Copyright Expert Returns to Infinity Publishing's Author Conference

Sept. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- Professor, intellectual property and literary law expert and award-winning author, Tonya M. Evans, is scheduled to present a lively and engaging presentation on the legal matters that matter to writers at Infinity  Publishing’s 10th Annual Express Yourself…™ Gathering of Authors on Friday, September 25 – Sunday, September 27, 2009 at the Park Ridge Hotel and Conference Center, Valley Forge, PA.

Infinity describes its marquis annual event as a one-of-a-kind conference where leading book marketing experts, editors, agents, and a variety of other publishing professionals, show authors how they can work to achieve the greatest potential for their books as well as for themselves as authors.

The Infinity team prides itself on providing attendees an energized but nurturing environment, rich in practical wisdom and bountiful in networking opportunities. Through presentations, interactive seminars, expert panels, readings, shared meals and networking, participants are immersed in what top publishing professionals call “The best conference in the business.”

Evans will present a 90-minute session along with Infinity’s President, Tom Gregory, to address some of the most common and pressing issues and hot topics facing writers and other creative people in the twenty-first century. Topics sure to be covered include how copyright is created and protected, what is considered a fair use in print and on the Internet, what can and cannot be copyrighted, how legally to refer to real people, places, and events in one’s own work, the real deal about the Poor Man's Copyright, and the critical timing of when to register your work.

Evans is Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg campus) and an attorney specializing in the areas of literary and intellectual property law.  She is a nationally recognized speaker who presents to various audiences regularly on publishing and intellectual property law issues.

Evans is also a performance poet and writer, and the author of numerous books, including Contracts Companion for Writers, Copyright Companion for Writers, Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark, and Contracts in Plain Language, and two books of poetry. Her short story, Not Tonight, appears in an anthology titled Proverbs for the People, published by Kensington.

She is a former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Sports, Entertainment and Art Law Committee, and has served as an adjunct professor of copyright, publishing and licensing at York College of Pennsylvania. She is also Pennsylvania Bar Institute Planner and faculty of a continuing legal education course titled Entertainment Law in the 21st Century: Effective Representation in an Ever-Changing Industry, scheduled to be held November 6th of this year in multiple locations.

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