Arkansas CLE - Intellectual Property Courses
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Now I Know My SDKs: Legal Considerations for Use of Tracking Tech for Analytics & Advertising
This CLE program will explore privacy and advertising considerations around the use of Software Development Kits (SDKs) and related tracking technologies in your apps. We will explore all things SDK including: What are SDKs and how do companies use them for analytics, advertising, and other functionalities? Why are third party SDKs resulting in lawsuits and PR concerns? For example, Zoom’s use of the Facebook SDK led to legal claims. What type of notice and choice do SDKs require... More Info
$501General Credit -
Balancing Free Speech against Disinformation: Discussing the DOJ’s Recommended Reforms to Section 230
Section 230 is the law that shields websites from liability for content posted by third parties. Over time, the immunities provided by the law have grown substantially. Is the benefit of a free, open internet that fosters innovation and creativity worth the tradeoff in terms of criminal activity and misinformation? This CLE course will review the origins of Section 230 to ensure practitioners have a solid understanding of why the law was enacted and what harms it was intended to protec... More Info
$501.25General Credits -
International Data Movement: Issue Spotting from Afar
In a global economy world, the movement of data has become second nature. Data passes hands and through countries often and quickly. However, organizations in charge of data management may have legal issues of concern when handling personal and client data. This CLE course is designed to provide a high level thought process and approach to identifying potential legal issues when advising clients or businesses in moving data from an origin country to a destination country. More Info
$501General Credit -
Rise of the Media Giants: How the Laws and Technology Shaped Today’s Media
This CLE course is about the laws that shaped electronic media ultimately resulting in the media giants we have today. It’s a story of competing media industry forces capitalizing on the amazing advancements in technology and how laws have aided, but also capped, the ability to grow. We will cover the development of the radio and television industries, the 1934 Communications Act and early regulation of electronic communications, the emergence of cable from just retransmitting signals to bec... More Info
$1252.5General Credits -
International Protection of Trademarks
Trademarks are among a company’s most important assets in our tech driven global economy. Current technology enables new start-ups to market their products and services virtually overnight to customers in foreign countries. The challenge is how to cost effectively ensure that a client’s trademarks are protected abroad, even before sales have been made. With the exception of the United States and the Philippines, the right to exclusive use of a trademark is created by obtaining nation... More Info
$501General Credit -
Copyright, Fair Use, and Looking Toward the Future
This CLE program will introduce viewers to the basics of copyright law and to the affirmative, and often judicially expanding, defense of “fair use.” The instructor will explain the significance of Google v. Oracle, which was recently been argued before the Supreme Court, and its potential impact on the judicial interpretation of what constitutes “fair use”. Some recent copyright regulations, such as one permitting for group registration of short online works, and pending legislation will als... More Info
$501General Credit -
What Happens When Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Under State Law Meets Patent Rights
Psychedelic law reform under local law began recently when Denver voters decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms. The reform movement has spread quickly across the United States, generating both headlines and conflict between pharmaceutical companies seeking FDA-approval of psychedelic drugs and activists opposed to commercialization. Oregon voters legalized psilocybin-assisted therapy in clinics using products manufactured under state licenses. What patent protections are available to lic... More Info
$501General Credit -
New York State Establishes Post-Mortem Right of Publicity and Other New Protections
Governor Cuomo signed legislation extending New York State protections for the right of publicity. This establishes, for the first time in New York, a right of publicity after death, and also extends protections against the use of digitally created replicas of performers as well as against unauthorized depictions of sexually explicit conduct. In this CLE, we will explore: What has changed (and what remains the same) in New York’s Right of Publicity Law? Who is protected by the newly... More Info
$501General Credit -
A View from Congress: New Copyright and Trademark Laws
Hidden beneath the headlines of the partisan politics and violence that has engulfed the Capitol, Congress passed three new copyright and trademark laws that could impact your business: the Trademark Modernization Act, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, and the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act. And a draft bill for reforming the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is circulating in committee. We’ll break down these new laws and explain why they should matter t... More Info
$501General Credit -
Legal Issues Relating to Artificial Intelligence and Inventions
The CLE presentation begins with an introduction to the law of inventorship in United States patent applications; who qualifies to be named as an inventor, why it matters that inventors are properly named on an application, and what happens when inventors are not named properly. The basics of what constitutes “artificial intelligence” and the sorts of things that artificial intelligences are inventing are touched upon, and then the status of a recent USPTO decision on the acceptabili... More Info
$501General Credit