PIPLA Meeting – January 27, 2022

We are pleased to announce that the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association is holding a virtual CLE meeting on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 5:30 pm.  

Location:         Virtual CLE Meeting
                        Login Information to be distributed to all attendees
                                     

CLE Program:  Who’s a Phan of Termination Under
                         Section 203 of the Copyright Act?


Speaker:          David Wolfsohn (Duane Morris)                          

The Phillies recently settled its lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the folks who built the original Phanatic costume back in 1978, thereby obtaining all copyright rights to their beloved mascot. The lawsuit raised interesting issues about authorship, copyright in “characters,” derivative works, implied copyright licenses, the copyright statute of limitations, and, of course, termination under Section 203 of the Copyright Act.  Lead counsel for The Phillies in that litigation–Dave Wolfsohn–will talk about those issues, and the implications of this case for future termination scenarios under the 1976 Act.

Please RSVP by January 24, 2022 by e-mail to pipla@ratnerprestia.com (or by clicking the “Attend Event” button below). One hour of Pennsylvania and Delaware CLE credit has been requested.

Meeting fees have been waived for all PIPLA members for the 2021-22 calendar year.  The cost is $25.00 for guests/non-members. Please make checks payable to “PIPLA.”   

Please send payment to PIPLA Secretary Michael Hogan, Kratz & Barry LLP, 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 876 #259, Philadelphia, PA 19106.  Alternatively, payment may be made via Venmo to: @PhiladelphiaIPLawAssoc-PIPLA.

The program attendance form may be viewed by clicking here.

We look forward to seeing you (virtually) at the meeting.