Intellectual Property

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Course Handbook from the program Advanced Licensing Agreements 2012, held February 2012.

From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013

Recorded on: Mar. 22, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013 recorded March, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:40] Breakouts: Rights of Publicity Licensing/Licensing Issues in the Life Sciences Industry  [01:00:40] I. Licensing Issues in the Life Sciences Industry Topics will vary by city, and may include: Research plan Due diligence Transitioning pharmaceutical products/programs Monetary considerations ...

Published: August 2004
Last Updated: May 2013

Course Handbook from the program Advertising Law Institute 2012, held September 2012.

• Sep. 23 - 24, 2013 Chicago, IL

As the economy continues to recover in fits and starts, companies increasingly look for new ways to reach their consumers efficiently and effectively. Combined with the new opportunities digital media affords, the legal risks and pitfalls can seem endless. In this program, attendees will hear from leaders in the industry about the legal requirements for conducting interactive advertising campaigns. From sweepstakes and contest laws, to endorsements ...

Published: November 2012

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thanks very much, Tamara. I just wanted to get a sense of those of you in the audience, how many of you are lawyers this morning? OK. And how many of you devote a significant amount of your practice to entertainment law? And how about book publishing? OK, so there are a number of you. It's good to see so many of you here this morning. This morning, initially, we'll be talking about book publishing, which is an area of major current ...

Recorded on: Mar. 20, 2012

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thanks very much, Tamara. It's very nice to see all of you here with us this morning. And also we welcome those of you who are joining on the web. It's my pleasure to introduce our panel this morning on book publishing. It's a particularly exciting time in the book publishing industry, particularly with the transformation of business models. And a lot of interesting new legal issues from the electronic book revolution that our ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Book Publishing; Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation; Film

Released on: Mar. 20, 2013

This session will provide an overview of book publishing agreements and current developments in the publishing industry (including e-books), followed by trends and hot topics in entertainment, sports and Internet litigation. The session will also provide a basic understanding of motion picture terms and concepts, plus advanced film issues involving financing, production and distribution. Lecture Topics [Total time 06:11:40] Segments ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

HOWARD SIEGEL: Good evening and welcome back. I want to introduce to you, two good friends of mine, and good friends of PLI. Rosemary Carroll, on my immediate right, graduated from Duke University, received her law degree from Stanford. She's worked in the field of entertainment since her graduation from law school. And first, she was an associate of Phillips Nizer, a firm familiar to most of you, I assume. And then she was counsel to TriStar Pictures ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2012

OK, welcome back everybody. Hope you enjoyed the cocktail reception. And we are going to resume the program with a presentation about Building an Entertainment Law Practice, followed by an hour of Ethics. I just want to remind you one more time that you need to press Sign Out on your pads before you leave. And enter the badge number to make sure that you get your CLE credit for being here today. And also, just another reminder to please complete ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Computer Entertainment; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics

Released on: Mar. 18, 2013

This session will address high-level issues in entertainment industry transactions and will cover legal and business issues and emerging trends in the television and video industries, including recent developments involving online video and user-generated content. It will sort out the parties to game development deals and their respective interests, take a look at key negotiating issues from both sides of the table, and conclude with a mock ...

From the program: Communications Law in the Digital Age 2012

Released on: Nov. 30, 2012

The world of communications and media law is robust with change, and this program, long recognized as the most comprehensive in its field, will highlight the hottest issues and case law in media, digital communications, intellectual property and privacy law. Reflecting an increased focus on the legal ramifications of an increasingly digital media environment, the program features a remarkable faculty comprising the country’s leading practitioners ...

• Nov. 14 - 15, 2013 New York, NY

• Nov. 14 - 15, 2013 Webcast

• Nov. 14 - 15, 2013 Columbus, OH

The increasingly digital media environment continues to create new challenges for communications lawyers, and this program, long recognized as the most comprehensive in its field, will highlight the hottest issues and case law facing the industry today.  Covering a wide array of topical issues in media, digital communications, First Amendment, intellectual property, and privacy law, this program brings together esteemed experts comprising the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

MARC ROTH: OK. Is that good? All right. I want to thank everyone for returning to the room for the second session of our program. I'm very excited about the next program. It's actually one of the topics that gave rise to the agenda for this year's program, 2012 Information Technology, having to do with contracting issues for technology in the modern era. There's a lot of information that needs to be considered when contacting for these types of technologies. ...

Course Handbook from the program Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012, held March, 2012.

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing

Released on: Apr. 24, 2012

DVD's from the program Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing, held March 2012.

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing

Released on: Mar. 19, 2013

This session is geared toward a basic understanding of an artist-record company agreement with a mock negotiation as the format, and will address current issues and trends in the record industry, including digital distribution of sound recordings. The session will also provide a basic understanding of music publishing terms and concepts and will include a mock negotiation of an exclusive songwriter agreement. Lecture Topics [Total time ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

SPEAKER 1: In the next hour and a half we have two very exciting presentations. The first is on current developments in entertainment and sports litigation. And the second is on current developments-- first focusing on the sports side, and the second will focus on the entertainment and internet side. And for our presentation on sports law, which will focus on the use of athletes' images and the right of publicity, we have two very distinguished speakers. ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: I think we're back. Next topic up is drafting and updating social media policies and guidelines. And one thing I will say. So much has happened in this area of the law since we last met a year ago that I can say with quite some confidence that, if your company hasn't updated its social media policy or guidelines in the past year, they're probably out of date, just because so much has happened in this area. And we're very fortunate to ...

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Social Media 2013: Addressing Corporate Risks Recorded February, 2013 in San Francisco Drafting and Updating Social Media Policies and Guidelines [01:05:04] Is your company’s social media policy compliant with employment laws? Limits on regulating employees’ social networking activities Key legislative and case law developments Recent NRLB guidance Drafting tips in preparing ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

SPEAKER 1: --a lot more knowledge. Let me now introduce our first two speakers, who will be talking about the transformational force of ebooks on the publishing industry. The first of the two speakers is Suzanne Bell, who is a partner at the Wilson Sonsini firm here in the Valley, who is involved with technology transactional matters. She does a wide variety of technology and IP transactions involving complex strategic alliances, outsourcing for ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

HOWARD SIEGEL: OK, so we segue right into the next and final segment of our program, on this first of the three-day PLI seminar, and that is Jack Sahl, who will speak to us about ethics. I said about Rosemary and Kirk, and with absolute truth, that they are friends of mine personally, and friends of PLI. And certainly, that is true of Jack, who's standing here behind me on my left. He is a faculty director of the Miller-Becker Center for Professional ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2012

SPEAKER1: Thank you very much Rosemary and Kirk. And now the hour we've all been waiting for; ethics. I'd like to welcome Professor Bruce Green. Bruce Green is the Lewis Stein professor at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Lewis Stein center for law and ethics. He teaches and writes primarily in the areas of legal ethics in criminal law, and is involved in various Bar Association activities, including many in these fields. Currently, he is ...

From the program: Ethics in Social Media 2013

Released on: Apr. 1, 2013

Ethics permeates all areas of today's legal practice.  With the proliferation of social media, what types of personal information are companies permitted to access without the consent of their employees or applicants?  How is privacy and security addressed?  The New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association have all issued ethics opinions on "pretexting" and "social engineering" ...