Score Workshop on Trademarks, Copyrights and Your Intellectual Property Assets
Crystal Broughan, Intellectual Property Attorney Sep 26, 2019 in Events
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On Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of presenting a SCORE workshop for small business owners and potential business owners on intellectual property assets. SCORE is a national service organization that supports small businesses throughout the nation. They consist of a network of over 11,000 volunteers operating in more than 340 chapters throughout the United States. SCORE volunteers work with and are supported by the US Small Business Administration. The workshop was attended by over […]
Continue ReadingStudent Newspaper Puts Journalism Protections to the Test
Edward L. Birk Sep 26, 2019 in First Amendment
In 2013, the University of Massachusetts Boston student paper The Mass Media published an article titled, “Have You Seen This Man?” to help local police follow up on a case of a report of the man suspiciously photographing women on campus. The news report was based upon a police incident report — a traditional source of information important to communities about public safety. Then, upon investigation, police cleared the man and found no reason to […]
Continue ReadingSCORE Workshop Presented by Broughan on Tuesday
Crystal Broughan, Intellectual Property Attorney Sep 20, 2019 in Intellectual Property
Marks Gray intellectual property attorney Crystal Broughan is presenting a free SCORE workshop entitled “Trademarks, Copyrights and Your Intellectual Property Assets” on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 from 6 to 8 pm. In the presentation, Broughan will discuss the various types of IP and how to protect those assets. Attendees will learn about: Trademark rights, how to do a trademark search, and how to apply for a registration. Copyright registrations, copyright infringement, fair use, and how […]
Continue ReadingWhy a Work for Hire Agreement Should Be Signed in Advance
Crystal Broughan, Intellectual Property Attorney Sep 19, 2019 in Basics of Intellectual Property
In the late 1970s, a US federal statute formalized the concept that a work is innately copyright protected at the time of creation. As written, “A work is created when it is ‘fixed’ in a copy or phonorecord for the first time.” While every creator naturally has copyright to any original form of expression, the United States Copyright Act of 1976 also outlines exceptions to those protections. One of those exceptions is the “work for […]
Continue ReadingAppeals Court Affirms That Elected Officials Can’t Block Critics on Twitter
Edward L. Birk Sep 19, 2019 in First Amendment
Questions on First Amendment rights violations in the new digital public square continue to circulate in the lower court systems across the country. However, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently solidified the precedent that social media accounts of elected officials (specifically President Trump’s Twitter account, in one case) can be public or private — not both. And don’t think the President is alone in responding to unflattering tweets with attempts to block dissenters; […]
Continue ReadingLibrary Of Congress 19th Annual National Book Festival
Crystal Broughan, Intellectual Property Attorney Sep 12, 2019 in Events
A few months ago, I signed up for the Library of Congress blog to keep track of new developments in the world of copyright and the Library of Congress. I learned that for the past eighteen years the Library of Congress has hosted a National Book Festival in Washington, DC. The original National Book Festival was founded by First Lady Laura Bush and James H. Billington, the 13th Librarian of Congress in 2001. This year’s […]
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