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Who Stole My Building? Copyright Protection for Design
Program on January 20, 2011 5:30
AIA Chicago, 35 E. Wacker Dr., #250
How do you protect your designs and what can you do if someone infringes on it? How do you protect yourself from employees leaving the firm with designs and trade secrets? What can you do if someone is stealing or infringing upon website content?
Mark Partridge (Partridge IP Law PC) will define what types and elements of design are eligible for protection and identify the scope of protection and how to register for protection. After this program, you will understand what you can do to protect against infringement and how to monitor and enforce your protection on a continuous basis. Gain a legal perspective for the protection of brands, copyrights, and trademarks.
Mark V.B. Partridge, JD, is the founder of Partridge IP Law PC, a boutique law firm in Chicago that helps architects and other creative professionals protect and license designs, drawings and ideas. An adjunct law professor at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and graduate of Harvard Law School, Mark has represented many well-known corporations, including Navistar, PepsiCo, Nike, Disney, MasterCard, Kraft and Nabisco, as well as small businesses and entrepreneurs. Mark was selected by Intellectual Asset Management Magazine as one of the Top 250 Intellectual Property strategists in the world and is listed in Chicago Magazine as an Illinois "Super Lawyer." He is the author of numerous articles and the books Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Essential Competency for Lawyers (2009), and Guiding Rights: Trademarks, Copyright and the Internet (2003), and has been a featured speaker at business and professional meetings throughout the United States, as well as in Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Switzerland and Russia.
Advance registration for educational events is recommended. Available capacity for members or non-members.
Questions: call 312/670-7770, and ask for Joan.
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David Moehring AIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate
Past Chair- AIA Chicago PMKC
RADA Architects
Chicago IL
Oak Park IL
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