California MCLE - Intellectual Property Courses
This is a listing of Intellectual Property CLE Courses for California. Please make your selection below of California CLE courses. Click "Add To Cart" to purchase Individual CLE Courses. For more information about a particular CLE course, click on the "More Info" link. Click the "Preview" button to view a short preview of the course.
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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 -
Stranger Than Fiction 2.0: True Crime Legal Issues
The entertainment industry has made true crime a subject of popular fascination. But as production companies look to push the envelope to keep the audience entertained, it’s important to assess the various pitfalls and analyze risk. This CLE course will explain the legal issues surrounding using real-life events for entertainment and how to adapt true crime for a mass audience. The course will review strategies for negotiating with law enforcement including obtaining access and materials. Mana... More Info
$291General Credit -
A Sports Law Primer: Salient Topics in a Changing Legal Landscape
The professionalization of college athletes and expansion of legalized sports betting are both areas that are undergoing rapid change. This CLE course, geared toward a general audience, will review and wide array of legal issues and trends in these areas. The course will also cover concussion litigation, dispute resolution, intellectual property and publicity right and the continuously evolving issue of sex abuse scandals. More Info
$291.25General Credits -
An Attorney’s Guide to Online Defamation & Website Removal
Amidst all the discussion of the pros and cons of social media, one of the more recent developments in the con area is that of internet defamation. This CLE course will focus on how this type of case begins and the various available strategies to resolve it. The most likely perpetrators, motives for defamation and how online free speech may apply will all be explored as well as pitfalls to avoid in bringing such a lawsuit. The course will use existing case studies to analyze potential results... More Info
$291General Credit -
Unmasking Anonymous Internet Actors Through John Doe Lawsuits
Given the prevalence of identity theft, it’s no wonder that people have turned to crypto-currency, where they can rely on complete anonymity. And yet, this same anonymity which is meant to protect us can also lead to the worst type of behaviors, including criminal acts, motivated by the impossibility of discovery and therefore complete absence of accountability. This CLE course explains how to advise your client in revealing internet actors and hold them accountable for their civil or criminal... More Info
$552General Credits -
A Corporate Counsel Song and Dance: Keeping your Corporation in Tune and Out of Court
The notion of copyright seems almost antiquated in the modern world. How does one reinforce ownership over anything when almost everything can be copied and shared at the push of a button? This CLE course will explain the various challenges that attorneys regularly confront when counseling corporations as well as how to respond to them. The course will primarily focus on issues related to the music industry but the central principles are applicable to all forms of copyrighted material. More Info
$291General Credit -
Scanning Copyright: Surveying the Fundamentals
As the internet and social media enable us to share more and more, the concept of copyright begins to seem vague. What does it mean to own a book, a movie, a picture? This CLE course will explain copyright, what it is and the many ways the legal system has endeavored to protect it while others seek to exploit. The issue of international copyright, and the various conditions of copyright as well as how the idea was conceived and for what purpose will all be discussed. The distinction between co... More Info
$291.25General Credits
