Michigan CLE - Intellectual Property Courses
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Branding and Business, with a Primer on Non-Use Due to Covid-19
Selecting a distinctive brand for a business’s services and products requires creativity and skill. This CLE course will help businesses as well as their counsels on the key elements to consider as well as how to protect the brands once they’re created. Federal and state trademark registration issues will also be discussed, as well as how to assess branding as a business grows and develops. Brand growth potential and strategies for preventing infringement will also be discussed. More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Crime and Entertainment
Crime and entertainment don’t only meet on TV. In real life, they also intersect when the crime is the story and when either criminals or victims are entertainment clients. This two part CLE course will focus on issues encountered by producers and filmmakers when their product, whether it be a TV show, movie, theatre production or podcast, focuses on a crime story. The course will cover true crime stories and fictional ones and the many legal issues that may arise such as life story ri... More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Fingerprints, Face Scans & Voice Recognition Technology: Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Biometric information, including fingerprints, retina and face scans and voice recognition software presents unique challenges in the legal system. This CLE course will analyze the specific issues related to collection, storage and dissemination of such information and the impact of privacy from a compliance and litigation perspective. More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Athlete Agency Law: Keeping Athletes & Agents On the Field
Sports law is experiencing a major overhaul as athletes at all levels begin to bypass agents in favor of self-representation or advice from sports lawyers. Simultaneously, the competition for endorsement money and scholarship is increasingly fierce. This CLE course focusing on Athlete Agency Law will provide an overview of state, federal and NCAA recruiting rules as well as agency and athlete regulation. The course is particularly suited to attorneys involved in high school to NCAA compliance... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Standard Essential Patents & FRAND Damages: The New PAE Frontier
The Supreme Court’s Alice decision effectively limiting software patent-ability has significantly slowed lower-end patent assertion programs while Standard Essential Patent suits have grown in number with the Patent Trial & Appeal Board post-grant proceedings. Filed by patent assertion entities (PAE), patent aggregators, and practicing companies, these complex suits generally relate to infringement and require and in-depth understanding of the product’s chipset. Yet that information is often n... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Sports Marketing & Media's Top Legal Issues: Analyzing the Past and Preparing for the Future
The marketing machine surrounding sporting events is dynamic and lucrative. Yet even the most experienced marketers can find themselves in legal trouble when marketing around sports. Complicated governing body rules, the nuances of local practices and the increasingly detailed and evolving intellectual property laws can all serve to trip up marketing professionals. Mistakes can derail deals, destroy relationships and result in expensive disputes. With so much at stake, agencies, individuals, b... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Legal Issues in Comic Book Contract Negotiation And Drafting Practicum
An intensive 2 hour CLE course in the practical skills necessary for comic book legal practice, this course will explore contract provision, client interview exercise and publishing agreement demo. The course will be facilitated by comic book publishing attorneys with years of practice and attendees will draft contracts and engage in mock negotiations. Service agreements, licensing tips and strategies for drafting contracts will all be included as will a Q & A. More Info
$551.75General Credits -
The Law And Practice Of Representing Comic Book Creators
The comic book industry has its own particular set of legal issues, laws and regulations. This CLE course will offer a comprehensive overview of the past year in comic book litigation and transactional work while presenting the fundamental concerns of representing comic book industry clients. The course will explain diversity and inclusion issues, emerging intellectual property issues, self-publishing and contract laws. The course will conclude with a Q & A. More Info
$813General Credits -
Hot Topics in Theater Law
There’s more to Broadway than just lights, camera, action. The legal issues involved in producing a Broadway show and the responsibility of a theater attorney as production counsel are myriad and complex. This CLE course will explain the legal issues involved in producing a multi-million dollar spectacle including how to deal with Broadway’s union and trade association, the role of the general manager, production entity formation, underlying rights and applicable contracts for creative staff.... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Intellectual Property Case Law Update and General IP Overview
The issue of patents, trademarks and copyrights have received a great deal of attention in the past year. This CLE course will review the most important IP case decisions of the past year, including Supreme Court decisions on how trademark restrictions relate the First Amendment issues. The course will explain the requirements to bring a lawsuit as well as the basic features of the various intellectual property disciplines, considerations for securing Intellectual Property and how the applicat... More Info
$551.5General Credits
