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Examine "Trademarking Identity in the Age of AI," explore "Electronic Era Legal Ethics," and catch up on "European AI and Patent Law Developments" with this series of three 1-hour webcasts that offers important updates and compelling content.
Registration is open to anyone interested in these topics. For 2024 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute attendees (in person or replay), attendance is FREE.
Times listed are Central Time.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Trademarking Identity in the Age of AI
The power of generative AI to create a sophisticated digital likeness of an individual for unauthorized commercial purposes is cause for concern. Given the anticipated economic impact of AI, brand owners need to strategically implement forward-looking legal solutions to establish, protect, and monetize commercial rights in identity. In this presentation, Jake Abdo and Draeke Weseman will discuss securing personal brand rights in the age of AI by leveraging the Lanham Act’s protection against false endorsement together with state right of publicity laws to develop durable rights in identity.
– Jacob M. Abdo; Greenberg Traurig, LLP
– Draeke H. Weseman; Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Thursday, November 7, 2024
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Electronic Era Ethics
Popular CLE presenter Tom Spahn is back and ready to deliver another practical ethics program! Instructive and entertaining, this engaging presentation uses hypotheticals to highlight the dramatic effect email, texts and other electronic communications have had on lawyers’ ethics duties. The program generally follows the lifespan of an attorney-client relationship, including: creation of the relationship (such as the effect of an unsolicited email from a would-be client); the ethical propriety of electronic communications with clients (especially lawyers who practice "virtually"); communications with adversaries (including "reply all" emails, lawyers’ response to inadvertently transmitted communications, and metadata); dealing with third parties (such as service providers and outsourced colleagues); discovery (such as accessing adverse witnesses’ social media); jurors’ research and communications; judges’ research and "friending" of lawyers; and attorney-client relationships’ termination.
– Thomas E. Spahn; McGuireWoods LLP
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
European AI and Patent Law Developments
This session will focus on European developments, in particular the new EU AI Act and its impact for IP practitioners in the US, including developing AI litigation trends. We will also provide an overview of the European Unitary Patent Court and provide practical insights for US lawyers in drafting and negotiating IP transactions.
– Huw Beverley-Smith; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
– Joseph R. Decker; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
– Gary S. Weinstein; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
$175
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This package provides 3.0 total CLE credits. Credits should be reported individually for each webcast attended, not the package as a whole.
Minnesota CLE has applied to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for the standard, ethics, and elimination of bias CLE credits as listed below. Application has been made to the Minnesota State Bar Association for any "specialist" credits and to the Supreme Court ADR Program for any continuing education in ADR credits.
Click titles for credit status and individual event codes.
Trademarking Identity in the Age of AI
1.0 standard CLE credit
Electronic Era Ethics
1.0 ethics credit
European AI and Patent Law Developments
1.0 standard CLE credit
