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Metaverse 101: What attorneys need to know

Charles R. Macedo
Charles R. Macedo
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein

A physicist by training, uses his comprehensive patent experience to tackle the most important and complex developments affecting IP strategy today, including subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, divided infringement under § 271, and navigating PTAB and PTO proceedings.

Hannah E. Taylor
Hannah E. Taylor
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Hannah E. Taylor is the co-chair of Frankfurt Kurnit’s Blockchain Technology and Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Groups, representing clients on digital and media technology, advertising, consumer protection, branded entertainment, and intellectual property matters.

On-Demand: February 2, 2022

$195.00 2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

Session I - Metaverse 101 – Charles Macedo

Charley Macedo will provide a brief introduction as to what is “The Metaverse” in its various incarnations, to help guide the discussions in the full lecture. While everyone discusses “The Metaverse” in terms of “The” Metaverse, it comes in many different forms and visions. Industry leaders like Gemini, Facebook (now Meta), Microsoft and others have staked out their respective visions as to what The Metaverse is (and should be). In this preliminary stage, Charley will explain the following key topics.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • What is “a” metaverse, and traditional examples of where virtual space has been
  • Review the visions expressed for “their” Metaverse’s by Gemini, Facebook (now Meta), Microsoft and others
  • Offer key technical issues to consider when considering how Metaverse[s] are going to interact with our everyday existence

Session II – Intellectual Property Challenges in Metaverse – Charles Macedo

Charley Macedo will address the intellectual property law challenges associated with participating in the Metaverse (as well as not participating in the Metaverse). In this new virtual world, participants will be making, using, buying, and selling virtual versions of everything you might have in a real-world existence. This creates opportunities and challenges for participants and even non-participants.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Learn how creators of virtual spaces and objects will need to consider traditional trademark, copyright, and intellectual property rights for the spaces they create and use in virtual space
  • Learn how intellectual property owners in the real-world will need to consider how to protect their valuable trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property rights in these new virtual spaces
  • Learn how new technologies and patents rights might be implicated in these new virtual spaces

Session III - Advertising in the Metaverse: How Brands Can Join in the Fun – Hannah E. Taylor

How to counsel brands and agencies on their foray into the Metaverse

Key topics to be discussed:

  • What are advertisers doing in the Metaverse?
  • What legal issues does this activity raise?
  • How can lawyers most effectively counsel clients looking to play in this new universe?

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Date: February 24, 2023

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Charles R. Macedo_myLawCLECharles R. Macedo | Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

A physicist by training, uses his comprehensive patent experience to tackle the most important and complex developments affecting IP strategy today, including subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, divided infringement under § 271, and navigating PTAB and PTO proceedings. He has been counseling on amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in the influential subject matter eligibility cases decided in the past few years, including Alice, Mayo, Myriad, and Bilski.

Mr. Macedo is considered an authority on IP issues and writes prolifically and lectures regularly as he tracks and analyzes in real time the most important developments affecting IP strategy and litigation. He is consistently at the forefront of complex and emerging patent issues in the financial services and transaction processing industries. Clients ranging from international banks, broker dealers and new business ventures call on Mr. Macedo to develop patent strategies, prepare patents, assert rights, and defend against infringement claims.
He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from The Catholic University of America and a law degree from Columbia Law School, all with honors.

He was the sole law clerk to Hon. Daniel M. Friedman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1989–1990. The recipient of the prestigious AIPLA Robert C. Watson Award, Mr. Macedo is included in Super Lawyers, IP Stars and Million Dollar Verdict. He also was a member of the Editorial Board for the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal and currently serves on the Editorial Board for Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice published by Oxford University Press.

 

 

 

 

Full biography at http://www.arelaw.com/professional/cmacedo/

 

Hannah E. Taylor_myLawCLEHannah E. Taylor | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Hannah E. Taylor is the co-chair of Frankfurt Kurnit’s Blockchain Technology and Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Groups, representing clients on digital and media technology, advertising, consumer protection, branded entertainment, and intellectual property matters. Ms. Taylor has received praise in Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500, Chambers USA, and Super Lawyers. She is an industry thought-leader who frequently speaks at major conferences and is also actively involved in leading industry associations.

Ms. Taylor has expertise on emerging technology and how brands and creatives can use blockchain technology (including NFTs) most effectively and to avoid significant legal risk. She works with clients to structure and negotiate virtually every type of media-related agreement, advises clients on claim substantiation and compliance with federal, state, and local laws, as well as on compliance with relevant self-regulatory guidelines, social media platform terms, represents advertisers before the Federal Trade Commission and the National Advertising Division.

Agenda

Session I – Metaverse 101 | 2:00pm – 2:20pm

1. Defining “The”/” A” Metaverse
2. The historical Roots of Metaverses
3. Different Visions as to Metaverses going forward

a. Decentralized Metaverse
b. Meta’s proposed Metaverse
c. Microsoft’s proposed Metaverse

4. Key Components of a Metaverse (going forward)

Session II – Intellectual Property Challenges in Metaverse | 2:20pm – 3:00pm

1. Virtual Objects in Virtual Worlds | 2:20pm – 2:30pm
2. IP Rights in Virtual Worlds | 2:30pm – 2:45pm

a. Trademarks
b. Copyrights
c. Other Intellectual Property Rights

3. Protecting and Monetizing Your IP in Virtual Worlds | 2:45pm – 3:00pm

a. Seeking Registrations for the Virtual World for Trademarks and Copyrights
b. Using Technology to monetize
c. Remedies in the Metaverse

Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

Session III – Advertising in the Metaverse: How Brands Can Join in the Fun | 3:10pm – 4:10pm

1. What marketers are doing in this space | 3:10pm – 3:40pm
2. Practical advice on how the complex legal issues raised by this new universe may be tackled | 3:40pm – 4:10pm

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