Intellectual Property for Employment Lawyers - The Key Issues Explored

Introduction

This new virtual classroom seminar will explore the intellectual property (‘IP’) issues that employment lawyers will typically face when they are advising employers or employees.

The session will consider what the key IP rights are and go on to cover typical issues that arise in the employer/employee relationship relating to IP.

It will also provide practical guidance and examples of how to deal with various IP situations in an employment context, along with examples of what may happen when things go wrong.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Key IP rights
• Publicising work and its effect on IP protection
• Red flags when protecting IP rights in an employment context
• Valuing IP
• Drafting IP provisions in employment related contracts
• Mistakes in the drafting of IP provisions in employment related contracts
• Typical situations where employers and employees enter into IP disputes
• Typical resolutions to IP disputes
• Statutory rights of employees to own certain IP that is created by them

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.