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W2427 – IP Issues in Probate Cases
This webinar explores managing intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, publicity rights) in probate cases. Topics include choice of law, inheritance rights, fiduciary duties, and distributing inherited interests.
Course Category: Live Webinars
Course Level: Advanced
CLE Credit: Substantive
Start Date and Time (CT): Thursday, December 5, 2024 1:00 pm
CLE Hours: 1.0
Fees: $49 for Members and $70 for Non-members
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Description: This course explores how intellectual property is dealt with in probate cases. Intellectual property includes copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and publicity rights. Topics covered include choice of law (federal vs. state), inheritance rights, rules of intestate succession, perfecting and protecting inherited interests in intellectual property, fiduciary duties, and how to make distributions of intellectual property. Although not required, a basic understanding of the probate process will be helpful.
Course Objectives:
- Determine how to identify the various kinds of intellectual property
- Discover how to find the inheritance laws relevant to particular kinds of intellectual property
- Gain insight into the inheritance laws applicable to intellectual property
- Develop an understanding of the legal requirements for maintaining and distributing intellectual property in a probate case.
Course Year: 2024
Instructor: Tom James
Thomas James is a private practice attorney focusing on trademark and copyright law, and a member of the ABA-IPL Copyright and Emerging Technology Committee. He practices in Minnesota and is also admitted to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has prosecuted trademark registrations and represented clients in Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (TTAB) proceedings. He is the author of E-Commerce Law, IP Law for Non-IP Attorneys, and the IP law blog, The Cokato Copyright Attorney.
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