GuideStar Webinar: Ask the Nonprofit Lawyer: Everything You Wanted to Know about Nonprofit Copyrights and Trademarks

Today’s digital world requires proactive measures to enforce and manage valuable content — as well as to avoid infringing others’ rights. Many nonprofit executives don’t fully appreciate the often counter-intuitive intricacies and nuances of intellectual property law, as well as the pitfalls that abound for failing to proactively address them. On the trademark side, from clearing to registering marks, to managing, licensing and enforcing them — both domestically and internationally – there’s an abundance of knowledge and know-how to digest. On the copyright side, new technologies bring about new challenges with protecting rights in and avoiding liability from misusing others’ copyrightable works (or failing to sufficiently protect your own rights). Moreover, the role of volunteers in the nonprofit setting poses its own set of intellectual property challenges.

In this Q&A-driven webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to submit your own questions to one of the nation’s leading nonprofit attorneys from the Venable law firm as he walks you through the essentials, highlights common traps and pitfalls, discusses best practices in the nonprofit community, and most importantly, gives you the thoughtful, practical, real-life guidance and tips that you need to know in order to protect your nonprofit in the U.S. and overseas, as well as optimize and capitalize on your nonprofit’s intellectual property.

Presenters

Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq., Partner and Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Practice, Venable LLP

Jeffrey Tenenbaum chairs Venable’s Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group. He is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit attorneys and is a highly accomplished author, lecturer, and commentator on nonprofit legal matters. Based in the firm’s Washington, DC office, Mr. Tenenbaum counsels his clients on the broad array of legal issues affecting charities, foundations, trade and professional associations, think tanks, advocacy groups, and other nonprofit organizations. He regularly represents clients before Congress and federal and state regulatory agencies; in connection with government investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation; and in dealing with the media. He also has served as an expert witness in several court cases on nonprofit legal issues.

Mr. Tenenbaum was the 2006 recipient of the American Bar Association’s Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer of the Year Award, and was an inaugural (2004) recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s Top Washington Lawyers Award. He was one of only seven “Leading Lawyers” in the Not-for-Profit category in the prestigious 2012 Legal 500 rankings, one of only eight in the 2013 rankings, one of only nine in the 2014 rankings, and one of only ten in the 2015 rankings. Mr. Tenenbaum was recognized in 2013 as a Top Rated Lawyer in Tax Law by The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel. He was the 2015 recipient of the New York Society of Association Executives’ Outstanding Associate Member Award, the 2004 recipient of The Center for Association Leadership’s Chairman’s Award, and the 1997 recipient of the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives’ Chairman’s Award. Mr. Tenenbaum was listed in the 2012-16 editions of The Best Lawyers in America for Non-Profit/Charities Law, and was selected for inclusion in the 2014 and 2015 editions of Washington DC Super Lawyers in the Nonprofit Organizations category. In 2011, he was named as one of Washington, DC’s “Legal Elite” by SmartCEO Magazine. He was a 2008-09 Fellow of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and is AV Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Tenenbaum started his career in the nonprofit community by serving as Legal Section manager at the American Society of Association Executives, following several years working on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant.

Cody Cassady, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, GuideStar USA, Inc.

As GuideStar’s Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, Cody is responsible for assisting in the management of advertising and marketing relationships and managing GuideStar’s extensive webinar program. An upcoming nonprofit accounting and finance professional, Cody comes to GuideStar with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida.