CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2024 — Sports IP licensing, crisis management for sports and entertainment legal teams and representation of social influencers are among the topics to be presented at Bright Lights, Big Opportunities: Best Bets in IP, Sports and Entertainment Law conference Nov. 14-16 in Las Vegas.
The meeting, sponsored by ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the Intellectual Property Law Section, will spotlight legal insights for emerging technologies and new business focusing on sports, intellectual property and entertainment law.
Kerry Bubolz, president and CEO of the Vegas Golden Knights, will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Thursday, Nov. 14. In his role, Bubolz oversees all business aspects of the National Hockey League franchise. Before joining the Golden Knights, he spent 13 years with the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
What:
Bright Lights, Big Opportunities: Best Bets in IP, Sports and Entertainment Law
Sponsored by ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the Intellectual Property Law Section
When:
Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16
Where:
Resorts World Las Vegas
3000 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Other notable programs include:
- “Sports Sponsorships: Trends, Key Considerations and Legal Risks”
- “Behind the Jersey: Sweating the Details of Sports IP Licensing”
- “Which Screen Are You On? Cross-Media Expansion and Navigation of IP Rights and Licensing in the Convergence of Film, Television Sports and Video Games”
- “The Vegas Shuffle: Legislative Cards in IP Law”
- “The Ace Up Your Sleeve: Legal Insights into Sports Analytics”
- “High Stakes Litigation: IP, Sports and Entertainment Law Update”
- “Collective Action: Unionization and Collective Bargaining in Sports that Traditionally Have Not Had Unions”
- “Preparing a Game Plan: Incident Response and Preventing Corporate Crises for Sports and Entertainment Legal Teams”
The conference program can be found online. For media registration, please contact Barbranda Walls at [email protected].
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