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Respecting Copyright Laws in Surveying & Land Development
Speaker: Jeffrey A. Travis, Esq.

June 4th - Ontario, CA & June 18th - Concord, CA

CLSA Member Special Rate! $105

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SCOPE OF SEMINAR
What Is Intellectual Property And Do Land Surveyors Have It?

How Can You Ensure Your Work Is Protected?

What Impact Does the Recent Case of McIntosh v. Northern California Universal Enterprises, et al. Have On Your Business?
- A Review of the Issues Involved In McIntosh
- How Damages Were Assessed
- Why the Large Jury Award?

What Do You Do If You Are Sued for Infringement?

An open forum will also be provided for question and answers.

Each of the above general topics will be discussed and broken down into their component parts for a detailed survey on the impact copyrights and other intellectual property has on your business. From this seminar, you will better be able to determine when you may be infringing someone else’s work, whether you have your own work that can be protected, and what you can do to protect your own intellectual property. It is recommended that the published opinion be read in advance of the seminar so that the attendees are familiar with the various issues we will be discussing.[/font]


ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jeffrey A. Travis is an Attorney in the Bakersfield office of Borton Petrini, LLP and heads its Intellectual Property practice group. Mr. Travis’ educational background is diverse where, after four intense years of studying the great books, he double-majored in math and science and western philosophy at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. He received his J.D. from Whittier Law School in 2003 and is also a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Travis is also a former software developer. Mr. Travis was also the attorney who represented the plaintiff in McIntosh v. Northern California Universal Enterprises, et al. In this case, a developer, engineer, and city were all found to be liable for infringing the plaintiff’s copyrighted works and resulting in a verdict exceeding six million dollars.

does anyone have a copy of the published opinion?

I believe I posted this on the forum somwhere.

Let me look around and see if I can find it.

Hi,

Here is my previous post. As I said, I have been in touch with the attorney here. Nice guy.

http://www.californiasurveyors.org/clsa ... php?t=3306

Workshop Testimonial

I attended this workshop in Ontario on 04 June, 2010 and found it to be very interesting and informative. I had no prior knowledge about copyright law prior to attending and had never considered the design of a subdivision to be a unique and protected copyright; turns out it very well could be.
I would highly recommend this seminar as I was very impressed with Mr. Jeff Travis as both knowledgeable and a good speaker. He kept the session moving and was able to stir up some great conversation among the attendees with his very relaxed and open style.
I would recommend that prior to the upcoming Concord workshop that you take the time to read the published opinion to familiarize yourself with the issues of the case.

~ Bill Hofferber

The Copyright Seminar by Jeffrey Travis, esq was well worth attendance. His presentation was informative and had practical application to those who practice in todays world of electronic file sharing. I recomend this seminar to all those who wonder how they can protect the product of their creation. Jeff is the "go-to" guy for copyright protection.
Thank you Jeff and CLSA for this timely education.

Jim Pilarski, PLS

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Attached is an amended judgment regarding the copyright case
McIntosh v NCUE

For those of us who couldn't attend the seminar, can someone lay out just the major highlights? For instance, is the copyright symbol OK/recommended to be added to all of our recorded maps? Just some? All our drawing work products? Just some?