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HIPLA January CLE Luncheon

  • January 26, 2022
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Federal American Grill, 8731 Katy Fwy (between Blalock and Voss), Houston, Texas 77024
  • 5
  • 45 registrants

Registration

  • Special registration code required.
  • HIPLA membership is just $90/year for active members, $45/year for retired members, and $25/year for student affiliates. HIPLA membership qualifies you for the member price for HIPLA events. To join, visit https://hipla.org/join
  • Law students who are members of HIPLA may register at this rate. Student membership is just $25/year. To join, visit https://hipla.org/join
Registration is closed

 

HIPLA's first CLE of 2022

  • Meeting opens at 11:30 AM for networking.
  • Program begins promptly at 12:00 noon and adjourns no later than 1:00 PM.
  • To invite friends or colleagues to this event, please share the event link from the HIPLA events calendar.
  • If you have any questions, please contact George Webb, HIPLA Meetings & Programs Chair, at (713) 269-5061 or gwebb@rice.edu
  • Seating is limited to 45 registrants!
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Program:

From Colored Coins to Crypto Kitties to Beeple:  Legal and Ethical Issues from the First Decade of NFTs

Non-fungible tokens -- mathematically unique, non-interchangeable units of data stored on digital ledgers (blockchains) and traded on digital exchanges -- have become a billion-dollar medium for international commerce in high-value assets including art and other creative works, historical artifacts, and real estate.  

HIPLA's first program of 2022 examines the legal issues raised by different kinds of NFTs, including copyrights and trademark protection, Name-Image-Likeness licensing, transaction structuring, and protection against counterfeiting.  The program then explores the potentially unfamiliar ethical and legal risks -- including securities law, privacy concenrns, and other compliance issues -- that can arise in representing clients in NFT transactions and related matters.  

Partner, Zuber Lawler LLP, Austin

An event handout is available here:

As background references, the Meetings & Programs Committee is pleased to recommend the following:

 

Approved for 1 hour of Texas CLE credit (including 0.5 hours ethics), Course no. 174146803


Location:

With many downtown and Galleria office buildings still not at capacity, for January HIPLA will venture out from its usual locations to enjoy an excellent restaurant on I-10 just outside the 610 Loop:

Federal American Grill (I-10/Hedwig Village)

8731 Katy Fwy Suite 150

Houston, Texas 77024

The restaurant is on the eastbound service road of Interstate 10, between Blalock and Voss.  It is on the ground floor of a white five-story medical office building.  Free parking is available from the valet in front or in the parking garage immediately in back.  


Seating is limited to 45 registrants. 

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Upcoming HIPLA lunches:

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Have an idea for HIPLA's next CLE?

HIPLA welcomes members to submit proposals for CLE programs for 2022:

  • Proposed topics should be authoritative, timely, and of practical interest to IP attorneys and patent agents who are HIPLA's members.  
  • For details and to submit a proposal, please visit our new portal at https://forms.gle/rKhBr6rMafbw1RVEA 

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