Ten Things Businesses Should Know About Intellectual Property, Including New Media and the Law, copyrights and trademarks

The group consists of people who are using new and social media for a living, but also includes people who are simply involved as a hobby. Anyone interested in learning more about these technologies and in connecting with others is welcome to attend. New Media Cincinnati has become, as one attendee remarked, “the premiere social networking event in the Greater Cincinnati area.” The group’s mission has grown to one of promoting digital literacy in our community.

People who come to New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays

• make and foster business and personal connections with at least one other person,
• have face-to-face time with social media connections made online,
• learn from one another about social media technologies as we share best practices and other tips
• have the chance to talk about their own online presence
• have opportunities to share something they know with the rest of the group
• partake of food and drink and in general have a great time!

Connecting at New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays has led to new business and employment for some.

This month we will be meeting again at Molly Malone’s in Covington from 3 PM to 6 PM.

Agenda

3:00-4:00 PM: Socializing/ice-breaker activity. A/V equipment setup (if needed)

4:00-4:15 PM: Steering Committee update and other announcements.

4:15-5:00 PM: Roger Bora, from Thompson-Hine, “Ten Things Businesses Should Know About Intellectual Property,Including New Media and the Law, copyrights and trademarks.”

5:00-6:00 PM: More socializing

What you can expect to learn

• Federal Trade Commission’s Guidelines for advertising and endorsements, which include promoting products/services via blogging and “tweeting”;
• Use of non-disclosure agreements to help grow your business and business partnerships while protecting your intellectual property and proprietary information;
• Intellectual property infringement trends in social media and how to protect your IP rights;
• Copyrights: What are they?  How are they acquired?  How to best protect those rights online and in social media networks;
• Spam laws: What are they and how not to voilate them;
• Virtual worlds and your intellectual property:  Things you should know.

About Roger Bora

Roger is a member of the Intellectual Property practice group at Thompson-Hine LLP. Roger concentrates his practice in trademark law. His practice includes the management of global trademark portfolios; counseling clients on the selection of trademarks; trademark clearance; trademark prosecution; trademark policing and enforcement strategies; trade dress law; conflict resolution; representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in trademark registration opposition and cancelation proceedings; federal trademark litigation; domain name registration, counseling and enforcement; preparation of trademark licenses and other agreements pertaining to intellectual property; copyright counseling and registration; internet issues.

Before joining Thompson Hine, Roger was a practicing trademark attorney in a major law firm in Northern New England. Prior to entering private practice, he was a practicing trademark attorney, and previous to that an intern, while in law school, at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in Arlington, Virginia. Roger also interned at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under the direction of Judge Gerard Rogers, and worked on detail assignments with the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks and Post Registration Division while employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Roger is also one of the members of the New Media Cincinnati Steering Committee.

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