As autumn has
begun, the IP world is buzzing with events, opportunities and news: don’t miss
them!
Forthcoming
events and call for papers
WIPO has
launched the 2025–2026 Training, Mentoring, and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual
Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
in Pacific Island countries. The program supports women in leveraging IP
for their businesses. Hurry up! Applications are open until 30 September
2024. More information here
and applications to be submitted here.
Herchel Smith Lecture 2024:
the Honourable Mr. Justice James Mellor will deliver a lecture on Monday, 28
October 2024, from 18:00-21:00 BST, discussing how courts address FRAND
royalty rate disputes. He will recap the various methods courts use to decide
these rates and highlight the challenges encountered. He will also offer his
personal insights on why setting FRAND rates is a relatively new and evolving
area, along with tentative solutions that may or may not apply in future FRAND
cases. You can register here.
On 5
November the CLTR 2024 Conference, organized by the Swiss Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property in Basel, will focus on the future of Swiss
cultural and artistic creation in the context of AI and digital platforms. It
will address the legal and ethical challenges posed by these technological
changes. Industry professionals, SME representatives, academics and
policymakers will discuss all of this. See the program here
and register here.
Harvard Law
School will host its Artificial Intelligence and
Intellectual Property Law Conference on 19 November 2024. This event
will bring together prominent figures from the judiciary, academia and the
private sector to explore some of the most compelling and urgent issues
surrounding AI, with a special emphasis on its intersection with IP law. See
the agenda here
and register here.
LES Benelux
will offer a Licensing Course on 18-19 November 2024 in
Rotterdam, with an additional session on complex clauses on 20 November 2024.
The course will guide participants through the entire process of drafting a
licensing agreement, featuring presentations on IP basics and competition law,
along with interactive workshops on negotiation, IP strategy and drafting of
agreements. More details of the program and registration here.
Job
opportunities
The Chair
on the Legal and Regulatory Implications of Artificial Intelligence is seeking
two legal researchers to join the team at the MIAI (Multidisciplinary Institute
in Artificial Intelligence) at the University of Grenoble Alpes. More
information here.
Other things
of interest
The U.S.
Copyright Office has released a report on “The Geography of Copyright
Registrations”. The study examines the geographic distribution of copyright
claims registered by individuals and organizations in the United States. The
purpose of the report is to understand where the copyright system is used and
how patterns of registrations differ across areas within the country. Read the
full report here.
The United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended the comment period
for the notice entitled “2024 Guidance Update on Patent
Subject Matter Eligibility, Including on Artificial Intelligence”
to 16 October 2024. More information here.
The
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Commission
have launched the IP training for influencers via the Influencer Legal Hub.
This training helps social media influencers understand IP law, protect their
creativity and respect others’ IP rights. It also highlights the importance of
avoiding the promotion of infringing goods and services. More information here.
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