With Linden Lab's 90-day grace period on trademark usage approaching in late June, United States attorney Frank Taney of Philadelphia law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC will be giving a talk and Q&A session in Second Life on Trademarks for Virtual World Related Businesses on 6 June from 2:30PM to 4PM SLT (US Pacific time). Topics covered will include the use of trademarks to build value in a virtual world brand, Linden Lab's trademark policy, proper use of trademarks, and avoidance of trademark infringement.
The talk will be hosted by FilpperPA Peregrine (Timothy Allen) at the UBM Think Services Auditorium, and will be simulcast on the Web via World2Worlds.com. This will be an SL voice session. Taney is well-known among Second Life users for his representation of Second Life users in intellectual property issues over the last year.