Events

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, […]

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 […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting the third in a series of three Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposiums during the month of March, titled From Inspiration to Commercialization. The event will feature Georgia Grace Edwards, CEO and Co-Founder of SheFly Apparel; and Ceata E. Lash, Founder, Inventor and Co-CEO, PuffCuff LLC. The speakers will talk about “how […]

The Copyright Alliance, Copyright Society and the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA) will host part two of a three-part series, titled Black in Copyright. The event will feature a “moderated discussion focused on Black creators.” Through this discussion, the event “will provide awareness about the Black experience in Copyright […]

The Roger Williams University School of Law Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA), in partnership with the Black Law Students Association, the Criminal Law Society, the Multicultural Law Students Association, the Criminal Law Society, the Asian American Law Students Association, and the Feinstein Center for Pro Bono & Experimental Education, will host an event on Zoom “to discuss […]

In 2022, Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will deliver the 34th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture. Additional information and a registration link will be shared when they become available.

In 2022, Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will deliver the 34th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture on Art, Music, and Mash-ups—A View from the Bench on Creativity and Copyright. Please email Samara Weiss at ssw2125@columbia.edu with any questions. All attendees must be prepared to show proof of vaccination (including a booster shot) at […]

Composers Stephanie Economou, Bobby Tahouri, Tori Letzler, and Esin Aydingoz (moderator) will participate in a panel discussion on “how non-gamers break through those entry barriers to fully experience and appreciate these modern music masterpieces and the composers who create them.” The conversation will center upon “how to break through the blockades to the game scoring […]

This event will bring together a cross-disciplinary panel to examine how “courts handle patent-eligibility questions, particularly at the outset of patent cases, and ways in which copyright cases may deploy similar strategies.” The panel will also “examine an increasingly nuanced patent-litigation domain— treatment of the related questions of contributory, induced, and willful infringement—and share lessons […]

For those who are unfamiliar with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a webinar for “experts about intellectual property (IP) basics and potential ways to protect creator innovations as from idea to product.  The Office “offers this free event for aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and students the […]

The Copyright Society will host an event on Zoom titled Whose Dish Is It Anyway? Copyrightability of Cookbooks, Recipes, and Your Nonna’s Secret Marinara. This panel discussion will “explore the copyrightability of cookbooks, recipes, chef's ‘signature’ dishes, and all things culinary.” San Francisco-based chef Maria Zizka “will share her strategies for publishing copyrightable cookbooks.” Attorney Lynn Oberlander […]

George Mason University’s Scalia Law School’s Arts & Advocacy Clinic and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) will host an event featuring photographer and documentarian Michele McManus to “discuss managing legal risks associated with making and selling art that documents political movements, protests, and uprisings.” The event is free and open to the public. […]

Grammy Award-winning composer Maria Schneider will participate in a conversation “about her boundary-pushing musical career and arts activism,” moderated by George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Professor and Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic Director Sandra Aistars. The event is co-hosted by Mason’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP²) and Arts Management Program. For additional information and registration, please click here.

The U.S. Copyright Office will host its next public modernization webinar to keep the public informed regarding its modernization efforts. The Office recently released the Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) pilot, “which will provide access to the same registration and recordation data that exists in the Copyright Public Catalog but with enhanced search capabilities and an improved interface. This […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hosting a session for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to learn how to protect their intellectual property (IP in Mexico. The event will feature experts from the USPTO who will address the best approaches for protecting and enforcing copyrights in Mexico, including copyright registration, the […]

Musicologist and professor of music Judith Finell will moderate a panel titled Frenemies: Collaboration and Conflict Between Content Creators and Digital Platforms Using Music to Attract a Crowd, hosted by the LA Chapter of the Copyright Society. For additional information and registration, please click here.

As part of its Business Bootcamps for Writers series, the Authors Guild is hosting a panel discussion with Philadelphia poet laureate Yolanda Wisher and four Philly-connected poets from various backgrounds who will discuss “how they do business through writing, teaching, performing, consulting, and more.” This panel is designed to provide “practical advice and real talk for poets […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold a webinar share an update on its recent initiatives, with a focus on providing details regarding World Intellectual Property Day 2022 efforts. Registration for this event is closed.

This event will feature a panel of experts who will explore the “evolving landscape of copyright risks associated with social media linking and embedding, including a review of several recent cases and best practices for both publishers and content owners.” Additional information and registration are available here.

In partnership with the Copyright Alliance, the New York Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts will “celebrate World IP Week and explore some of the many legal issues that arise in the fashion industry!” The event will cover “the basics of protecting intellectual property through copyright, patent and trademark law, as well as the important role that […]

In honor of World IP Week, the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts will host a Copyright Basics webinar to help artists and creators learn the fundamentals of copyright. The speaker is Attorney Laila Wolfgram, an attorney with Polsinelli. To register to attend, please click here. 

The U.S. Copyright Office will celebrate World Intellectual Property (IP) Day by hosting a virtual event titled Engage Your Creativity: Copyright and IP for Young Professionals “to an exploration of the intellectual property rights young creators enjoy. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter will open the event with introductory remarks. Altaye Tedla Desta, head of World Intellectual Property […]

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Geneva Network, Hudson Institute, Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2), Property Rights Alliance, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a World IP Day event focused on this year’s theme, IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future. The event will feature a panel of young speakers across a variety of IP-intensive sectors […]

The Copyright Alliance will host a World IP Day panel discussion titled Copyright and Youth: Creating a Better Future, in keeping with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) 2022 theme of IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future. Panelists include Kick Lee of the Cincinnati Music Accelerator (CMA), Janet Hicks of Artists Rights Society (ARS), David Sohn of Copyright and Creativity, fine artist Mary Adelaide (Addie) Clark, and Keith Kupferschmid of the Copyright […]

The Authors Guild is hosting a webinar to help writers “get engaged in a writing community to find the feedback and encouragement from colleagues.” The discussion will also provide guidance “on how to find a writing group, how to identify a workshop that will be worth your time, how to manage the obligations of literary […]

In honor of World IP Day, California Lawyers for the Arts will host a Patent Workshop led by Marc Brown, who is an attorney and USC Gould School of Law lecturer on Patent Drafting and Prosecution For additional information and registration, please click here and questions about the event can be directed to clinics@calawyersforthearts.org.