Episode 23

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1st Mar 2022

Protecting Trademarks and Intellectual Property

Is the intellectual property at your nonprofit protected?  Do you know what is considered intellectual property? What if someone else uses the name of the fundraiser that you do every year? What can you do about it? This episode looks at how your nonprofit can protect its intellectual property. Protecting your nonprofit's assets, your name, logo, events and more, is an important part of maximizing your impact. Our guest, Jeanne Seewald, will help answer these questions and make sense of trademark and copyright law as it applies to nonprofit organizations. Jeanne is a partner and Board member at Hahn Loeser and Parks LLP. Her practice focuses on intellectual property, general business, and mergers and acquisitions.

In this episode you'll discover:

If someone takes the name of my event can I do anything? 02:58

Different kinds of trademarks and how they protect you differently. 03:51

Can a trademark alone keep your property safe? Are their any risks? 04:43

What's the difference between a trademark and a copyright? 05:22

What are examples of intellectual property in a nonprofit? 07:37

Intellectual property is an asset! 08:15

What if someone takes the concept of your event? Is that protected? 08:41

Client story: what happens when you don't protect your assets. 11:06

If a nonprofit member's kid helps make a logo for an event, is that his property? or the organizations'? 14:20

What can you do if you infringe on someone's trademark? And how to avoid it. 16:58

Startling trends with domain name thieves 18:25

How to protect your organizations assets now! 21:30

This episode's Coaches Corner answers the listener's question in "Part Two: How Can Nonprofits be More Intentional with the Workforce Development Ladder?' 24:20

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Each week, we feature an expert in their nonprofit field, discussing topics that range from fundraising and nonprofit management to Board development and marketing.
The show explores the landscape of the nonprofit organization and best practices from nonprofit experts. Get advice on how to solve the problems plaguing your nonprofit with your host Joe Turner of Soukup Strategic Solutions, a full-service nonprofit consulting company helping nonprofits across the country. Each week, we feature an expert in their nonprofit field, discussing topics that range from fundraising and nonprofit management to Board development and marketing.

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For more than 20 years, Joe had successfully programmed radio stations in Detroit; Lansing, Michigan; South Bend, Indiana; and southwest Florida. Joe left the day-to-day radio world in 2007 for the nonprofit world when he joined Hodges University as its Director of Public Relations and Alumni Services. In 2021, he joined Soukup Strategic Solutions as the Director of Fundraising, Marketing, and Communications. Joe continues to run his own voice over company where he offers commercial and narration voice over services and has won three Telly awards for his work. He is a native of Detroit where he attended Wayne State University and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Media Arts. In his spare time Joe loves to cook, is a musician and a self-professed “foodie.”