Events

The Senate Rules Committee Hearing on Oversight of Library of Congress Modernization Efforts, originally scheduled for October 6, has been rescheduled to October 20. Witnesses include Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden; Register Of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter; and Director, Congressional Research Service Dr. Mary Mazanec.

The Black in Copyright panel, originally scheduled for October 20 at 6:30 p.m. ET, is being rescheduled due to speaker commitments and considerations, and will likely be held in late winter. Once a new date has been confirmed, updated information will be provided here. For those who have already registered, you’ll receive an email with further details once […]

On October 5, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a Federal Register Notrice calling for nominations for candidates to serve on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which will be established per the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. Establishment of the NAIAC will enable “ members  have the unique opportunity to advise and make recommendations to the President and the National Artificial Intelligence […]

The Hudson Institute will debut a panel recording titled State Sovereign Immunity for Intellectual Property Infringement, which will beshared with all who register in advance for the event. Hudson Institute Legal Fellow Devlin Hartline will moderate the panel, which will focus on “the problems of state infringements and explore whether Congress now has enough evidence to successfully abrogate state […]

The U.S. Copyright Office will host its next public modernization webinar. “This webinar will outline the reasons the Office is looking into modernizing its contact center and the potential benefits ” as it does so. More specifically, “the Office is working with the General Services Administration Centers of Excellence to conduct a gap analysis of […]

Adobe invites the creative community to attend its 2021 Adobe MAX conference, “a virtual experience to find inspiration, connect with creatives from around the world, and learn the best ways to bring your ideas to life.” This year’s event is free to attend. The Copyright Alliance will host a virtual “sponsor page”. For additional information […]

The U.S. Copyright Office is hosting a webinar titled Food and Copyright to “showcase copyrighted works and authors who inspire and bring people together around food.” Speakers will discuss “how they use the culinary aspects of a culture to tell diverse stories in various mediums including, film, blogs, photography, short stories, and more.” Speakers include Bryan Ford, […]

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a webinar on the proposed TRIPS waiver and its implications for copyright. Panelists “will provide a refresher on the history and background of the TRIPS regime and its copyright-oriented provisions, before delving into an assessment of the primary copyright scenarios a TRIPS waiver may cover.” The […]

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its 2021 Annual Meeting, encompassing “a three-day, multi-track conference for intellectual property practitioners…to help supercharge skills and careers.” Topics include “Copyright—A Deep Dive into the DMCA”; “Analyzing the Oracle v. Google Decision”; “Managing Your Brand in Times of Social Change and the Interplay”; “IP Litigation Including IP Injunctions and […]

As part of its Business Bootcamps for Writers series, the Authors Guild is hosting a session on publishers, agents and the book acquisitions process, to help authors understand how these elements work. Specifically, questions that will be addressed include: “Why do editors pursue some works and not others?”; “How do authors communicate their interests to agents when […]

The University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) is hosting its 65th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference to provide an “opportunity to meet with newsmakers and influencers, to learn and discuss the…most important developments in the field, and…to help create better laws and policies that promote innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.” The conference, which specializes in employing a highly interactive format, will […]

On November 8, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the Unicolors v. H&M case. The issue being considered is “whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the U.S. Copyright Office in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 411 requires […]