Important info about technical requirements and access
Ms. Franklin will be speaking using Second Life's built-in VOICE-CHAT capability. Please ensure that your system allows you to hear voice-chat and is configured ahead of time.
If you are not yet a Second Life user:
It is very, very important to download the Second Life software, create your account, and familiarize yourself with navigation and other controls ahead of time. This process can take 15 minutes to an hour or more, depending on your familiarity with navigating in 3-D virtual environments. Second Life has a particularly steep "learning curve" even compared to other virtual worlds or games you may have tried.
Unfortunately the organizers will not be assist you with technical problems during the event.
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Intellectual property enforcement in virtual worlds
Tamiko R. Franklin ('Juris Amat')
Date: July 22, 2008
Time: 12 noon (Pacific Daylight Time)
Location: SLBA Office
Continuing education credits available:
1 hour California MCLE (Provider: Fitz2 Consulting, provider no. 14547)
Cost: Free
Course Description
Three-dimensional virtual worlds such as Second Life are already being used for both business and pleasure, and their use in business, communications and e-commerce is projected to grow. Second Life provides its users tools to create and market their own "in-world" content, frequently leading to alleged violations of intellectual property rights, complicated by potential application of various international jurisdictions. Ms. Franklin will discuss international harmonization of copyright and trademark laws, and how attorneys can help their clients enforce both registered and unregistered rights in intellectual property.
Tamiko Franklin is the Director of International Legal Services for Matijevich Law Offices, where she develops the transactional intellectual property practice and coordinates IP related corporate and telecommunications services in addition to supervising client portfolios and a network of cooperating attorneys throughout eastern Europe. She earned her Juris Doctor and Master of Intellectual Property degrees from Franklin Pierce Law Center. Ms. Franklin's publication credits include contributions to Managing Intellectual Property, IP Value, Informa, and INTA Bulletin.