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Intellectual Property Law

Updates and events from the Intellectual Property Law Section

Dear IP Section Member, I hope you and yours are doing well. Summer is ending, school is starting again, and Fall is just around the corner. On the topic of school, a few days ago I dropped off my oldest, a freshman, at college. The experience was bittersweet. On the one hand, I was excited about theopportunities and adventures ahead. On the other hand, I wondered where the last 18 years had gone, and where the last 33 years had gone, when I was a Freshman, moving into the Warren Apartments, at UC San Diego, and into my new life. Transitioning from IP Section Chair, as my term ends on September… Read more
Free event! 1.0 Hour Wellness Competence REGISTER HERE Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable. This is a family and dog friendly 5-mile loop hike. More information on the Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve, in Redwood City, California is available here: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/pulgas-ridge#highlights We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being… Read more
The Intellectual Property Law Section was excited to present IP and Emerging Technologies as a full-day virtual symposium on March 22, 2024. Their stellar line-up of speakers discussed hot topics, including UGC and AI content moderation, privacy-enhancing technologies for lawyers, web scraping, coders’ rights, AI policy and legislation updates, and more.  Read more
Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable. Read more
Beginning July 27, the declaration will be removed from the Office’s website, andthe Office will no longer accept electronic deposit copies submitted with this form. The Deposit Ticket Declaration Form was a temporary accommodation adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This accommodation is no longer necessary now that the pandemic emergency has ended. If the Office receives a declaration form and an electronic copy of a work after July 27, the examiner will request a physical copy of the best edition of the work (in cases where it is required) and will notify the applicant that the claim will not be examined until the Office receives thephysical copy. For more information, please visit their… Read more
The Copyright Office has issued a final rule in its proceeding “Termination Rights, Royalty Distributions, Ownership Transfers, Disputes, and the Music Modernization Act.” This final rule confirms that the derivative works exception to termination rights under the Copyright Act (the “Exception”) does not apply to the statutory mechanical blanket license established by the Music Modernization Act (“MMA”). It directs the mechanical licensing collective (“MLC”) to make future royalty distributions in a manner consistent with this understanding of the Exception and to engage in a corrective royalty adjustment process to correct earlier overpayments that were made based on an erroneous understanding… Read more
Dear IP Section Member, I hope you and yours are doing well (and staying cool). In the past few months, I have enjoyed meeting and seeing many of you in person (at the Patent Office Comes to California and the Copyright Office Comes to California programs, and our monthly Wellness Hikes, throughout the San Francisco Bay Area) and virtually, at our monthly Office Hours with the Chair meetings. In the next week, our Executive Committee will meet to discuss Long Range Planning, for 2025. Our next Annual IP Institute (Long Beach, March 6-8, 2025) has already been scheduled. Please be sure to mark your calendars. Other fabulous programming… Read more
It's confirmed! The 48th IP Institute will be held on March 6-8, 2025 at the Marriott Long Beach Downtown. Read more
The European Union’s Directive (EU) 2022/2555, often referred to as NIS2, is a measure coming into effect October 18th 2024 for all EU member states. This will require these EU member states to develop heightened overall cybersecurity requirements applicable to medium to large size enterprises and businesses providing certain critical infrastructure providing services within the EU. These updates to cybersecurity requirements will include stricter risk management, heightened breach notification, supply chain cybersecurity obligations, and registration by early 2025. There are exemptions available, but the directive will impact the cybersecurity operations of many businesses with… Read more
The European Union’s AI Act, a piece of legislation designed to mitigate the risks posed by artificial intelligence, received the final approvals required to become law. The legislation bans certain AI systems, such as those that could be used to manipulate consumers’ behavior, within the EU. It creates several new regulatory mechanisms to ensure the new AI rules are upheld. In particular, it calls for the European Commission to create an AI office focused on regulatory compliance enforcement. The EU will also establish a panel of independent experts to support enforcement activities, an AI board… Read more

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