CLE ethics credit will be offered at this seminar, which is designed as an introduction for attorneys with limited experience in copyright law, and as a review and update for those who need to reacquaint themselves with intellectual property practice and procedure.

Copyright law protects original works and is the basis for literature, music, drama, visual arts, sound recordings, computer programs and more. It continues to grow in importance both domestically and internationally, and poses legal questions involving ownership, litigation and licensing strategies, and more. This program focuses on the handling of commonly encountered procedures and problems as well as new copyright issues that are developing. Learn how to protect your clients’ copyright interests, as a faculty of experts in copyright law provides practical guidance on how to identify, handle and solve basic copyright problems.

• Basic principles of copyright law and Copyright Office practice
• How to enforce copyrights – litigation strategies and defenses
• New and noteworthy cases in copyright litigation
• How copyright law is applied to licensing arrangements
• Copyright law and the Internet
• Ethics and the copyright lawyer

Chair

E. Leonard Rubin
Reed Smith LLP

Please note that this is a Practising Law Institute sponsored event and there is a cost associated with registration. Reed Smith is not able to subsidize the cost of registration.

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