The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2024

Two webinars on trade secrets in the EU On February 8, the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) and the Bulgarian Patent Office will jointly host a webinar on the EU Trade Secrets Directive. Registration is open here. The event will take place on February 27 and the registration is available here.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2021

Throughout this summer, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is offering its series of virtual webinars dubbed “Trademark Basics Boot Camp.” Registration for the upcoming modules listed below, as well as access to other past and future modules, is available here. August 3: Module 1: Fundamentals.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Image: flickr.com Katfood SMEs and Chinese market opportunities webinar 4IP council is organising a webinar session titled "SMEs and patent holdouts: how European SMEs fight back", dedicated to European SMEs and startups interested in the opportunity that the Chinese market can bring to their businesses.

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The TTABlog

JULY 12, 2021

Tomorrow I will be presenting a webinar, along with Ted Davis, for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, on recent trademark cases in the courts and at the TTAB. Text Copyright John L. Here (pdf) is an article I prepared, briefly summarizing the precedential decisions of the CAFC and the TTAB over the past twelve months.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 6, 2023

The title of a book is basically exempt from trademark protection because it’s part of creative expression, and books in general are protected by copyright and copyright registration. Multiple people could write a book with the same title. Maybe it’s a blog or a website in general.

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The IPKat

MAY 5, 2024

Events Uncovering the AI-Copyright Trap (9 May 2024) Dr Carys Craig, law professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada, will present her new paper entitled 'Uncovering the AI-Copyright Trap' between 12:00 to 13:00 (BST) on 9 May 2024, at UCL’s Hong Kong Room, 2nd floor, Bentham House.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. The mandate of the group was to identify, develop and codify good practice on the use of copyright, performance and database material in relation to AI, including data mining.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 17, 2022

A considerable amount of trademarks may also be protected by Chinese Copyright Law, when they meet the requirements of “work”. And the protection to works is NOT limited by the classification of goods, so claiming prior copyright has its advantages in trademark opposition and invalidation cases. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. In this post, we will provide more information about this USCO initiative and some preliminary thoughts on its implications for the copyrightability of AI-generated works in the future. Now, the U.S.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

In addition, 75% of the fees charged by IP offices (including national IP offices, EUIPO and the Benelux IP Office) for the registration of trade marks and designs will be reimbursed. For more information and online registration, click here. What are the boundaries on copyright protection for video games?

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Registration is open and more details can be found here. and Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art). The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration. The webinar is scheduled for 7 July 2022 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm (CEST) and would be open to SMEs from the U.S. and the EU.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

ICMP webinar on copyright infrastructure (27 September) The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) will host a webinar on “ Global music publishers ’ perspective on copyright infrastructure ” on 27 September. More information and registration are available here. More information can be found here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 4, 2024

Assimilate webinars The Katfriends at Assimilate are organizing several webinars over the next few months. They also wish to inform IPKat readers that they can claim a 10% discount in the registration fee by mentioning ‘IPKat’ in their registration forms. For further details, click here.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

Conferences, webinars On July 8, the Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property (UNION-IP) is organising an online discussion with Lisa Jorgenson, Deputy Director General, Patents and Technology Sector (WIPO), who will talk about the latest news and developments from WIPO. Registration is available here.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. In this post, we will provide more information about this USCO initiative and some preliminary thoughts on its implications for the copyrightability of AI-generated works in the future. Now, the U.S.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2023

Events Image by Riana Harvey John Kimbell KC - Deputy High Court Judge | Character in copyright and the character of copyright: reflections on Only Fools and Horses The University of East Anglia will be hosting John Kimbell KC on March 9. For more details and registration, click here. by 5pm on 14 April 2023.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Registration closes on 12 October 2023. CFWebinars on Case Law Update 2023 Cohausz & Florack is organising a series of three webinars on Enablement and Plausibility in the US and Europe and on the EPO Case Law Update. All webinars are independent of each other in terms of content and free of charge. Dr. Alexander J.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Slade and yours truly, The TTABlogger , will present a webinar entitled "What Non-US Practitioners Need to Know About US Trademark Law and the Recent Trademark Modernization Act ("TMA")," on March 10th from Noon to 1 PM EST , sponsored by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Text Copyright John L. Admission" is free. Register here.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Slade and yours truly, The TTABlogger , will present a webinar entitled "What Non-US Practitioners Need to Know About US Trademark Law and the Recent Trademark Modernization Act ("TMA")," on March 10th from Noon to 1 PM EST , sponsored by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Text Copyright John L. Admission" is free. Register here.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2022

October 26, 2022 | Bird & Bird | "Webinar: The DSM Directive one year on (part II) Article 15: A power shift back to the publishers?" | online Article 15 of Directive 2019/790 builds on and follows a number of national initiatives aimed at remedying declining revenues in the press sector.

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The IPKat

JULY 25, 2021

Conferences, webinars On September 10-11, the University of Pavia will organise the AIDA 2021 Conference, ‘General Clauses and intellectual property’. For the full programme and registration details, see here. The preliminary agenda of the event and registration details are available here.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

University of Queensland - Stand and Deliver: Biopiracy, Law, and the Balkanization of the Genescape - 22 February 2022 The University of Queensland launched a series of webinars on the interrelationships between people, plants and the law. Registration is available here. . - Registration is open and can be made here.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2022

EVENTS 27 October 2022 | 4iP Council: webinar " IP Waiver in pandemic times " (online) This webinar provides an overview of the challenges during the pandemic and the impact of the TRIPS waiver on innovation, global public health, global collaboration, the patent system, etc. Registrations are available here.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2023

You can find more details about the event (including the list of speakers) and a registration link here. If you ever considered how legally film characters use phones with a bitten apple logo or drink from a perfectly frozen Coca-Cola can without infringing IP, the webinar organised by EUIPO is an answer to your questions.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

[Mere descriptiveness refusals of ASK ME ABOUT RISK TAXES REGULATION INFLATION DEPRECIATION OF THE DOLLAR for, inter alia , annuity services, estate planning, business training, and for downloadable webinars in the field of tax preparation and estate planning. s Text Copyright John L. Read comments and post your comment here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 15, 2023

More information and registration are available here and here. The copyright protection of tattoos” Dr Paula Westenberger (Brunel University) will be part of a webinar on 26 January 2023. 26 January 2023: “Who owns your ink? More information is available here. More details here.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 19, 2021

On 18 October there will be also a free online event to discuss the making of EU copyright and the place of the DSM Directive within it. Courses The Queen Mary Foundation level courses for UK trainee patent and trade mark attorneys are running again this year, with a registration deadline of 23 August 2021.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Centre has conducted a variety of activities since it has gone online including webinars, guest lectures, panel discussions, certificate courses and so on in the field of IPR with a myriad of distinguished guests. Payment Guidelines: Last date of payment of registration fee: 11 th March 2022. The NLUJ-CIPS Blog.

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The IPKat

MARCH 28, 2022

30 March 2022 (online) The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University will host a new online webinar on 30 March 2022 (between 4:00pm and 6:00pm, CET) to analyse and evaluate the potential impact of some of the most relevant provisions of the upcoming EU DSA. Registration is open and can be made here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

EUIPO also announced that, so far, the Office has registered the following applications related to NFTs and the metaverse: In this context, EUIPO held the webinar “ Trade marks and designs in the metaverse: legal aspects/EUIPO practice ” some days ago. Likewise, related webinars will be carried out in the upcoming months (e.g.,

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The USPTO has organized a public webinar on 5 March 2024 from 1-2 p.m. Lastly, the Guidance contains some specific examples of hypothetical situations and how it would apply there to further assist examiners and applicants. ET and is seeking public comments (with 11 questions) on the Guidance with a deadline of 13 May 2024.

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The IPKat

MAY 1, 2022

The event will be held in a hybrid format, in-person with pre-registration at CIDP in Lisbon (100 seats) and in webinar format via Zoom. All information and registration can be found here. Registration is mandatory and the deadline is May 6. For more information and to register, click here. JIPLP Special DSM Issue".

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Conferences Danish Copyright Society On 20th of September 2021 at 16:30 (4:30 pm CEST), the Danish Copyright Society ( www.dsfo.dk ) will host an online conference regarding recent case law from the ECJ. This Kat is keeping fresh Another week, another miscellany roundup. For more details, see here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Other Posts Webinar on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” [November 22] Free Webinar on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work”! Though the defendant’s mark was also registered, the court reiterated that the prior use of the mark has to be protected and the registration will not have any bearing.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yet, the 2 nd Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office held otherwise in a recent decision ( Case R32/2022-2 ) that refused registration of the Saddle shape in relation to “ Bags, handbags, pouches (leather goods), travel kits (leather goods), toiletry and make-up cases (empty) ”.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. “Defendants’ 24/7 channels infringe not only Plaintiffs’ exclusive right of public performance, but also their exclusive right to reproduce their Copyrighted Works. Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works must be illegally copied and stored in order to be streamed on a 24/7 channel,” the lawsuit reads.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

Consider the recent WIPO webinar , "Blockchain Whitepaper for IP Ecosystems", at which the view was expressed that the future of IP management rights could include a solution that utilizes tokens, and, in particular, non-fungible tokens. Julia Hugendubel, describes recent developments concerning tokenization of IP rights to manage IP.

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