webinar

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 Webinar: Paradise Rejected: What the Decision to Reject Copyright Registration for an AI-Created Work Imagining an Afterlife Means for AI

Virtual Event

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 […]

Authors Guild: Stimulating the Creative Economy: A Conversation with Teresa Leger Fernández

Virtual Event

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 […]

California Copyright Conference: WTF Are NFTs: What You Need to Know FTW

Panel

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 […]

USPTO: Quarterly Legislation and Case Law Update on IP in China

Webinar

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 […]

Annual Joint USCO ABA-IPL Meeting

Virtual Event

The U.S. Copyright Office Affairs Committee and the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section (ABA-IPL) will host their annual joint event, providing “a unique opportunity to interact with leaders from across the Copyright Office's divisions and administrative functions.” The event will also provide an opportunity to meet new Office leadership. You must be an ABA member […]

USPTO: Innovation Through the Unexpected: Creating Butterflies from Pebbles

Virtual Event

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hosting “an interactive fireside chat with women entrepreneurs and technology business leaders. From converting one of the oldest industries to the digital age, to overcoming a worldwide cybersecurity attack, to recovering from an unexpected power outage caused by a historic weather event, […]

WIPO Webinar: Copyright Infrastructure—Rights Data and Identifiers in the Text Publishing Industry

Webinar

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will host an online webinar featuring Piero Attanasio, Head of Public Affairs for Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE) and a Member of the International Publishers Association’s (IPA) Copyright Policy Working Group, who will facilitate a discussion of Copyright Infrastructure–Rights Data and Identifiers in the Text Publishing Industry. Registration for this event […]