[Center for Intellectual Property] News Bulletin November 2011

["Delise DeFreitas" <ddefreitas@xxxxxxxx>]

B News & NotesNews Bulletin of the 
CIPB B 
B B November B 2011B  B B in this
issueB http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22060&eid=4336B B B B ::
CIP Annual Member SurveyB B B :: J-Terms & Short Courses 2012B B B :: "Call
for Presentations" @ 2012 ConferenceB B B :: CIP Certificate Program...2012
SpringB B B :: What's Happening at the CIP?B B B :: Institutional Members...36
& Counting...B B B :: In the 
NewsB B B :: Consultation ServicesB B B ::
Membership Has its Benefits!CIP Member Survey....We'd Like to Hear from
You!!!B As the CIP Online Member Community continues to grow and approaches a
New Year, we'd like to hear from you. Your opinions, your voice, 
your needs
are important to us and to the continued success of the Online Community and
CIP programming. The Member Survey will assist with givingB us aB further
understanding of the overall member experience and satisfaction and which
programs are of value in our members' eyes.     By getting your feedback the
CIP can continue to determineB ourB members' expectations of membership,
member interests, and satisfaction levels so we can further shape the
community in 
directions for future successes.     Please take some time to
tell us about the service you have received so far. We appreciate your
membership and want to make sure your voice is heard in the community! Click
on the link below.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22059&eid=4336J
Terms & Short Courses 2012 At-A-Glance Schedule for
2012http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22058&eid=4336
Open Access and Open Source(2-weeks)An exploration of the creation of open
source products designed to be widely available and the copyright, licensing,
and consumer use issues that have arisen within this environment.B  Topics
include the growing movement toward open access and concerns related to making
online digital documents free of charge and free of most copyright and
licensing 
restrictions.Dates: B January 16-27, 2012Copyright Work for
Hire(2-weeks)(For those in both for-profit settings and nonprofit libraries
and educational institutions.)B  An examination of work for hire, an exception
from the general rule that authors are the copyright owners work for hire.B 
Discussion covers complex issues of authorship and ownership surrounding works
prepared 
by employees within the scope of their employment and works
commissioned for use in certain defined situations.Dates:B B January 16-27,
2012Fair Use and Licensing(2-weeks)An examination of fair use and licensing.
Discussion covers various questions: What rights do users of creative works
have to use copyrighted material without permission or payment?B  How risky is
it to use 
those rights, and how can those risks be mitigated?B  What's at
stake in exercising and defending fair use and other balancing features of
copyright, and how does the balancing concept fit into the evolution and
current reality of copyright law and practice?B  Topics also include types of
licenses, management of licenses (including complex rights issues), new
standards, and best practices.Dates:B B June 18-29, 2012Patents and
Trademarks(4-week Short Course)An overview of patents, trademarks, trade
dress, and trade secrets.B  Topics include elements of patentability and
patentable subject matter.B  Discussion also covers the differences between
patents and trademarks, the patent prosecution process, and trademarks and
infringement cases.B  Case studies and case law involving patent infringement
are analyzed.Dates:B B July 9-August 3, 2012International Copyright(2-weeks)A
study of the influence of international treaties and agreements (such as the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) on domestic law.B  Topics include law
issues, public domain, and authorship issues in an international
context.Dates:B B July 23-August 3, 2012"Call for Presentations" @ 2012 Member
ConferenceSubmission Date Extended to December 02, 2011The Center for
Intellectual 
Property invites presentation proposals for the 2012 CIP
Symposium: bAdventures in Copyright!bB  Submissions are encouraged from
practitioners and experts for sessions lasting 50-90 minutes. They may consist
of individual presentations, case studies, research reports, panel
discussions, or other presentation formats and must fit into one of the three
tracks being offered:     B      B B B B 1. Navigating Legal Issues in
Copyright     
B B B B 2. Technology Expeditions in Copyright
B B B B 3.B Professional Development Opportunities & Challenges for the New IP
professionalSubmissions will be reviewed by the program committee. Successful
candidates are required to attend the conference and the CIP willB award one
FREE Symposium registration 
for each successful submission. Submission due
date has been extended to December 02, 2011, Please visit the proposal
submission form for details and to submit your proposal
onlinehttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22057&eid=4336http://cipco
mmunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22056&eid=4336http://cipcommunity.org/redire
ct.aspx?linkID=22055&eid=4336CopyrightB Management is always changing. Don't
get left behind.B Next Starting Date: March 19- May 11, 2012     Instructor:
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22054&eid=4336, J.D., Executive
Director of the CIPThe CIP Certificate in Copyright Management & Leadership
aids in providing participants wuth the expertise needed to manage business
and education changes influenced by the digital environment.     Certification
begins with the core course: 
Foundations in Copyright Management and
Leadership.B  Participants in the Level One certificate program must also take
one elective workshop, included in the registration fee.     Certification is
noncredit and includes lectures, supplemental readings, live discussions, and
specially invited guests who are experts or practitioners in the field.B 
Previous guest speakers have included:B 
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22053&eid=4336, J.D., University
of North Carolina at Charlotte; CIP IP Scholar
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22052&eid=4336, J.D., Washington
College of Law, American University
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22051&eid=4336, J.D., University
of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22050&eid=4336     
Fee: $1280
members/ $1600 non members (flexible online payment plans are
available.)http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22049&eid=4336
B What's Happening at the CIP?On our Calendar of Educational Programming
    B B B B  *Note: Community Conversations are FREE for CIP
members!http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22048&eid=4336Dates:
September 26-November 18, 2011 (Register by September 19)
Instructor:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22047&eid=4336,
Executive Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, University of
Maryland University
Collegehttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22046&eid=4336http://cipc
ommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22045&eid=4336NEW Dates:October 24-November
18, 2011 (Register by October
17)Instructor:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22044&eid=4336,
Associate Professor and Head of the Serials and Electronic Resources
Department, The Ohio State University
Librarieshttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22043&eid=4336http://ci
pcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22042&eid=4336Copyright and Online Course
ContentDate: November 2,
2011Presenter:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22041&eid=4336,
J.D., Copyright Education Specialist of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC);
2011-2013 Intellectual Property Scholar, Center for Intellectual
Propertyhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22040&eid=4336Academic
Integrity Programs at Fairfield UniversityDate: November 9, 2011Presenters:
Jacalyn Kremer , M.L.S., and Christina 
McGowan, M.L.I.S.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22039&eid=4336CIP Community
Orientation Date: November 16, 2011Presenter: Jack Boeve, Project Specialist,
Center for Intellectual
Propertyhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22038&eid=4336Institutio
nal Copyright Policies: Q & ADate: December 7, 2011Presenter: Steve McDonald,
General Counsel, Rhode Island School of Design
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22037&eid=4336Date:B February
8,B 2012Presenter: Jeannette Carmadella, J.D., Associate, Lutzker & Lutzker
LLPhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22036&eid=4336Dates: March
19-May 11, 2012 (Register by March 12)
Instructor:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22035&eid=4336,
Executive Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, University of
Maryland University
Collegehttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22034&eid=4336http://cipc
ommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22033&eid=4336     Wednesday, June 6 -
Friday, June 8, 2012 Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore,
MDhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22032&eid=43362012 CIP Career
Fair     Career Fair @ the 2012 CIP Conference June 7-8, 2012 Baltimore
Convention Center (for conference registrants &
employers)http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22031&eid=4336http://c
ipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22030&suid=94b59795-13b6-4292-b25a-b1351
36fbc77&eid=4336
SAVE THE DATE!
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22029&eid=4336New Location...
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22028&eid=4336June 6-8, 2012
Baltimore  Convention Center Baltimore, MDB 

Come see us at theThe Baltimore Convention
Center...http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22027&eid=4336B  And
while you are in "Charm City" you will be within walking distance of the Inner
Harbor, National Aquarium, Harborplace and Gallery Shopping centers, major
hotels, 
restaurants and other attractions.  All less than 10 miles
fromB Baltimore Washington International Airport
(BWI).http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22026&eid=4336 Join the CIP
Member Community  
for the leading conference on Digital Copyright since 2000!
Institutional MembershipsProviding Clarification, Connection and
Certification!36 & Growing: The CIP is excited toB welcome a growing number of
educational institutions to membership in the 
community.B  Institutional
members include colleges and universities, small and large, from coast to
coast and in the heartland.     The following institutions recently joined the
community:     Claremont CollegesB LibraryCleveland State UniversityHamilton
College (NY)New York UniversityNorthwestern UniversityRutgers, The State
University of New JerseyTallahassee Community CollegeUniversity of
ArkansasUniversity of California San DiegoUniversity of Illinois
SpringfieldUniversity of Missouri Kansas CityUniversity of Texas at San
AntonioB 
Full List of http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22025&eid=4336B 
Visit our http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22024&eid=4336 to learn
how your institution can join and begin receiving the benefits of
institutional membership.     In the
News...http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22023&eid=4336By James
Temple, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22022&eid=4336By VC-tor QuintC#,
Macau Daily Times, November 2,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22021&eid=4336By Dan
Mitchell, SF Weekly, November 1, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22020&eid=4336By Scott Bradner,
Network World, November 01,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22019&eid=4336By Michael
Roach, Technology News, October 31, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22018&eid=4336Politic 365.
October 31, 2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22017&eid=4336By
Declan McCullagh CNET News, October 31, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22016&eid=4336By Barbara Ortutay,
ABC News, October 31, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22015&eid=4336By Ralph Jennings,
Voice of America, October 31, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22014&eid=4336By Tom
Pullar-Strecker, stuff.co.nz, October 31, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22013&eid=4336By Mark Gregory,
The Conversation, October 31,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22012&eid=4336By Tim
Cushing, Techdirt, October 30,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22011&eid=4336By Noam Cohen,
The New York Times, October 30, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22010&eid=4336By Eriq Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter, October 29, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22009&eid=4336By David Kravets,
Wired, October 29, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=22000&eid=4336Consultation
ServicesProviding Clarification in Your Career
The Center for Intellectual Property is pleased
 to offer consultation
services on a range of subjects--either remotely or in person and at your
institution or organization.
Consultations may be requested with scholar
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21999&eid=4336 and with CIP
Executive
DirectorB http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21998&eid=4336.
Please visit the CIP's
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21997&eid=4336 page for more
information and to request your consultation today.
Come to the Career CenterPost a Job...Find a Job
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21996&eid=4336Visit theB Center
for Intellectual PropertyB Career Center within its Online Member Community
to:     Search the Community for networking opportunities with business
colleagues and mentorsB  Search and locate members' resumes Create and/or edit
your Business WebCard, Mentor Profile and/or Resume Profile Search Job
Postings by Category and Location SubmitB  Job Postings to the Member
Community
Members: Log in to view and to submit jobs.     Non-Members: Join the CIP
Online Member Community today to use the Career Center. (See all member
levels)
Employers:B http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21995&eid=4336Member
ship has its BenefitsYou need not be a CIP member to register for
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21994&eid=4336 or for the
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21993&eid=4336 program,B 
BUT...As a fullB member you will receive:Discounts on CIP educational
programming and CertificationDiscounts on CIP Consultation Services Community
Conversations -- freeB monthly members onlyB online chatsB          Copyright
Help Desk --B forum for general information and research assistance on
copyright questionsLegislative Alerts and Action Center -- legislative and
policy updates;B contactB Congress 
andB mediaFile Library --B collection of
resources, scholarship, and researchB from the CIP and community membersEye on
Copyright -- quarterly member newsletterNot a member?
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21992&eid=4336.B  You may also
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=21991&eid=4336 to begin receiving
member discounts on these programs and to attend upcoming Community
Conversations.
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