***UPDATE: Due to speaker and attendee concerns over the COVID-19 virus, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s ECCC CLE***
We’re back for our fourth straight year at ECCC with some exciting new topics for lawyers interested in the burgeoning businesses of comic book and graphic novel publishing.
Over the last few years, the comic book publishing industry has enjoyed the most lucrative period in its history, with combined graphic novel and comic book sales reaching $1.095 billion. Superhero movies continue to outperform other genres, bringing in billions of dollars a year. In short, representing comic creators and publishers is an exciting and growing practice area for entertainment lawyers, intellectual property practitioners, corporate transaction attorneys, or any attorney interested in working with artists and small businesses.
In this first course, we present an overview of the comic book industry over the past year, highlight new areas of litigation and transactional work, and provide the fundamentals of representing comic book industry clients. Because the comic book industry is very focused on diversity and inclusion, we are adding new topics in these areas. Some of the issues explored in this first CLE:
The state of the comic book industry and legal practice
Diversity and inclusion issues for the comic book industry practitioner
Emerging intellectual property issues in the comic book industry
Key contracts every comic book lawyer needs to know
Evolving legal issues in self-publishing of comic book properties
Q&A
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
11:30 AM – 3:00 PM (includes a 30 minute break)
3 Hours // 3.0 Law and Legal Procedure MCLE Credits
MORE HERE: https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/Explore/Professional-Programming/Continuing-Legal-Education/