CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar that will present a practical approach to assisting entertainment clients with the protection of copyrights and trademarks. It will include a discussion of basic copyright and trademark laws along with corporate structuring to protect the intellectual property assets of entertainers and their companies.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on April 2, 2009. This audio presentation features attorney Roslyn Y. Bazzelle of the Houston firm of Weycer Kaplan Pulaski & Zuber, P.C.. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 1.0 hour. This seminar is entitled:
HBA Presents: "Entertainment Law-Intellectual Property Protection"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- COPYRIGHTS
- What is a Copyright?
- Notice of Copyright
- Registration of a Copyright
- Benefits of Registration
- Copyright Infringement
- Assignment / Work Made For Hire
- TRADEMARKS / SERVICE MARKS
- What are Trademarks and Service Marks?
- Notice of Trademark / Service Mark
- Registration of Trademark / Service Mark - USPTO
- Benefits of Registration - USPTO
- Trademark of Service Mark Infringement - USPTO
- Damages
- Assignment / License
- Registration of Trademark / Service Mark - Texas
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Ms. Roslyn Y. Bazzelle, who is an associate attorney with the firm of Weycer Kaplan Pulaski & Zuber, P.C. in Houston. Ms. Bazzelle advises and represents clients in the areas of real estate, business transactions, corporate planning and structuring, and entertainment law. Her entertainment practice consists of assisting individual artists and entertainment companies (media, acting, talent, modeling, and music) with contracts, general corporate issues, and intellectual property matters. She is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and the District of Columbia. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the District of Columbia Bar and the Houston Bar Association. She received her law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999) and her undergraduate degree from Hampton University (B. A., Political Science, 1996). A more extensive biography for Ms. Bazzelle may be found at her firm's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $25. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $20. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 1.0 hour of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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