1 Participatory MCLE Credits Navigating the landscape of intellectual property is crucial for innovators and entrepreneurs. Two primary mechanisms for protecting inventions and ideas are trade secrets and patents, each offering distinct advantages and limitations. The decision between the two hinges on the nature of the innovation, the business strategy, and long-term goals. Patents provide inventors with a temporary monopoly (usually 20 years) on their inventions, giving them exclusive rights to use, make, or sell the patented invention. This exclusivity… Read more
No one actually likes budgeting, except maybe those financial folks, right? So Jessica Medina, former lawyer turned Accredited Financial Counselor, will be taking us back to the beginning by demonstrating a way of looking at your money that doesn't involve tracking every single expense every single day. Read more
Although American companies spend over $8 billion a year on diversity training, many companies have made remarkably little progress on diversity. Read more
In our upcoming presentation, we will review patent and copyright challenges presented by generative AI, addressing topics like AI’s role as an author/inventor, the concerns surrounding non-human authorship, the nuanced dynamics of joint AI-human inventorship, and the positions of content creators versus AI service providers with respect to scraping material from the internet for large language training purposes. Read more
The EU Digital Services Act is the EU’s most ambitious reform package for intermediary liability and obligations to date. The European Union has adopted a modern legal framework whose scope includes the safety of users online, the establishment of governance with the protection of fundamental rights, and the maintenance of a fair and open online platform environment. Read more
This webinar will provide an overview of how the four basic intellectual property tools (trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets) are being deployed by the legal cannabis industry in the U.S. (with a focus on California businesses and entrepreneurs). Read more
This presentation will explore the rapidly changing impact of AI on Hollywood, including AI's current effects on the WGA and SAG strikes, right of publicity (current law and proposed legislation), copyright (current law and proposed legislation), and restrictions on contracting away replication rights. Read more
This program discusses how the California Supreme Court’s July 17, 2023, ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies impacts claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Read more