Events

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.

George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2)will host a discussion with tech executive, attorney, and investor Andrew Byrnes regarding “the path from developing innovative ideas to achieving broad impact, including key legal issues, and business imperatives.” In addition, Byrnes will offer insights on leadership, building high-functioning teams, engaging policymakers, […]

With free and open source software being ubiquitous, and since software developers “regularly leverage open source components to design proprietary code, and seek opportunities to contribute to the open source community,” this panel will discuss due diligence regarding open source technology, “including coordinating legal and technical due diligence and strategies for evaluating and correcting open […]

The Copyright Alliance, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA), in partnership with the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), will host a panel titled Learn About the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) to answer attendee questions, including: what is the reason the Copyright Claims Board was created?, where is the CCB located?, how does the CCB work and who staffs […]

The Copyright Alliance and the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) are hosting a webinar presentation and Q&A on Copyright Basics, which will be facilitated by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid. Topics will include copyright registration, copyright licensing, third parties, fair use basics, and more. For more information and registration, please click here.

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.” The host of the event is Gyta Bernasneviciute-Singh. Registration for […]

The next listening session with Director Kathi Vidal hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which will focus on “key issues impacting stakeholders and their businesses,” will be held on May 25 at 10 a.m. PT in San Jose, CA. Registration is now closed.

The New York Chapter of the Copyright Society is hosting a wine tasting that will be held both in-person and virtually. In person registrations are $75 per person, and virtual registrations are free. Those who attend online can order wines poured during the tasting can order wines poured during the tasting and have them shipped […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosts monthly professional development webinars “for K-12 educators interested in integrating intellectual property (IP), innovation, and invention activities into their STEM/STEAM curriculum. Educators can learn about different types of IP, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.” This month’s webinar features Rosalita Santiago, a K-12 STEM Specialist […]

The Ottawa and Toronto Chapters of the Copyright Society will hold a virtual event titled All for One, One for All: The Future of Collective Management in Copyright. Speakers include Lucie Guibault, professor of intellectual property law and associate director of the Law and Technology Institute at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University in Halifax, […]

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is hosting a Facebook Live 30-minute event titled 5 Keys to Awaken Your Great, which is “designed to show how to awaken ‘great’ for breakthrough in business, and in life” through tools shared by keynote and inspirational speaker PeriSean Hall. For more information and to register, please click here.

Those who are looking to learn about patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets may register to attend the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) event. The session will feature (IP) basics “and potential ways to protect your innovation as you transition from idea to product.” The event is offered for free to aspiring innovators and […]