www.inkthinkerblog.com — Title: THE BASICS OF COPYRIGHT FOR WRITERS: How to protect, publish, and license your written work and correctly incorporate other’s works.

Location: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Law Firm | 901 New York Avenue, N.W. | Washington, DC 20007

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Description: American Independent Writers and Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts present THE BASICS OF COPYRIGHT FOR WRITERS: How to protect, publish, and license your written work and correctly incorporate other’s works.

Note: Light refreshments provided.

Margaret Esquenet focuses on all aspects of copyright law and practice, including registration, counseling, licensing, enforcement, and litigation. Her practice includes counseling clients regarding DMCA compliance and website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy matters and advising clients regarding issues associated with rights of publicity and privacy, and related rights-clearance matters. She has worked on matters encompassing virtually all types of works of authorship, including paintings/drawings, fabric designs, sculptures, product labels, books, architectural drawings, source code, websites, online works, photographs, musical works, dramatic works, choreographic works, magazines, television shows, and motion pictures. In addition to her copyright practice, Ms. Esquenet has a strong background in domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, client counseling, and trademark litigation and is experienced in trade secret matters, including counseling and litigation. She has participated in virtually all aspects of copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation, in numerous district court litigations and subsequent appeals, often as second chair. She has also been actively involved in substantive and successful settlement negotiations, including mediation and arbitration proceedings. Ms. Esquenet represents clients from a variety of fields, including consumer products, automotive, media, entertainment, software, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals in connection with copyright, trademark, trade secret, and publicity/privacy matters. In addition to numerous non-litigation and pre-litigation matters, Ms. Esquenet has substantial experience in court. She successfully defended one of the country’s largest media companies against an accusation of copyright infringement; litigated one of the first copyright infringement cases dealing with open source software; and acted as second chair in the preparation and argument of a successful Ninth Circuit appeal upholding the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a large automobile manufacturer in a trademark dispute.

Mary Beth Walker practices in the areas of trademark and unfair competition enforcement and litigation, trademark prosecution, and copyright registration. Ms. Walker’s practice includes all aspects of federal court litigation and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She also advises clients on the enforcement of their trademarks and prosecutes U.S. trademark applications.

Both of the presenters are with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner.

AIW Member cost is $15 in advance or $20 at the door; nonmember cost is $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Register online at the AIW Web site at www.aiwriters.org send e-mail to rsvp@aiwriters.org or call the AIW office at (202) 775-5150. Please mention the event for which you are responding and your membership status.

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-03-18
End Time: 20:30

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www.inkthinkerblog.com — Title: ANTI-Social Media: What Not to Do in Web 2.0
Location: Merrill Lynch Conference Center | 1152 Fifteenth Street, NW – 6th Floor | Washington, D.C. 20005
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Description: Great seminar from the Washington Network Group (WNG)! Mark your calendar, and please report back here if you attend.

About Our Topic:

Blogging. Podcasting. Facebook. Twitter. These Social Media initiatives are becoming more and more prevalent in both professional and personal conversations, and now are making appearances in our mainstream media headlines. Web 2.0 is quickly becoming the new cost-effective option in an economically troubled climate. But there\’s a slight problem: Many businesses, all with the best of intentions, are doing it horribly wrong. This is the \”Tough Love\” look at how people are jumping on the Social Media bandwagon and completely miss the point. From Twitter auto-responders to podcasts without purpose, to babbling blogs, this is the talk where you take a closer look at how start-ups, entrepreneurs, and corporate entities are taking the \”Social\” out of Social Media.

About Our Speaker:

Tee Morris is an accomplished writer and public speaker on the subject of new media concepts.

His first book concerning the Web 2.0 movement, Podcasting for Dummies (co-written with Evo Terra), was ranked #1 by Nieslen BookScan on the subject of podcasting. Its success led to the follow-up, Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies, a second edition (with podcaster Chuck Tomasi), and to his own editorial column \”Behind the Mic\” for Blogger and Podcaster magazine. This summer, Tee will be releasing his third Social Media title, All a Twitter, from Que Publishing.

He has also hosted seminars, led workshops, and designed classes on new media, online networking, and audio and video production in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Arizona, and California.

Who Should Attend:

Everyone who is trying to understand the Social Media phenomenon: Corporate executives, business professionals, and entrepreneurs; communicators of every stripe: media, public relations, and marketing communications; government relations and public affairs professionals; government and public sector communicators; investors and venture capitalists; executive search and recruiting professionals.

WNG Communications Roundtable:

This special event is held under the auspices of our WNG Communications Roundtable, which supports WNG Members faced with challenges in communications, public relations, marketing, investor relations, and public affairs. We support our constituents by convening business networking opportunities and content-driven programs that address issues of interest across these fields.

Special Thanks:

This event is generously hosted by Merrill Lynch.

How to Register for this Event:

WNG Members: $20 advance registration (paid online)
Non-Members: $40 advance registration (paid online)
Media: Free of charge for credentialed journalists and reporters

On-site: $10 surcharge for unregistered walk-ins paying at the door
Start Time: 16:30
Date: 2009-02-26
End Time: 18:30

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(www.inkthinkerblog.com) — Admit it: You love working in sweats and flip-flips, too!

Don’t get me wrong: I don’t just live in pajamas. But on days I feel like working in jeans and a ratty sweatshirt, I can! For me, the comfort afforded me by being self-employed and working from home is something I appreciate about my freelance life every day (not just during Freelance Writers Appreciation Week). Like today for instance:

This morning, I discovered that my slowly-growing-out short hair is almost long enough for pigtails — so you know I just had to take the opportunity to rock them hardcore. And by “hardcore,” I mean “totally messy and probably wouldn’t even walk to the mailbox like this.”

Don’t think I meet clients this way. But when I’m getting my creativity on, pantyhose and slacks don’t really do it for me. Yet another thing I just love about freelancing.

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(www.inkthinkerblog.com) — Yesterday for Freelance Writers Appreciation Week 2009, I talked about how I love the flexibility of the freelance lifestyle. Something else I love is the creativity freelancing both inspires and requires. Being creative goes far beyond writing compelling copy. It’s about how you find work, how you run your business, how you balance working with living. It’s also about how you position yourself, the projects you take on, and the ways you earn your income. When it comes down to it, freelancing is ALL about creativity, and not just in the work product.

You’ve already shared some of your favorite things about freelancing. What else do you love?

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