Protecting Your Ideas – A Beginner’s Guide to IP

Wed. Nov 8, 2017 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST
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Protecting Your Ideas – A Beginner’s Guide to IP


With Foster Dobry, Esq.


Join Foster Dobry of Dobry IP, PC for a discussion of basic intellectual property law and critical issues to avoid when developing your brand and business. This workshop will cover patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law basics, as well as a discussion of example art businesses and the issues that arise. Major points for the discussion will include: what each area of IP law covers, how long it lasts, how much it costs, and issues to watch out for. I will also discuss two hypothetical arts related businesses and the IP issues that result. These issues include loss of IP rights, contractual waiver of rights, and steps the DIYer can take to prevent loss of rights.


Foster DobryPresenter: Foster Dobry is an attorney at Dobry IP, PC, a solo law practice dedicated to providing intellectual property legal services to small artists and inventors. His practice focuses on patent, copyright, and trademark law, in addition to simple litigation. He is a member of the California Lawyers for the Arts' Modest Means Incubator Program, the IP Section of the State Bar of California and the IP Section of the American Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2016, receiving the American Jurisprudence award in patent law. He received his B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Oklahoma in 2012. He is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is new to the Bay Area, recently relocating with his fiancée who is an attorney in the Coast Guard.


Directly opposite the Downtown Berkeley BART Station


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  • General Admission: $20 Online (+ Processing Fees).

  • CLA Members: $10 Online (+ Processing Fees). Requires Member Access Code.

  • CLA Senior Members $5 Online (+ Processing Fees). Requires Member Access Code.

  • CLA Student Members $5 Online (+ Processing Fees). Requires Member Access Code.

  • [$10 Extra At-the-Door]

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Wells Fargo Building 2140 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
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