Dear Colleague,

Confusion about copyright and trademark law is not new. Yet the explosion of electronic communications in all forms—from the World Wide Web to digital music players to user generated content to personal and professional blogs—have blurred traditional intellectual property ownership guidelines and boundaries in unforeseen ways.

If you’re interest in learning everything you need to know to protect your copyrights and trademarks, to make your company and your brand more valuable, AND to save money....plus a few extra bonus tips on how to avoid being sued for infringement, then this might be the most important product you’ve ever purchased.

There are many myths floating around that will keep you uniformed about copyright law and trademark law.

For example, do you believe ...?

• you can protect your copyright by mailing a copy of your work to yourself?
• a copyright is really the same as a trademark?
• book titles can be protected by copyright?
• trademarks last for your lifetime, plus 70 years?
• copyrights last forever?
• once you have trademark protection, you always have protection?
• registration is the key to trademark protection?
• you need a lawyer to register your copyrights and trademarks?

Why is it important to get past the myths and learn how to protect yourself and your intellectual property rights?

• So you're not misled;
• So you can protect your brand;
• So you can increase the value of your company and your brand; and,
• So you don't end up paying $$$$$$ in legal fees!

As an author, I know first hand how important it is to protect my creative works. As
an attorney, I’m frequently asked by authors, speakers and consultants, how to
protect their books and other information product content. To help answer these
and many other questions, I've created Staying Legal: A Guide to Copyright and Trademark Use.

Staying Legal is the perfect guide for learning officers, authors, human resource professionals, business owners, and anyone else who is concerned—or should be concerned—about how copyright and trademark laws apply to their work.

Here are just a few of the dozens of key copyright and trademark law questions I’ve answered in this valuable and timely program:

• What is a copyright?
• When do you use the copyright symbol or copyright sign?
• Do you know that your personal or business website—or even brochure—could be in violation of copyright laws? Find out how.
• Do you know how you can keep others from copying your creative products? The exact steps to take are included.
• Do you know the difference between a trademark and a copyright? The answers are here.

Staying Legal is divided into 11 individual lessons where you will learn valuable how-to information that you can use immediately in your business, such as:

• Useful legal information designed to help you become more effective and ethical in your work.
• Answers to questions you didn’t even think to ask.
• Tips on how to identify what you have that should be protected.
• Step-by-step instruction on how to register your copyright, including which copyright form to use.
• Step-by-step instruction on how to register your trademark, including which trademark form to use.
• Valuable secrets the U.S. Copyright Office won’t tell you.
• Seven things you must do to protect your copyright.
• Four things you must know before you use someone else’s material.
• When the Fair Use Doctrine applies
• And much, much, more!

Each lesson will cover a specific topic and then through the use of the interactive checklists, mini vignettes, and useful hot links on the companion CD-ROM, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of the law. 

PLUS, the Staying Legal Guide not only clarifies this complicated and ever-changing area of the law, it is convenient to use. This quick-reference guide sits right on your desktop or laptop, and where you, it goes, so you always have the information handy. And, it boosts your knowledge of copyright and trademark law, so you don't have to hire an expensive lawyer like me!

"It was too late to take back what I had done.I had already signed away my rights and didn't even know it. Then I discovered tips for protecting my valuable copyrights & trademarks. Now, I'll never again lose money or waste my time because I didn't know the right thing to do. Thanks Francine for the Staying Legal guide!" --F. Harris, MN

So what’s the investment?

Staying Legal with CD-Rom, Guidebook, ready-to-use forms & resource links, is now available for the low price of $397!  The information and how-to instruction you receive in this resource will not only save your company money immediately, but you will get results by protecting your intellectual property and your future!

Or why not take advantage of the Staying Legal premium package! Not only will you receive the CD-Rom, Guidebook forms & resources, you will also have access to a lawyer. That's right, you'll have up to three (3) 10-minute calls, where you can ask Francine questions about the material you've read that you may need clarifying. All this for only $697! This is s a steal considering her normal fee is $300 an hour.

Once you are through with the Staying Legal guide, you will know the basics of copyright and trademark law, how to register both your copyrights and your trademarks, and specific actions you cantake now that will help you protect your valuable intellectual property! Get it today!

To your success,

Francine D. Ward, Esq.

P.S. It is important for you to know that Staying Legal is not legal advice. These materials are a guide to general principals of law. But you will receive enough information to help you identity what you can protect, how to protect it, and how to avoid being sued.

Learn more about Francine D. Ward

Francine is available for consulting! Contact her for details.