(AGENPARL) – gio 14 aprile 2022 [Copyright Office Logo ]
[WIPD 2022]
Copyright Office Hosts Event Celebrating 2022 World IP Day
NewsNet 957
April 14, 2022
The Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, will open the event with introductory remarks. Altaye Tedla Desta, head of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) eLearning Program, will speak on behalf of WIPO. Throughout the event, attendees will hear presentations from George Thuronyi, the interim head of the Public Information and Education Office; Branden Ritchie, senior level attorney from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); and Jaylen Johnson, attorney-advisor from the Public Information and Education Office. The program will end with Christopher Kenneally of the Copyright Alliance, who will interview young artists to discuss their experiences with IP, their career stories, and links to copyright relevance.
World Intellectual Property Day, observed on April 26 since 2000, marks the date in 1970 when the WIPO Convention came into force. The anniversary of this occasion is observed as a way of promoting and increasing general understanding of intellectual property. This program is part of the Copyright Office Presents lecture series and is free and open to the public.
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