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Featured Speaker
Meet David .O. Middlebrook
Snr Partner, The Churchlaw Group. www.churchlaw.com
Grapevine, TX
Nuts and Bolts of Trademark and Copyright Law
· What can you trademark?
· What can you copyright?
· Who owns your sermons?
· Use of copyrighted materials in Church services.
· Intellectual property issues to cover in employment contracts.
David Middlebrook is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado, and the District of Columbia, and his practice emphasis is focused on representing tax-exempt organizations. His clients include all types of charitable, religious, and educational organizations. Many nonprofit organizations retain Mr. Middlebrook as general counsel; others use his services as special nonprofit corporate counsel. Mr. Middlebrook graduated with honors with a B.S. in Business Management in 1985 and earned his Juris Doctor in 1989 from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Middlebrook is a registered Congressional lobbyist where he works on behalf of religious nonprofit organizations for the protection of religious liberties. Mr. Middlebrook has authored and published numerous articles on nonprofit topics. He is the author of The Guardian System, a comprehensive system for the prevention of child abuse within an organization, for which he was awarded a 2001 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion book award in recognition of excellence in evangelical Christian literature. He co-authored Nonprofit Law for Religious Organizations: Essential Questions and Answers, which is a response to the need for guidance, direction, and clarification of legal and tax laws affecting churches and other religious organizations. |
Registration and other details will be available April 30th, 2009 on www.theinsight.org