Rhode Island MCLE - Intellectual Property Courses
This is a listing of Intellectual Property CLE Courses for Rhode Island. Please make your selection below of Rhode Island CLE courses. Click "Add To Cart" to purchase Individual CLE Courses. For more information about a particular CLE course, click on the "More Info" link. Click the "Preview" button to view a short preview of the course.
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Defending Trade Secret Claims: Contesting Whether a Trade Secret Exists
This CLE program examines the foundational elements of trade secret claims, with a focus on defense strategies for challenging whether a legally protectable trade secret exists. Participants will review the requirements of specificity, economic value, and secrecy, as well as the role these concepts play in trade secret litigation. The program will also address common defenses, practical litigation considerations, and key jurisdictional variations that may affect the analysis. Learning Obj... More Info
$501General Credit -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
Law in the Age of Large World Models: Navigating Liability, Autonomy, and Synthetic Reality
Artificial intelligence is expanding beyond language generation into systems capable of modeling and influencing the physical world. This CLE course examines the rise of Large World Models (LWMs) and physical AI systems that generate synthetic environments, simulate real-world outcomes, and increasingly impact engineering, robotics, and autonomous decision-making. Participants will explore the legal risks and challenges created when AI tools move from visualization and scenario generati... More Info
$501General Credit -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
AI and Software Ownership: Copyleft, Open Source, and Legal Risk in the Age of AI Coding Tools
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming software development, with tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, and other AI-assisted coding platforms becoming commonplace in startup and enterprise environments. While these tools can dramatically increase development speed, they also raise important legal questions involving copyright ownership, open-source licensing obligations, patent protection, software due diligence, and investor scrutiny. This CLE... More Info
$501General Credit -
On-DemandOnline & iOS/Android App
AI and You: Creating, Protecting, and Monetizing Your Work Product—and Your Clients'
This CLE course explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the practice of law and creating new opportunities—and challenges—for attorneys. This program will examine how lawyers can effectively leverage AI as a professional resource while understanding the legal, practical, and business considerations that come with its use. Attendees will learn strategies for using AI tools to enhance legal work, protect valuable work product, and identify opportunities to monetize AI-assiste... More Info
$501General Credit -
Live WebinarThursday, November 12, 20264:00 PM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: The Real World of Patent Practice
AI adoption in patent practice does not follow a single model. A large law firm faces different implementation challenges than a solo practitioner, while in-house counsel must balance AI adoption against business priorities, internal policies, and corporate risk. This CLE program brings together perspectives from across the patent landscape to examine how different practices are approaching the use of AI in their day-to-day work. The discussion will address the practical considerations... More Info
$1002General Credits -
Live WebinarThursday, November 12, 20261:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: From AI Experiment to Repeatable Legal Workflows
This CLE course examines the practical and legal considerations involved in moving from experimentation with artificial intelligence to repeatable AI-assisted workflows in patent practice. The program will explore how AI is changing patent preparation and prosecution, legal-service delivery, staffing, training, workflow design, and the economics of professional work, while considering how attorneys can incorporate these tools without sacrificing quality or creating additional risk. The... More Info
$1002General Credits -
Live WebinarThursday, November 12, 202610:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: The Rules of the Road for AI and Patent Practice
This CLE program examines the evolving role of artificial intelligence in patent practice, with a focus on the practical, regulatory, and professional issues attorneys must consider when incorporating AI into their work. The program will address current and emerging AI developments affecting the profession, including confidentiality, accuracy, attribution, disclosure, client communication, supervision, and the appropriate use of AI-assisted tools. The program will also examine how AI ca... More Info
$1002Total Credits1 Ethics -
Live WebinarThursday, November 5, 202611:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Likelihood of Confusion in Practice: A Prosecutor's Guide to §2(d) Refusals
This CLE course examines the likelihood-of-confusion analysis under Section 2(d) of the Lanham Act from a prosecution-side vantage point. Rather than treating the DuPont factors as an abstract multi-factor test, the presentation works through how those factors are weighted in office actions, how cross-class refusal risk is evaluated when goods or services fall outside identical categories, and how consent agreements are structured — both before filing and in response to a refusal — to overcome... More Info
$501General Credit -
Live WebinarFriday, October 30, 202611:00 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: The Compliance Crossroads: Navigating AI and Data Privacy Law
This CLE course examines the evolving legal landscape surrounding artificial intelligence and data privacy. Participants will explore how existing privacy, consumer-protection, wiretap, and biometric laws apply to AI technologies, along with emerging AI-specific legislation such as the EU AI Act and state AI laws. The course will also address automated decision-making, AI vendor and contract diligence, training-data rights, notice and consent, AI governance, and practical strategies fo... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Live WebinarThursday, October 29, 20261:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Patent Law Fundamentals: From Invention to Enforcement and Licensing
This CLE provides a practical overview of the fundamentals of patent law and the role of patent counsel in advising clients throughout the life of a patent. The course follows the patent process from the development of an invention through preparing and prosecuting a patent application and obtaining an issued patent. It also addresses patent infringement and enforcement, an introduction to patent litigation, post-grant review and other proceedings for challenging issued patents, and patent lic... More Info
$1002General Credits