Intellectual Property Basics for Nonprofits

Do you know what intellectual property your nonprofit uses, who owns it, and how to protect it? This workshop presents the basics of intellectual property law as it applies to nonprofit organizations. Topics include:

– What is intellectual property (IP)
– How to protect the nonprofit’s name and logos
– Who owns the nonprofit’s program materials, who has the right to use and change them, and how to protect them
– Other kinds of information that should be protected
– Licensing agreements between the nonprofit and another party
– Whether the nonprofit’s website is legally compliant
– What is the fair use doctrine

Presenters: Cynthia Walden, Sarah Kelleher, and Jenifer Paine from Fish & Richardson