Webinar: Social Media Part II: Best Practices in Protecting Your Brand in the New Media
Domain name and copyright abuses continue to be a thorn in the side of many companies. Whether the perpetrator is a competitor, a disgruntled employee, or a scam artist, these abuses can hurt your company’s business and reputation. Courts continue to struggle with balancing First Amendment principles against a company’s right to protect its intellectual property. What should you be doing to protect yourself in the wild worldwide Web? We will present a refresher course on the evolution of these issues and discuss best practices for:
- Dealing with gripe and satire sites
- Preventing cybersquatting and other unfair competition
- Recognizing and avoiding domain name scams
- Evaluating options and remedies
- Provisions your franchise agreement should contain
Recording
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Accreditation
Nixon Peabody is an accredited provider of continuing legal education in California, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island. This program is approved for 1.0 general credit hours, and is approved for experienced attorneys only. For other jurisdictions where reciprocity does not apply, individuals are responsible for seeking course approval from their state CLE boards. Nixon Peabody will assist with seeking course CLE approval upon request. Please note that the CLE boards have the final authority on the acceptance and granting of CLE credit for individual courses. Attendees are responsible for self-reporting their CLE credits.