Intellectual Property Law

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 will be a somewhat demanding 9.3-mile hike. It is a loop (down, then back up), with about 2,100 feet of elevation gain. We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being that are tailored to the legal… Read more

Please welcome our new IP section Executive Committee members: Stephen Doniger David Tollen Mike Rodenbaugh Nate Camuti Relani Belous Please also welcome our new Interest Group officers: Artificial Intelligence—Andy Stroud (Chair), John Rogitz (Vice Chair) Entertainment and Sports—Elizabeth Rest (Chair), David Branfman (Vice Chair), Owen Seitel (Vice Chair) Litigation—Katie Ignash (Chair), Anne-Marie Dao (Vice Chair) Trademark—Dana Brody Brown (Chair), Karima Gulick (Vice Chair) Trade Secrets—Jim McNairy (Chair), Angelique Kaounis (Vice Chair), Robert Milligan (Vice Chair) Please also welcome our new executive committee officers: Jonathan Lurie,… Read more

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