Globinar What's Up in Global Law
Globinar What's Up in Global Law
- Friday, February 28th at 9:30am PT / 10:30am MT / 12:30pm ET / 5:30pm Accra + London / 6:30pm CET / 7:30pm Tel Aviv + Kiev / 8:30pm Nairobi / 9:30pm Dubai / 11pm Mumbai /
- Saturday, March 1st at 1:30am Singapore / 2:30am Seoul + Tokyo / 4:30am Sydney
The globinar What's Up in Global Law is a new, monthly conversation with leaders having legal expertise around the world, for the benefit of members and non-members of Global Chamber, intending to add value for those impacted by international trade AND technology + innovation + law.
AGENDA
I. Hot Topic(s)
II. Feature: "Top 10 Developments" based on AI analysis
A. US
B. World
III. Feature Topic: Attorney & Lawyer Business Development
IV. Hot Mic Moments (open discussion)
V. Next Steps: featured speaker and topic for next week
Closing: Why "Global" + "Law" matters
HOST:
Christopher Bennett at T-I-L
Chris Bennett is a social entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, innovation, and law. A lifelong learner, he specializes in creating data-driven and sustainable business models on budget, on schedule, and within scope to achieve a positive transformational vision. This vision includes making intellectual property (IP) rights accessible to all creatives and entrepreneurs, particularly those from under-served communities. Connect with him directly on LinkedIn: Chris Bennett.
Through the T-I-L® brand, its social impact law firm, and its fully separate legal tech startup, Chris has disrupted structural barriers to innovation by enhancing awareness, accessibility, affordability, and availability of intellectual property rights (IPR). This work helps grow both U.S. and global GDP for all. As of the latest update, T-I-L® law represents and supports 109 creatives and emerging entrepreneurs, helping them create an estimated $43 million in financial value. The insights gained from this work are now being applied to a more scalable purpose— a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IP legal tech solution branded IPRights4All™.
IPRights4All™ launched in 2024 with pre-seed funding from 1863 Ventures and the District of Columbia. It has since developed a proprietary design and recently launched a minimum viable product with artificial intelligence and blockchain capabilities. After graduating from the Smart City Works Actuator Program (https://smartcityworks.io/) on January 16, 2025, IPRights4All™ is actively seeking funding, community support, and partnerships to make the world a better place through intellectual property rights.
Connect with us online:
www.iprights4all.com | www.t-i-l-group.com
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LinkedIn | Instagram
Featured Speakers:
Prior to launching her own firm, Ambur represented clients ranging from publicly traded banks and multinational corporations, to professional athletes, and cannabis startups as a commercial finance and banking associate of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, an Am Law 200 law firm headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Simultaneously, Ambur has gained over a decade of experience as a political strategist for local, state and national political campaigns and organizations across the US and abroad.
Ambur was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI and is a proud graduate of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) Hampton University and the Georgetown University Law Center.
Nta Ekpiken - Managing Partner at NECS LegalNta Ekpiken is an Intellectual Property expert with over 10 years of experience in the field. Called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007, she holds a Masters Degree from Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom and is an Alumni of the United States of America International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. Nta is a Chartered Secretary with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) United Kingdom and has a certificate in CopyrightX from the Berkman Klein Center of Harvard Law School.
Nta started her career in the Legal Department of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and upon her return from her Masters program joined the Firm of Ken Ahia & Associates before joining the IP Department of Aluko & Oyebode in 2012 until January 2020. She headed the IP & Technology team of TNP from March 2020 to January 2021 and now focuses on building her boutique IP Firm.
Nta is passionate about career development and giving back which drives her passion to mentor numerous young lawyers. She is a fellow of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI), Nta enjoys travelling and volunteering in capacity building projects.
Marcos E. Garciaacosta Esq. - Managing Attorney and Founder Marcos E. Garciaacosta Law Group
Marcos is a Business, Intellectual Property, and Immigration attorney. He also consults local and international Businesses on establishing operations in the USA.
He advises clients in the restaurant and food industry, entertainment (musicians such as rappers and Mexican Banda), wearable technology, journalism, creative writing, software development, smartphones, virtual reality headsets, artificial intelligence, and many more.
A multicultural, multilingual professional with a broad spectrum of language skills, Marcos is fluent in Spanish and English and partially able to speak French, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.
He thrives at the intersections of business, technology, law, and creativity. Marcos enjoys working with a broad spectrum of clients and industries from the creative classes, helping them protect their business and intellectual property rights with extensive experience in high-tech and international business. Marcos’ legal consulting allows startups and entrepreneurs worldwide to achieve their dreams.
Marcos's areas of expertise include contract drafting, reviewing, and negotiating, as well as sales, purchase, technology licensing, trademark licensing, talent representation, RFP/RFQ, internet domain protection, confidentiality agreements, strategic alliances, copyrights, US and International trademark selection and protection, and many more.
He is the founder and managing attorney of the legal firm Marcos E. Garciaacosta Law Group.
Marcos is an electronics engineer with a Master's Degree in Industrial Management, training in quality and statistics, a juris doctor degree, and a license to practice law in Arizona.
His hobbies are reading about history and law and attending community networking events.
He is married to activist Carmen Cornejo, his business partner. They have two sons who are Mechanical Engineers working in the high-tech industry in Arizona.
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