Virginia MCLE - Intellectual Property Courses
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Live WebinarTuesday, December 8, 202611:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time (EDT)
Live Webinar: Litigation Finance 201: From Term Sheet to Funding — Navigating the Process and Positioning Your Case for Investment
This CLE program goes beyond the basics to give attorneys, in-house counsel, and finance leaders a practical, step-by-step view of how litigation funding actually works. It opens with a brief refresher on what litigation finance is and why companies and firms use it. Those reasons include leveling the playing field against well-resourced adversaries, protecting fees and case costs, and monetizing pending claims. We will then walk through each stage of the funding process: the NDA and intake re... More Info
$501General Credit -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Your Client May Not Own What They Think They Own: Chain of Title, AI, and Licensing Readiness
When anyone can generate content in seconds, the value in a brand-driven or creative business increasingly shifts from production to ownership: what the company actually owns, what it can prove, and what it can control. Yet many founder-led brands, agencies, creative studios, course companies, and creator-led businesses rely on assets created by contractors, agencies, co-founders, and increasingly, AI tools—with documentation that does not always match the ownership the client assumes. These g... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
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Kings of the Internet on Trial: The Future of Section 230
For more than two decades, Section 230 has provided online platforms with significant protection from liability for third-party content, helping fuel the growth of the internet and social media. As platforms evolved, however, companies increasingly relied on algorithms, product design, autoplay, and other features designed to maximize user engagement. This CLE program examines the growing legal challenges to the scope of Section 230 immunity, particularly claims that social media platfo... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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