Illinois (IL) Copyright Law CLE Course Catalog

Deepfakes can impact our relationship to information and the tools we use to work with it. How will this new horizon impact the trustworthiness of evidence and will the legal profession have the tools needed to test what they see or hear? What are the implications for the Rule of Law and our elections?

Lawyers and agents both play important roles for clients interested in publishing, marketing, selling, or licensing their works. This panel will discuss the role agents and lawyers play in negotiating deals for their clients and the legal limitations of those interactions. It will also discuss the differences between agents and lawyers and their roles in literary publishing, how and where those roles overlap, and the industry norms and regulations that guide and shape them. Additionally, it will discuss how lawyers and agents can work together to best serve their publishing clients.

Identify the variety of ways an artist's music may be monetized and the legal considerations associated with these transactions.

Gain a review of the Supreme Court's key opinions in 2019 on patents, copyrights and trademarks, as well as a prediction of opinions still pending.

Every artist has legal issues to worry about and every artist has a right to protect their creative investments. This course is geared toward entertainment attorneys who wish to provide the legal assistance regarding contracts, intellectual property rights,and fair use.

Noted creators and artists--including J.K. Rowling, Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Koons--have been parties in prominent cases over derivative works. Join our panel as they discuss recent cases in music, literature, and visual arts, and offer practical tips for litigating cases involving derivative works, and drafting agreements for derivative works.

App development involves careful planning at every step to avoid loss of money and rights. Our technology attorneys will help you identify the important factors to consider when representing your client's software.

This program will examine the basics of CDA 230 and its day to day affect for those who advise internet businesses as well as those who litigate against them. It will give practical guidance as to what extend internet companies can or should edit or censor the information their users contribute to their sites and to what extent those users will actually be liable.

This program introduces basic technological concepts like “linking,” “embedding,” “how browsers and websites are served” in a robust manner probably beyond the common sense understanding of these concepts, but just enough to explain why the way these technologies really “work” is critical to the arguments that you make as a copyright litigator.