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Managing Trademark & Copyright Risk For Online Editions

April 25, 2008 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Editing magazine websites and online magazines has never been easy. Now more than ever there is the responsibility of protecting your magazine's rights in the publication titles, conferences, and merchandise, getting rights to use freelance and subscriber content, and taking action against unauthorized copying of your content.

This presentation will help you meet your deadlines while getting more from your legal counsel. Combining briefings and scenarios, it will cover:

Keeping your trademarks current with "mission creep" into online publishing and non-publishing activities, such as conferences, video, and merchandise

Using the DMCA to manage copyright risk from posts by bloggers and users

What to do about cyber-squatters, trademark dilution, search engine key words, and Second Life

Safeguarding your trademarks and copyrights from partners and third parties in the U.S. and in other countries

Tips for working with legal counsel

Speaker: Mark Traphagen is a Washington, D.C. lawyer who has advised clients on copyrights, trademarks, and related areas in media, entertainment and the arts for over 20 years. His clients have included publishers, cable television channels, software and DRM developers, motion picture and video distributors, music publishers, authors, and documentary film producers. Mark is special counsel to the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, was active in Congressional enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Ac (DMCA), and was a consultant for Court TV's "Choices and Consequences" program. Mark can be contacted at mark.traphagen@traphagenlaw.com.

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