Events

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will host the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (Forty-First Session) online and in-person (in Geneva, Switzerland). A copy of the meeting agenda […]

The Congressional Trademark Caucus (CTC), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) and the International Trademark Association (INTA) are hosting a briefing “focus primarily on the U.S. […]

The U.S. Copyright Office announced that, beginning July 8, the Office’s on-site services will re-open to the public by appointment only. Members of the public can make an appointment here to submit […]

On May 10, the U.S. Copyright Office announced additional extensions to temporary adjustments of certain timing provisions under the Copyright Act, as authorized by the CARES Act. The Office previously announced adjustments relating […]

The U.S. Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are hosting “a yearlong virtual roundtable series on copyright education for youth enrolled in primary and secondary schools” titled The […]

The International Trade Association (ITA) and the American Association for Independent Music (A2IM) will host an informal, brown bag-style event titled Copyrights & Music Licensing in China, providing an “opportunity to learn about […]

The Copyright Alliance will join the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) for a Copyright Basics presentation and Q&A session facilitated by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid and VP […]

On July 21, the  Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold an open (virtual) meeting of the Commission during which “the Commission will vote on whether to issue a new policy statement following the […]

Following the implementation of Article 17 and the dissemination of its guidelines, representatives from Pex and the Music Business Association will “discuss the immediate impact for rightsholders in compliant EU member states, why some member states have yet to enact reform legislation, recent important legal decisions regarding Article 17, and how the directive will affect […]

The Library of Congress will host the first meeting of the new Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC), “which is being convened to enhance communication and provide a public forum for the technology-related aspects of the U.S. Copyright Office’s modernization initiative.” Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter and Library of Congress Chief Information Officer Bud Barton “will provide opening […]

On July 15, the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will host its next public modernization webinar on July 26 at noon ET. “As part of its modernization efforts, the Copyright Office, in partnership with the Library of Congress Office of the Chief Information Officer, is taking a user-driven design approach for developing the next […]

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and the Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGIA) will host a “continuation of the conversation after Pride Month,” which will be moderated by Polly Irungu, who is the founder of Black Women Photographers. Please click here to join the event.