Creativity in the Shadow of New Copyright (Small) Claims Board (CASE Act)

DePaul’s Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®) was established to promote research and concentrated study of intellectual property and information technology law, broadly defined. We seek to develop IP professionals of the highest caliber through an all-inclusive learning experience that combines outstanding classroom education, innovative scholarship, first-class training in lawyering skills, career counseling and an unparalleled range of extracurricular activities.

DePaul CIPLIT

DePaul Law and CIPLIT welcome the 2022 Gerald D. Hosier IP Law Scholar - Professor Elizabeth Townsend Gard of Tulane University Law School.

25 E Jackson Blvd

Wed., March 2, 202212:00 - 1:00 pm1hr CLE availableIn Person: DePaul University College of Law, 25 East Jackson Boulevard, Lewis 903, Chicago, ILVirtual: Zoom link provided upon registration-----Creativity in the Shadow of the New Copyright (Small) Claims Board (CASE Act)In December 2020, the CASE Act was passed which created for the first time a small claims court for copyright cases. The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) should be up and running in mid-2022, but it has a particularly prickly issue that respondents can opt-out. <a href="https://law.tulane.edu/faculty/full-time/elizabeth-townsend-gard" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Elizabeth Townsend Gard</a> - professor of law at Tulane University Law School, director of the Tulane Center for IP, Media &amp; Culture, and co-inventor and director of the <a href="http://www.durationator.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Durationator®</a> - will provide an overview and look at what kinds of questions/issues might arise.To register for CLE credit, email your ARDC # and preferred email to bdavinge@depaul.edu.Lunch will be served for in person attendees. ---Speaker Bio: Elizabeth Townsend Gard is the Director of the Tulane Center for IP, Media &amp; Culture. She specializes in Intellectual Property law, including copyright, trademark, and comparative intellectual property; and entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship, solopreneurs, and handcraft-entrepreneurs. She teaches in Tulane's Masters of Jurisprudence in Labor and Employment Law program, where she focuses on the intersection of intellectual property within the context of employment law and business practices across the country. Townsend Gard's philosophy combines theory and doctrine with immersive practice, both inside and outside of the classroom. For the last decade, she has worked with students to teach skills needed to be successful in both a law practice as well as in the entrepreneurial world for the 21st century. She has co-written a two-volume casebook, "IP: Doctrine and Application in Two Volumes," which reflects her teaching philosophy.---Established by College of Law alumnus and nationally renowned patent attorney <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/gerald-d-hosier/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gerald D. Hosier ('67)</a>, the Gerald D. Hosier Scholars in Intellectual Property Law program attracts the nation's leading intellectual property scholars who present their research in IP/IT law.