Events

The DC Chapter of the Copyright Society will host an evening program to discuss labor unions and creators. For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.

The MLC is hosting a webinar on why it’s essential for music creators to register accurate and complete data to ensure they receive their mechanical royalties. The webinar will cover firsthand how resources like The MLC’s Data Quality Initiative (DQI) make it fast and simple to submit the most precise data possible. For additional information […]

The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) will co-host a Fireside Chat titled AI and IP: Can AI Generated Creations and Inventions be Protected? during AI Expo, scheduled for May 7-8 in Washington, DC. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office, and Andrei Iancu, Partner at Sullivan & […]

On May 14, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Transatlantic IPR Stakeholder Meeting on behalf of the U.S. Government and the Department of Trade (DG Trade). The meeting will bring together representatives from the International Trade Administration (ITA), Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO), DG […]

The Copyright Society is hosting an in-person only evening program, in collaboration with the NYC Bar Fashion Law Committee, on fashion IP and copyright. The session will address questions such as “under what circumstances does copyright law protect fashion designs?” For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.

The Authors Guild will host a panel on May 19 at 2:30 p.m. MT during the 2024 Santa Fe International Literary Festival, where bestselling author Diana Gabaldon, novelist and short story writer Roxana Robinson, and bestselling journalist and author Douglas Preston will discuss Fourteen Days, a collaborative novel sponsored by the Authors Guild and co-written by thirty-six […]

The MLC is hosting a webinar to share information on its royalty distributions to members, and to answer any questions that attendees may have. The webinar will cover the timing and cadence of royalty payments, explain the royalty rates used, and review each of the royalty statement documents that will accompany payments. For additional information […]

The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), in partnership with the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), and the New York Songwriters Collective, will host Songwriters Night in NYC. Performance submissions for works to be performed at the event are open to SCL members only and must be submitted here by Friday, May 3. Additional information is available here.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hosting a free event for those who are interested in learning about the intersection of IP and the commercial space sector. This one-day program will bring together industry experts, policy advisors, and IP professionals for an overview of the current landscape in space commercialization; an examination of IP […]

The Global Intellectual Property Alliance (GLIPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA) and the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA), will host their 2024 Global IP Conference in Atlanta, GA. The event—which will feature discussions and agreed-upon activities—looks to highlight the need to “work collaboratively to strengthen innovation ecosystems around the world…by promoting […]

On January 30, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notification of inquiry required by the Music Modernization Act regarding whether the existing designations of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and Digital Licensee Coordinator (DLC) should be continued. This is the first of the review processes that the Copyright Office is statutorily required to conduct every five years. […]

For anyone looking to learn key copyright concepts, how copyright is different than other types of intellectual property, and how it applies in everyday situations, please be sure to join the Copyright Society for its Copyright 101 event. For additional information and to register to attend, please click here.