[Center for Intellectual Property] News Bulletin December 2011

["Delise DeFreitas" <ddefreitas@xxxxxxxx>]

B News & NotesNews Bulletin of the 
CIPB B 
B B December B 2011B  B B in this
issueB http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23547&eid=4336B B B B ::
"Happy
Holidays"B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B  B B B :: CIP Welcomes Assistant
Director Camille Walker B B B :: Call for Presentations @ 2012
ConferenceB B B :: CIPB 2011B Annual SurveyB B B B :: "J-Terms" & Short
Courses...2012B B B :: CIP Certificate Program...Spring 2012B B B :: What's
Happening at the CIP?B B B :: Institutional Members...37 & Counting...B B B ::
In the NewsB B B :: Consultation ServicesB B B :: Membership Has its
Benefits!Happy Holidays from the CIPGreetings & Happy Holidays on behalf of
the Executive Director, Kimberly Bonner, and the staff of the Center for
Intellectual Property.B Thanks so much for continuing your support of the
Center for Intellectual Property.B Due to your support, CIP provides
authoritative information and programming about IP issues that affect you and
your work. As this year draws to a close, CIP staff wish you well, hope you
enjoy the holidays and anticipate a fruitful 2012. 
In 2012, look forward to
new outreaches and initiatives from the CIP that are led by new Assistant
Director for Development and Outreach, Camille Walker. Please join us in
welcoming Camille and again thanks for your support. Enjoy the holiday
season.CIP Welcomes Camille Walker new Assistant Director, Development &
OutreachCamille Walker joins the staff of the Center for Intellectual Property
as the new Assistant Director, Development & Outreach. She is an accomplished
and experienced Association Management professional with an extensive
background in advertising and marketing.B  Camille completed a M.S. in
E-Commerce at UMUC and she will 
complete the DMBA program next Fall.B  She is
an active member of Women in Technology and enjoys volunteering with cultural
organizations in the Washington, DC Metro area. The CIP is excited to have
Camille on board and look forward to the coming year. Any comments and/or
suggestions can be submitted to CamilleB via e-mail mailto:CWalker@xxxxxxxx or
240-684-2964B  "Call for Presentations" @ 2012 
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 online
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23546&eid=4336http://cipcommunit
y.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23545&eid=4336 CIP Member Survey....We'd Like to
Hear from You!!!Complete & Submit by December 12, 2011B 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=23544&eid=4336J Terms &
Short Courses 2012 At-A-Glance Schedule for
2012http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23543&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,
2012http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23542&eid=4336CopyrightB Man
agement is always changing. Don't get left behind.B Next Starting 
Date: March
19- May 11, 2012 Instructor:
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23541&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=23540&eid=4336, J.D., University
of North Carolina at Charlotte; CIP IP Scholar
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23539&eid=4336, J.D., Washington
College of Law, 
American University
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23538&eid=4336, J.D., University
of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23537&eid=4336 Fee: $1280
members/ $1600 non members (flexible online payment plans are
available.)http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23536&eid=4336What'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=23535&eid=4336Copyright
and Online Course ContentDate: November 2,
2011Presenter:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23534&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=23533&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=23532&eid=4336http://cipcommunit
y.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23531&eid=4336.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23530&eid=4336Date:B February
8,B 2012Presenter: Jeannette Carmadella, J.D., Associate, Lutzker & Lutzker
LLPhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23529&eid=4336Dates: March
19-May 11, 2012 (Register by March 12)
Instructor:http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23528&eid=4336,
Executive Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, University of
Maryland University
Collegehttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23527&eid=4336http://cipc
ommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23526&eid=4336     Wednesday, June 6 -
Friday, June 8, 2012 Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore,
MDhttp://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23525&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=23524&eid=4336http://c
ipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23523&suid=94b59795-13b6-4292-b25a-b1351
36fbc77&eid=4336
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23522&eid=4336http://cipcommunit
y.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23521&eid=4336New Location...


http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23520&eid=4336June 6-8, 2012
Baltimore      Convention Center     Baltimore, MDB 

Come see us at theThe Baltimore Convention
Center...http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23519&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=23518&eid=4336     Join the
CIP Member Community      for the leading conference on Digital Copyright
since 2000! Institutional MembershipsProviding Clarification, Connection and
Certification!37 & 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 institution recently joined the
community:     Utah Valley University Library
Full List of http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23517&eid=4336B 
Visit our http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23516&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=23515&eid=4336By Ellen
Rosen, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 01,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23514&eid=4336Bloomberg
BusinessWeek, December 01,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23513&eid=4336By Steve
Toloken, Plastics News, November 30,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23512&eid=4336By Ellen
Rosen, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, November 30,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23511&eid=4336The guardian,
November 28,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23510&eid=4336By Victoria
Slind, Bloomerg BusinessWeek , November 28, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23509&eid=4336CBS News, November
27, 2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23508&eid=4336Los
Angeles Times, November 25,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23507&eid=4336By Dan
D'Ambrosio, BurlingtonFreePress.com, November 24,
2011.http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23506&eid=4336By Sean
Gallagher, The ars techica, November 23, 2011.
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23505&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=23504&eid=4336 and with CIP
Executive
DirectorB http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23503&eid=4336.
Please visit the CIP's
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23502&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=23501&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=23500&eid=4336Member
ship has its BenefitsYou need not be a CIP member to register for
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23499&eid=4336 or for the
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23498&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=23497&eid=4336.B  You may also
http://cipcommunity.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=23496&eid=4336 to begin receiving
member discounts on these programs and to attend upcoming Community
Conversations.
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