Protecting Copyrights-CANCELLED

LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR PROTECTING YOUR COPYRIGHTS...BEFORE SHOVEL HITS GROUND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005 Now that federal copyright law protects the creative aspects of three dimensional structures as well as architectural plans, the courts are rewarding the creators of unusual designs and punishing those who infringe them. Flaster/Greenberg attorneys Jeffrey A. Cohen and Dennis J. Helms will discuss the issues confronting builders and architects including: Determining if your architectural plans should be copyrighted; Registering plans and drawings with the U.S. Copyright Office; Enforcing your copyrights and, Defending against infringement claims. For the parties involved in disputes over plans and drawings, damages can run into the millions. For the architect and builder it has, thus, become more important than ever to protect these designs.