IP Academy course: IP Fundamentals: Applications for the Media Industry

IP Academy will be organizing “IP Fundamentals: Applications for the Media Industry” scheduled from 5th to 7th August 2009. For more information or to register for the course, please visit our website.

This course is proudly supported by MDA Singapore. Singaporeans or PRs who sign up for all 3 modules are eligible for a 50% grant provided by MDA (terms and conditions apply).

Free CLASS talk on copyright involving licensing and royalty distribution

The Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore Limited (CLASS) will hold a free talk on copyright involving licensing and royalty distribution relating to you/your organization’s membership with CLASS.

The talk will be held on March 27 (Friday) at 2pm at the Cantonment Towers Residents’ Committee Centre in Block 12, #01-15 Cantonment Close (near the SOS office and the Tanjong Pagar Malayan Railway Station).

To facilitate seating arrangements (two representatives each, if yours is a publisher member), please email CLASS with your name/s and contact details by March 18, 2009.

RIGHTS OF AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS OUTSIDE USA: Google Court Settlement

Please see the attached documents about your rights in connection with Google’s digitization of books in libraries. Some of those books might have been yours.

Please direct questions about the settlement or the claiming process to the Settlement Administrator, using the email addresses in the attached chart or the phone numbers listed in the Notice’s Appendix.

Please direct questions about the Notice Program to Belinda Bulger or Danielle West.

Download the web and email addresses form here.

Download the Notice here.

IP FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE MEDIA INDUSTRY, 23-25 Feb 2009

IP Academy is pleased to offer the “IP Fundamentals: Applications for the Media Industry” that focuses on providing the IP skills necessary in the creative industry such as film, TV series, scripts etc. This is the fourth run of this course and it is scheduled from 23-25 February 2009. Participants can pick and choose to attend the modules that are relevant to their needs. For more information or to register for the course, please visit our website.

• I want to know how IP affects me at different stages in my work – from the Development stage to Pre/Post production to the Distribution stage.
• How do I identify and acquire rights – for use of 3rd party materials, music clearance, and performer’s consent?
• What are the IP issues surrounding distribution of original works online?
• The virtual world is in the ‘in thing’ at this time. What should I be aware of when entering this realm?

If these (and more) are the burning questions on your mind then this programme is for YOU.

This is a 3-day modular structured training aimed at YOU, the producer, creator and user of content in the creative industry particularly in the fields of film, TV, animation and digital media.

After giving participants a bird’s-eye view on the fundamentals of Intellectual Property, this programme zooms into practical issues involved in the production process, negotiation and contractual matters, to name a few.

Apart from finding answers to your questions at the end of the programme, you will take away with you a good foundation on identifying and managing IP issues in your daily work and gain a critical appreciation of understanding IP and its’ relevancy within creative media works and also in new media.

Module A: IP Buzz in Media Production
23 February 2009
SGD$428 (Inclusive of 7% GST)

Module B: Decoding IP the Digital Media
24 February 2009
SGD$428 (Inclusive of 7% GST)

Module C: Financing & Exploitation – What are my Options?
25 February 2009
SGD$428 (Inclusive of 7% GST)

MDA funding is available for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents at a special price of $684 (nett, inclusive of GST) for modules A, B and C combined.

Who should attend?
Producers/ Production Assistants
Screen Writers
Actors
Animators
Creators and users of content in the creative industry particularly in the fields of film, TV

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

Module A: The IP Buzz in Media Production

1. IP: A Bird Eye’s View
· Copyright
· Trade Marks
· Passing Off
· Patents
· Registered Designs
2. How Do You Protect Ideas & Proposals?
· Law of Confidence
· Non-Disclosure Agreements
3. Acquiring Rights
· Concept of “Chain of Title”
· Assignment vs Licensing
· Original Works vs Adaptations
4. Key IP issues in Production Contracts
5. Rights Clearances
· Performer’s Consent
· Music Clearance
· Use of 3rd-party materials
· Releases
· Errors and Omission insurance issues
6. Infringements and Parodies
7. Trade Mark Filing Strategies

Module B: Decoding IP in Digital Media

1. Protecting the visible elements of digital media
· Linking (framing & deep linking) vs Content syndication (RSS, mashups, etc.)
· IPR in elements of web pages
· GUI and compilation rights
· Creative Commons
2. Protection of computer programs
· Non-Disclosure Agreements
· Copyright vs patent protection
· Free / Open Source Software
· Fair dealings and secondary infringement
· Digital rights management and anti-circumvention measures
· Safe harbour for network service providers
3. Protection of databases vs data protection
4. Virtual Worlds
· What are they all about?
· Are traditional intellectual property laws applicable?
· Rights in virtual world goods
5. Online Games
· IP-related issues

Module C: Financing & Exploitation – What are my Options?

1. Traditional Media
· Financing Models
· Distribution in Film and Television
2. Digital Media
· Cross-licences, joint ownership and creative licensing
- F/OSS licensing issues
· Payment structures and royalties
· Distribution and Support Services Agreements
· Leveraging On The Internet To Advertise
· Key-word advertising
· Treading a fine line between infringement of intellectual property and novel use of the Internet

Google Court Settlement

With regard to the Google Court Settlement on scanned books in libraries, please visit the following sites and sign up to receive additional information. Whether a partner or not, each publisher would be best off to assume that their books could potentially have been scanned by Google at a US library, and therefore are entitled to participate in the settlement class. So, if the agreement is approved by the court, publishers will need to make certain decisions in the future about whether or not to opt in to the settlement class.

http://books.google.com/booksrightsholders/

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/

“Taking my IP to China” 3rd China-Singapore IP Conference

China, a land of business opportunities, where multi-national corporations set up bases and where Singapore enterprises join in to make their marks. Are you joining them or are you already one of them?

As you take your business to China, you bring your intellectual property (IP) with you. When properly managed, your IP can work wonders for you. But first, how do you navigate the Chinese IP regime?

In this 3rd China-Singapore IP Conference, IP experts from China will take you through the patent and trade mark protection regime in China. They will also share the IP management experiences of Chinese enterprises. And if you wish to learn all about the intricacies of IP enforcement in China, this is THE conference for you.

China beckons. Before you take off, find out the ins and outs of the Chinese IP regime to secure a smooth journey into China!

This conference is conducted in Mandarin. To register, click here.

2nd Global Forum on Intellectual Property (GFIP 2009)

The IP Academy (Singapore) is pleased to present the Global Forum on Intellectual Property in January 2009.

GFIP 2009 will bring together leading international IP experts, academics, business leaders, corporations and policy makers for an open exchange and discussion of critical issues and developments in the complex and dynamic IP ecosystem, with the aim of raising the bar on IP knowledge and standards, both regionally and globally.

There will be 2 intensive days of activities, comprising 2 plenary sessions, and over 30 parallel sessions and roundtables which focus on areas of more specialised interest, geared towards multi-disciplinary users with varying levels of experience. To complement the professional development agenda, there will also be numerous opportunities for socialising, networking and catching up with IP colleagues from around the world.

Please register now and enjoy the October Early Bird Discounts!

SBPA members may choose to attend only one session, by paying only $150 for that particular session. Do note, however, that a package of 5 costs only $350 (before group discounts).

Date: 8 & 9 January 2009 (8am to 6pm)
Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Website: click here
Theme: The Evolving IP Ecosystem: Conflicts or Consensus?
Programme: click here
Speakers: click here
Registration Details: click here
Contact Details for GFIP Secretariat (Attn: Tania Goh)
Email : enquiries@globalforumip.com
Tel : +65 6232 9832

“Lock your IP, Don’t get Robbed!” Creative Outreach Seminar

(An event organised by IPOS, supported by National Arts Council and IP Academy)

Intellectual Property (IP) is an asset generated every day by almost everyone. For those in the creative field, IP is their life-blood, their most valuable asset. And for creators who make a living out of their creativity, IP protection becomes an important factor when they seek to maximise the full commercial values of their works.

Whether you are a creative professional or aspiring to be one, understanding the fundamentals of IP is the first step to protecting your valuable asset. And as you take your work to market, the need to protect your asset becomes greater. How do you ensure that you keep what is yours and be suitably rewarded for your creativity? These common but critical considerations are often overlooked until the unforeseen surfaces – when your IP has been infringed!

Join us at this seminar to familiarise yourself with the essentials of copyright and some of the IP issues that you should take note of when you take your work to market. The seminar will also provide a lively and interactive platform where speakers from various creative industries will share their success stories in marrying IP and their creative works. They will provide practical tips on best practices in harnessing the full commercial value of your works.

Take steps to lock your IP. Don’t wait till you are robbed of it!

For more information, visit here

For enquiries, please contact:
Ms Naveena Methani
IP Academy
Tel: 6232 9831
Email: Naveena_methani@ipacademy.com.sg

Who Should Attend?
- Artists
- Actors
- Writers
- Composers
- Animators
- Musicians
- Photographers
- Arts/Media Students
- Creators and users of content in the creative industry

Creative Outreach Seminar
Lock your IP, Don’t get Robbed!
An Event organised by IPOS, supported by National Arts Council and IP Academy

Date: 12 Nov 2008 (Wednesday)

Venue:
The Atrium
Singapore Philatelic Museum
23 B Coleman Street
Singapore 179807
http://www.spm.org.sg/museum/lmap.html

Programme:
1.30pm Registration
2.00pm Introduction – IP Overview in the Creative Arts Sector
2.30pm (I) An Overview of Copyright
(a) Conditions for copyright protection
(b) Effects of copyright protection
- Incentives/ non-incentives
- Infringements
(c) Unfair Competition
(d) Ownership

(II) Understanding Contracts
(a) IP Terms in Contracts
(b) Contract Management & Documentation
- Policy Considerations

3.45pm Tea Break
4.00pm Industry Sharing
4.30pm Q&A Session
5.00pm End

About our speaker:
Daniel Koh is a partner in Rajah & Tann’s Intellectual Property, Technology, Entertainment and Communications (iTEC) department. His main areas of practice are dispute resolution, intellectual property including entertainment, sports and gaming law. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1994 after graduating from the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore. He also graduated from Columbia University with a Master of Laws degree in 1997 as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar for superior academic performance, where he majored in intellectual property and entertainment law.

Daniel teaches at the Practice Law Course conducted by the Board of Legal Education. Daniel is a member of the Law Society’s Intellectual Property Committee and the Law Society’s Continuing Practice Development Committee. He is also President of the Licensing Executives Society (Singapore).

Daniel is the editor of The Law and Practice of Injunctions in Singapore, published by Sweet & Maxwell Asia in 2005 and has also co-authored the chapters on Intellectual Property, Defamation and Employment Disputes.

Daniel undertakes a broad range of work including advising on intellectual property, electronic commerce and communications, sports, entertainment and competition law. He is recommended for Intellectual Property work in Asialaw Profiles.

Registration Fee:
$50 for public
$20 for students

Payment Method
All cheques should be crossed and made payable to “IP Academy”.
Cheques should be mailed to:
IP Academy
6 Raffles Quay
#17-01
Singapore 048580

Cancellation & Refund:
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) reserves the right of cancellation. A full refund will be given to registrants if the course is cancelled by the IPOS. IPOS reserves the right to make changes to course details.

Withdrawal from this seminar must be received in writing at least three days prior to the commencement of the event. For any withdrawal received after this period, the participant is bound to pay all fees due, regardless of attendance.

2nd Global Forum on Intellectual Property (GFIP 2009)

2nd Global Forum on Intellectual Property (GFIP 2009)

Date: 8 & 9 January 2009 (8am to 6pm)
Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Website: www.globalforumip.com

Theme: The Evolving IP Ecosystem: Conflicts or Consensus?
Programme: click here
Speakers: click here
Registration Details: click here

Contact Details
GFIP Secretariat (Attn: Tania Goh)
Email : enquiries@globalforumip.com
Tel : +65 6232 9832

The IP Academy (Singapore) is pleased to present the Global Forum on Intellectual Property in January 2009.

GFIP 2009 will bring together leading international IP experts, academics, business leaders, corporations and policy makers for an open exchange and discussion of critical issues and developments in the complex and dynamic IP ecosystem, with the aim of raising the bar on IP knowledge and standards, both regionally and globally.

There will be 2 intensive days of activities, comprising 2 plenary sessions, and over 30 parallel sessions and roundtables which focus on areas of more specialised interest, geared towards multi-disciplinary users with varying levels of experience. To complement the professional development agenda, there will also be numerous opportunities for socialising, networking and catching up with IP colleagues from around the world.

Please register early now at www.globalforumip.com and enjoy the October Early Bird Discounts!