Hot Topics In Trademark & Copyright Law

Join NYIPLA's Trademark Law & Practice Committee on July 20th from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM at the Law Offices of King & Spalding LLP for a Half-Day CLE Program on Hot Topics in Trademark & Copyright Law. 

Program Agenda

12:00 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 12:35 Opening Remarks

12:35 - 1:00 Update from the Trademark, Trial, and Appeal Board

• Hon. Karen Kuhlke, Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

1:00 - 2:00 Up in Smoke: The Interplay between Celebrity Branding and Trademark (Moderated by Aliya Nelson, Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP)

• Vinnie Brown, Naughty by Nature, Inc.
• Mark Spark Welch, Executive Producer, Green Leaf Productions
• Vladimir Bautista, Co-Founder, Happy Munkey LLC

2:05 - 2:35 Artificial Intelligence 

• Sherli Furst, Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

2:35 - 2:50 Break

2:55 - 3:25 Update from the Copyright Office

• Emily Chapuis, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

3:30 - 4:30 SCOTUS on Trademarks & Copyrights - More Questions Than Answers (Moderated by Barbara Solomon, Partner, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.)

• Ben Quarmby, Partner, Molo Lamken LLP
• Martin Schwimmer, Partner, Leason Ellis LLP
• Marissa Lewis, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

4:35 - 5:35 Social Media & Influencers (Moderated by Mitchell Stein, Partner, BraunHagey & Borden LLP)

• Jeannie Ferguson, Influencer
• Eli Nathanson, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP
• Octavia Taylor, Senior Director, Legal & Business Affairs, A+E Networks

5:35 - 6:00 Post Program Reception

Attendees will earn up to 3.5 CLE Credits.

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Materials:

Update from TTAB || Up in Smoke: The Interplay between Celebrity Branding and Trademark || Artificial Intelligence || Update from the Copyright Office || SCOTUS on Trademarks & Copyrights - More Questions Than Answers || Social Media & Influencers

Speaker Biographies:

Hon. Karen Kuhlke || Aliya Nelson || Vinnie Brown || Mark Spark Welch || Vladimir Bautista || Sherli Furst || Emily Chapuis || Barbara Solomon || Ben Quarmby || Martin Schwimmer || Marissa Lewis || Mitchell Stein || Jeannie Ferguson || Eli Nathanson || Octavia Taylor