ROYAL OAK, Michigan – Brooks Kushman attorneys Hope Shovein and Erica Klazmer will host the upcoming International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable, “Enforcement: AI and Fair Use,” in Royal Oak, MI on October 21, 2024. This lunch-and-learn session will discuss the important questions surrounding IP ownership in AI.
The attorneys will answer the significant questions surrounding the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries, focusing on how AI systems make decisions, predictions, and recommendations based on human-defined objectives. They will reflect on contemporary common AI applications, including text-to-image generation, chatbots, and software code generation, showcasing its integration into various platforms. The panel will explore the legal challenges, particularly around copyright ownership of AI-generated works that highlight the debate over human authorship and copyright eligibility.
With over 20 years of IP experience, Hope Shovein manages trademark portfolios and develops IP strategies, including clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and everything in between, for both domestic and multinational companies. She also counsels on brand protection programs utilizing investigations, demand letters, online and social media platform takedowns, domain name complaints, as well as Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings. She specializes in helping clients enforce their rights in any medium, including the unauthorized use of trademarks and copyright-protected material on the internet. Hope is a Past Chair of both the State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Intellectual Property Law Section and also the Young Lawyers Section. She served as a Commissioner on the SBM Board of Commissioners. Hope has been named to World Trademark Review’s “WTR 1000” since 2018.
Erica Klazmer focuses her practice on trademark clearance, prosecution, enforcement, counseling, and portfolio management. She has experience counseling clients in a wide variety of industries, including technology, finance, food and beverage, fashion, consumer products, entertainment, and gaming. In addition to managing and growing trademark portfolios both domestically and internationally, Erica litigates trademark oppositions and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and counsels clients on copyright matters. Her transactional intellectual property (IP) experience includes trademark coexistence and consent agreements, as well as trademark and copyright assignment and licensing agreements.
International Trademark Association (INTA) is a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and complementary intellectual property (IP) to foster consumer trust, economic growth, and innovation, and committed to building a better society through brands.
About Brooks Kushman P.C.
Founded in 1983, Brooks Kushman P.C. has built a national reputation as a premier intellectual property and technology law firm. We accomplish this with the understanding that the most effective IP solutions come from putting great minds together—our clients and our own. With offices in Michigan, California, Washington D.C., and Nevada, we forge strong relationships with corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, and leading universities across the country.
Brooks Kushman counts a number of Fortune 100 Corporations across a variety of industries among its clients. Our attorneys have a deep understanding and broad range of experience in a variety of industries and technologies, including consumer electronics, manufacturing, medical device, computer technology, aerospace, chemicals, biotechnology, and retail. We are also recognized by leading legal publications and rankings, including, Best Lawyers, Law360, Intellectual Asset Management, Managing Intellectual Property, and World Trademark Review. For more information, please visit www.BrooksKushman.com.
