Legal Question in Business Law in Missouri

Copyright & Confidentiality

I am currently traveling the country training others and using a program I developed that includes references to others work. I need to protect this program as well as have my clients be unable to share this program with other practitioners for free since I sell this training and the package. What forms do I need to have the client sign that will protect me should they decided to share this info with someone for free? Also do I need to copyright my program and if so how do I do that? Thank you for your help!


Asked on 11/03/08, 2:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony DeWitt Bartimus, Frickleton Robertson & Gorny, PC

Re: Copyright & Confidentiality

Your presentation and material are copyrighted at the moment they are fixed "in a tangible medium of expression," or in other words when they are written on a piece of paper or a diskette. All of your documents should contain in the header or footer "(C) 2008 by Your Name Here" That is all you need to get protection for your work. However, to prosecute an infringement action, you'll need to register it with the Registrar of Copyrights. www.copyright.gov.

You should consider having an attorney draft a non-disclosure agreement for you to the extent that you are doing any specific consulting.

Good luck.

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Answered on 11/03/08, 3:18 pm


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