This program offers 1 MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate: https://bit.ly/2YbTKrK Presented by the Trademark Interest Group. The speaker will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision with regard to freedom of expression and the requirement that the USPTO to register hateful speech, profanity, vulgar images, and other expression that may be…

Intellectual property infringement on social media is both common, and often difficult to prevent. This is especially true for trademark infringement, which lacks something as straightforward as the DMCA. Join Tom Kulik from Scheef & Stone for a webinar on the practical considerations of reporting IP infringement to social media platforms: when it's appropriate, how to go about it, and how to maximize your success.

Ross A. Epstein is a partner and the Chair of the Intellectual Property Group at CKR Law LLP. Mr. Epstein provides legal counsel to a wide variety of clients including U.S., European and Asian multinational corporations; universities and other research institutions; small businesses and start-up companies; and sole inventors and entrepreneurs in high tech, life sciences as well as other industries. Mr. Epstein has a unique affinity for the entrepreneurial client due to his hands-on experience in business as the founder, President, and CEO of BCH Communications.

The webinar will focus on practical issues that shall be taken into account for intellectual property practitioners interested in filing in Brazil; analysis of the current trademark practice versus the provisions of the Madrid Protocol.