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

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"IMPACTability: The Nonprofit Leaders' Podcast" is a dynamic and insightful series hosted by Josh Hirsch, M.S., Senior Strategist for Soukup Strategic Solutions, and created by Sheryl Soukup, President of Soukup Strategic Solutions. Each episode looks at the multifaceted world of nonprofit organizations, offering expert advice on issues ranging from fundraising and management to Board development and marketing. Josh, with his extensive background in the nonprofit sector, engages with a variety of experts to provide valuable perspectives and practical solutions to the challenges faced by nonprofit leaders.

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Josh Hirsch, M.S., is the Senior Strategist for Soukup Strategic Solutions and on faculty for The Fund Raising School at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He has worked in the nonprofit sector since 2006, most recently as Social Content Marketing for Susan G. Komen. He has an extensive background in social media, digital communications, and marketing along with experience in grant research and writing, individual giving, special event planning, stewardship, and cultivation of donors.