Risky Business: A Conversation Between Lynne Meadow and ...

This piece marks the first in a partnership between HowlRound and the?League of Professional Theatre Women?(LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in Theatre (WIT). This year they?ve expanded the magazine to include an?online format?and are collaborating with HowlRound to provide content covering an array of issues and perspectives within the theater, all highlighting women?s voices. The co-editors for this project are Eliza Bent and Alexis Clements. Look for bi-monthly content from WIT on HowlRound ranging from interviews to articles and blog responses.

Running a not-for-profit theater company takes guts and comes with great risk, whether you?are a small Off-Off Broadway company or have made it all the way to Broadway. It is a labor of love and it is not for the squeamish. To make theater a part of your life, you have to be resilient, wear many hats, and try not to lose your passion and drive along the way. In her forty years as the visionary and artistic leader of Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), Lynne Meadow has been an inspiration to many theater-makers, creating adventurous work that has put the company at the forefront of the American stage. Gladys Chen, has been the President of Second Generation Productions (2g) for sixteen years. 2g is a not-for-profit Off-Off Broadway theater company with a mission to nurture the new work of Asian American artists. Gladys also holds a MBA from the Wharton School of Business and has held numerous positions in advertising and marketing at several Fortune 500 companies. These two women, both at very different stages of their careers, discuss their theaters, who and what has shaped them as artists and leaders, and how they manage their lives outside of the theater.

Gladys Chen: One of the challenges that I face with a small non-profit theater company is how to expand. How do you manage growing MTC both artistically and financially? Do you ever experience growing pains?

Lynne Meadow: I think that we?ve experienced growing pains from day one. First and foremost, just trying to survive. That?s always the tough one?trying to survive every season. Every season we think, ?Are we going to make the numbers that we need?? When I first started, we had a tiny budget, our annual budget was $75K. Now, it?s a lot more, but it?s always the same pressure.

Gladys: With that pressure in mind, how do you manage risk when it comes to choosing work to produce?

Lynne: It?s a constant source of discussion. I used to say, ?Our highest risks were always our greatest successes.? Every show that we did, that we really took a risk on, and had no idea how it was going to turn out, was a show in our history that had great acclaim.

One of the first plays I ever directed was a play called Ashes, by David Rudkin. I remember going to talk to Barry Grove, MTC?s Executive Producer, and I said to him, ?I?m going to do a play about a couple who are trying to have a baby. It is a very raw play?very graphic, lots of blood on the stage. I?m a little nervous about it, but I want you to know that I feel strongly about it.? He said, ?Well, if you feel strongly about it, we have to do it.? And that?s what we?ve tried to do for over thirty-five years?if you feel strongly about it, you do it.

Ashes turned out to be a highlight in MTC?s history. It was a very important play at its time. Joe Papp went on to produce it at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In a way, it has been a prototype and a beacon. I think everyone working in the theater is doing it for some reason that involves passion and risk.

Gladys: I agree. Like you, I also started producing theater when I was twenty-four and I had just quit graduate school. When you tell your Chinese parents that you are quitting medical school to start a theater company with a friend, they look at you like you?ve gone mad and decided to join the circus. I remember our first show at Second Generation was a musical called Making Tracks, which was about a young Asian American rock musician that journeyed through six generations of his family?s history to understand their long labor to find a voice in America. I financed the show with my personal credit card and just prayed that we could make it.

Lynne: That must have been very difficult!

Gladys: Yes. I had just quit medical school, moved back home with my parents, and gotten my first job in advertising. Not exactly a time to finance a theater production on your personal credit card. But, as you said, it was one of the most rewarding experiences. Maybe you take more risk because you don?t know what you don?t know.

Lynne: It is a lot easier when you don?t know anything.

Gladys: Can you talk about the development of MTC and what you think has accelerated its growth?

Lynne: One of the paradigms that allows us to sustain MTC has been not being too dependent on one source of income to sustain us. You try to have support from many areas. Ticket sales, fundraising, corporate support, government support?we haven?t relied on a single donor to sustain us. We also have a wonderful Board that has always been very helpful.

Gladys: Can you identify specific events that have been turning points for MTC?

Lynne: At one point, very early on, we got our first multi-year grant from the Ford Foundation in 1977. It was a three-year grant. Barry and I looked at each other and said, ?Now we know that we have to be here for three more years.? It was a very crucial moment for us. It was someone saying to us ?we believe in you.? That was a real turning point for us. The support that came from foundations and government meant so much. In 1975, the National Endowment for the Arts gave us a grant for $5,000, which was like a ?Good Housekeeping seal of approval;? one that said, ?we believe in what you are trying to do.? Those early gifts are things that you really remember. I hope you have a long and productive time so that you also remember your earliest supporters.

Gladys: We have been very fortunate to receive support from the NEA, New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA), Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and Theater Communications Group (TCG) and the support of other Asian American theater companies who really stepped up to help us. That funding has been so important to Second Generation; giving us the freedom to identify new artists and produce work that I am very passionate about. How do you develop your pipeline of work?

Lynne: It is manifold at this point. We receive many submissions. We have an artistic producing office and play development office. We are constantly on the lookout and constantly evaluating plays and responding and trying to do as much behind the scenes work as we can. It?s complex because we are a large producing organization and we produce Off-Off-Broadway, Off-Broadway and on Broadway.

Gladys: What about audience? One of the biggest lessons for Second Generation, as a theater company that develops the work of Asian American artists, is that we are able to cultivate a large audience of young Asian Americans who otherwise may not be avid theater-goers because they are hungry for stories about themselves and their demographic. I?m always so shocked that the vast majority of our audience is from the lay community.

Lynne: My hunch is that it is not simply content, although that is a large part of it. It is also that our world becomes less and less intimate because of cyberspace. Theater is a very important thing in that it brings people together, and it will become more important as our world becomes more and more technological. I think we, as people who make theater, have an obligation to maintain intimacy. There is nothing more intimate in terms of an artistic form than a night at the theater.

Gladys: If you could go back in time, let?s say right after you graduated from Yale and you started at MTC, what advice would you give to yourself?

Lynne: I actually took a leave of absence from Yale School of Drama?which I?m still on.

Gladys: I wish I had told my parents that I was just taking a leave from medical school. It may have prevented many, ?What are you doing with your life?? conversations.

Lynne: My father was horrified when I left Yale and when I said that I wanted to go on into the theater. I was a French major in college and that is what he thought I should continue to do. I think I have the same advice for myself as I did when I started MTC, ?Listen to your instincts.?

Gladys: Who have been your role models along the way?

Lynne: My role models were mostly men. When I started, Zelda Fichandler [co-founder of Arena Stage] was in Washington DC and Ellen Stewart was in New York running La MaMa. There weren?t women directors. I was the only woman director at Yale. One of the things that gives me a tremendous sense of pride is that I?ve been a role model to women directors, women producers, and women artistic directors.

Gladys: How did you find your mentors?

Lynne: One of my mentors was Nikos Psacharopoulos, who was my teacher at Yale and also ran the Williamstown Theater Festival. He approached me to assist him there. He was extremely influential in my life. He was very supportive of me. I learned so much from him. Also, I was very close to Joe Papp. In the early days of MTC, I actually approached him to help me get the rights to a play that I wanted to direct. From then on, he would stay in touch with me about various things he wanted me to work on. He was a great believer and someone that I would go to for advice. Also, Lloyd Richards. He approached me to direct at the O?Neill. I was the first woman to direct at the O?Neill.

Gladys: So, you either took the initiative to approach a mentor, or they approached you to offer their mentorship. I always think that?s helpful for younger artists to know?sometimes we need to raise our hand and express that we need help.

Lynne: People who have been in the business have to carve out time for people around who have not been in the business. It can be very helpful to someone to be noticed and to be in a dialogue with someone [with more experience]. It is shared responsibility for mentee and mentor.

Gladys: Today is actually a sad day for me because I found out this morning that my college mentor, Howard Stein, whom you may know from Yale Drama, just passed away.

Lynne: Yes, I knew Howard at Yale. I am so sorry to hear this!

Gladys: He was a real mentor to me. I had the good fortune of celebrating Howard?s 90th birthday this July. Some of Howard?s former students and I organized a reading of a play that he had been working on during the last few years of his life. Howard really fueled my passion for theater when I was in college. That?s why I decided to help Welly Yang, one of my close friends and also a student of Howard?s, to create Second Generation. Sixteen years later, I made a commitment to building Second Generation, even with a day job and getting married and other life events.

Lynne: I am so sorry to hear this! Howard was my Dean at Yale Drama and taught me Yiddish.

Gladys: My favorite story about Howard?s class was one day, early in the semester, Welly was late to class. Howard scolded him and asked, ?How would you feel if I was late to your show?? Welly was never late to class ever again. None of us were.

Lynne: That?s a great story.

Gladys: So with all of your success, you have become a sort of ?triple threat? in the theater world?you direct, you produce, and you develop artists. How do you fuse all of those roles?

Lynne: I?m also a wife and mom.

Gladys: You are a quintuple threat.

Lynne: Yes, there is a lot of juggling. I hesitate to categorize this, but women can be very good at juggling different roles. Not that men can?t, but women are particularly gifted. I love everything that I do. My heart is in everything that I do. I think if you have the passion, you find the way to have a few extra pairs of arms.

Gladys: Do these roles ever come into conflict? What do you do when that happens?

Lynne: I?m not sure I would say ?conflict.? Sometimes there are an awful lot of priorities and trying to juggle the priorities can be intense. I think that we all lead such busy lives. Here you have a day job and a night job. We all have day jobs and night jobs too, but I?m sure that it?s complicated for you as well?dealing with theater and your day job. Life has gotten pretty fast.

Gladys: Absolutely. I think that it is getting faster and faster.

Lynne: I?m not sure I would recognize it if it were slow.

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From the experts: Debugging an Android application like a boss

Developer options

Remember how you can tap things and do a little voodoo to enable developer options in Android 4.2? Most of us still won't need to enable any of these other than USB debugging, but folks who are developers have some serious tools at their disposal in there. That's why we're fine with them being hidden for more normal users. Out of sight, out of mind, and the folks who need them know where to look.

One of those folks is Romain Guy. He's an extraordinary photographer, but he's also an Android engineer at Google who focuses on graphics and animation. In short, he knows what he's doing. Turns out he's a fan of the new Falcon Twitter client, and likes it enough to notice that there might be a hiccup or two in the timeline scrolling. Software engineers are regular people for the most part, but in our imaginations they grab a cable and a laptop to investigate anything that gets them curious. This time, out imaginations are correct.

Have an excellent read of just how he uses the developer tools available to track down the issue, and see just what developers have to go through sometimes to pump out awesome Android applications. Chances are you'll only understand part of it, but that will be enough to have a better appreciation of what these guys do.

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'Twilight,' 'Skyfall' remain top picks for fans

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The "Twilight" finale and "Skyfall" continued to dominate the box office on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving weekend that brought big business for holdover films but a poor start for Brad Pitt's new crime story.

Sunday studio estimates put "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 2" out front for the third-straight weekend with $17.4 million domestically.

That raised the domestic total to $254.6 million for the vampire tale released by Lionsgate banner Summit Entertainment. The movie added $48.4 million overseas for an international haul of $447.8 million and a worldwide sum of $702.4 million, approaching the franchise record of $710 million for last year's "Breaking Dawn ? Part 2."

Sony's James Bond adventure "Skyfall" was a fraction behind with $17 million domestically, raising revenue to $246 million after four weekends.

"Skyfall" also brought in $34 million overseas to put its international take at $623 million and the worldwide total at $869 million, the best cash haul ever for a Bond flick.

Pitt's "Killing Them Softly," the weekend's top new release, tanked with just $7 million domestically, coming in at No. 7 behind a big batch of holdovers.

The "Twilight" finale and "Skyfall" were close enough that domestic rankings could flip-flop when final numbers are released Monday. Either way, the two movies have led a brisk start to the holiday season that could lift Hollywood to record domestic revenues for the year.

"I keep upping my revenue estimates for the full end-of-year box office because it's just been a lot stronger than anticipated lately," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

With domestic business totaling $9.9 billion so far in 2012, receipts are running 6 percent ahead of last year's and are on track to top the record of $10.6 billion set in 2009, according to Hollywood.com.

After record revenue over Thanksgiving, business eased off, though it still was a stronger-than-usual post-holiday weekend. Domestic revenues totaled $115 million, up 42 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Breaking Dawn ? Part 1" led with $16.5 million.

A Weinstein Co. release, "Killing Them Softly" averaged just $2,888 in 2,424 theaters, meager results compared to the "Twilight" finale's average of $4,344 in 4,008 cinemas over its third weekend.

Adapted from George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," ''Killing Them Softly" stars Pitt as a gang enforcer on the trail of two small-time crooks who held up a mob-protected card game.

The weekend's other new wide release, LD Entertainment's horror tale "The Collection," also flopped at No. 10 with $3.4 million, averaging $2,430 in 1,403 theaters.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 2," $17.4 million ($48.4 million international)

2. "Skyfall," $17 million ($34 million international).

3. "Lincoln," $13.51 million.

4. "Rise of the Guardians," $13.5 million ($40 million international).

5. "Life of Pi," $12 million ($21.5 million international).

6. "Wreck-It Ralph," $7.02 million ($1.5 million international).

7. "Killing Them Softly," $7 million ($700,000 international).

8. "Red Dawn," $6.6 million ($500,000 international).

9. "Flight," $4.5 million.

10. "The Collection," $3.4 million.

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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 2," $48.4 million.

2. "Rise of the Guardians," $40 million.

3. "Skyfall," $34 million.

3. "Life of Pi," $21.5 million.

4. "26 Years," $5.2 million.

5. "Argo," $4.1 million.

6. "Hotel Transylvania," $3.5 million.

7. "Wreck-It Ralph," $1.5 million.

8. "Silver Linings Playbook," $1.3 million.

9. "Killing Them Softly," $700,000.

10. "Red Dawn," $500,000.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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Explainer: Why was pregnant duchess hospitalized?

FILE - Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge seen during her visit to St. Andrew?s School, where she attended school, in Pangbourne, England, in this file photo dated Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James's Palace officially announced Monday Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Arthur Edwards, File)

FILE - Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge seen during her visit to St. Andrew?s School, where she attended school, in Pangbourne, England, in this file photo dated Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James's Palace officially announced Monday Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Arthur Edwards, File)

Policeman stand guard outside the King Edward VII hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted with a severe form of morning sickness, in London, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge ? formerly known as Kate Middleton ? has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side. The palace said since the pregnancy is in its "very early stages," the 30-year-old duchess is expected to stay in the hospital for several days and will require a period of rest afterward. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

(AP) ? While morning sickness in pregnant women is common, the problem the Duchess of Cambridge has been hospitalized with is not.

In a statement Monday, palace officials said she was hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum, a potentially dangerous type of morning sickness where vomiting is so severe no food or liquid can be kept down. Palace officials said the duchess was expected to remain hospitalized for several days and would require a period of rest afterwards.

"It's not unusual for pregnant women to get morning sickness, but when it gets to the point where you're dehydrated, losing weight or vomiting so much you begin to build up (toxic) products in your blood, that's a concern," said Dr. Kecia Gaither, director of maternal fetal medicine at Brookdale University and Medical Center in New York.

The condition is thought to affect about one in 50 pregnant women and tends to be more common in young women, women who are pregnant for the first time, those expecting multiple babies and in non-smokers. Gaither said that fewer than one percent of women with the condition need to be hospitalized.

Doctors aren't sure what causes it but suspect it could be linked to hormonal changes or nutritional problems.

Women admitted to the hospital with hyperemesis gravidarum are usually treated with nutritional supplements and given fluids intravenously to treat dehydration. Dr. Dagni Rajasingam, a spokeswoman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said most women hospitalized with the condition are discharged within several days.

"It depends on how well the woman is keeping fluids down," she said.

If the problem is recognized and treated early, doctors say there are no long-term effects for either the mother or the child. Left untreated, the mother could be at risk of developing neurological problems ? including seizures ? or risk delivering the baby early.

Gaither said the condition usually subsides by the second trimester.

"The rest of the pregnancy could be entirely uneventful," she said, adding that pregnant women treated for the condition are usually advised to avoid fatty foods that could aggravate the problem.

Gaither said the duchess would probably be able to meet her usual royal obligations by her second trimester.

"She should be able to meet all her public obligations soon," she said, advising her to take her vitamins and ensure there are no other underlying health problems. "She should just be looking forward to having a healthy little plump person."

Associated Press

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Female libido enhancement ?why is this needed

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No. 7 Kansas State wins Big 12 title, beats Texas

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, left, talks to quarterback Collin Klein during a senior day recognition before an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, left, talks to quarterback Collin Klein during a senior day recognition before an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein throws during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein, bottom, makes it into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

(AP) ? Just as Collin Klein was preparing to trot onto the field for the biggest home game in Kansas State history, coach Bill Snyder put his arm around his senior quarterback and whispered something in his ear.

"He just told me how much he appreciated me, and that he loved me," Klein said. "It was a great moment. And I know he said that to every single one of us, and I wouldn't have it any other way. And that's pretty special."

Everything about this night was special for the Wildcats and their fans. With Klein passing for one touchdown and running for two, Kansas State beat Texas 42-24 to wrap up its third conference championship in 117 years, prompting thousands of people to rush onto the field as the sound system blared, "We are the champions."

The Wildcats (12-1, 8-1) had never played for a conference championship in their last game at home, and had never had a player end the regular season in such close contention for the Heisman Trophy as Klein.

With his main competitors, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel nor Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, off, Klein had the stage all to himself. He had one last chance to burnish his credentials for what would be Kansas State's first Heisman, and he made it count.

John Hubert scored three touchdowns on short runs for Kansas State, and Klein threw every Heisman question right back at the questioner.

"Tonight's all about our team and what we were able to accomplish tonight," he said. "And Texas didn't give it to us easily. Tonight's about K-State family. That's the most important thing."

After a slow start, Klein wound up hitting 8 of 14 passes for 184 yards and added 108 yards rushing on 23 carries.

In front of their sixth sellout in seven home games, the Wildcats also tied their team record for victories in a season and matched Oklahoma's Big 12 record.

It was Kansas State's fifth straight victory over Texas (8-4, 5-4), which led 10-7 at halftime, and capped and gave Kansas State coach Bill Snyder the conference title just four years after he came out of a brief retirement.

"Bill is unbelievable," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "I have said many times that I think what he has done here is the best in the country, from start to finish."

Oklahoma beat TCU earlier Saturday and immediately donned caps and T-shirts declaring themselves Big 12 champs. But Kansas State's 24-19 win at Oklahoma on Sept. 22 gives them the tiebreaker and sends them to the Fiesta Bowl.

"I think (the title) means an awful lot to all of us," Snyder said. "A great deal to the young people in our program. They were excited about it. Obviously I speak for everybody in our football family. I think it's significant and important for each and every one of us. I'm pleased for a lot of different people, the people that genuinely support this program."

Texas, which may be headed for the Cotton Bowl, lost its lead on Kansas State's first possession of the second half. Klein hit a 29-yard pass and Hubert broke free for 28 yards as Kansas State soared 75 yards in seven plays, with Hubert scoring from the 2.

Hubert also had a 2-yard TD run with 47 seconds left in the third quarter and scored on a 1-yard run for a 35-17 lead with a little more than 3 minutes to go after Drew Liddle recovered Texas' muffed punt.

A few minutes later, Allen Chapman intercepted Case McCoy's pass and ran it back 35 yards, setting up Klein's 9-yard TD run for a 42-17 lead with 1:53 left. The back-beaker may have been Klein's long pass to a wide-open Tyler Lockett that went for a 55-yard scoring play.

"Basically, they just out-executed us," said Texas safety Adrian Phillips. "They did what they were supposed to do and we did not come out to do our job after halftime."

McCoy threw a 14-yard TD pass to Jaxon Shipley in the second quarter and a 9-yard scoring pass to Malcom Brown less than 1 minute left in the game. Brown also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.

McCoy hit 26-of-34 passes for 314 yards, with two interceptions. He was sacked four times by a swarming Kansas State defense.

The Wildcats' lone touchdown of the first half came on a 1-yard run by Klein and after an embarrassing lapse by defensive back Nigel Malone.

With perfect timing, Malone jumped in front of McCoy's intended receiver on Texas' second possession, made the interception and sped 30 yards into the end zone. But the ball only traveled the 29. The play was initially ruled a touchdown, but upon review, it was determined Malone had let go of the ball and allowed it drop to the ground just as he was about to step across the goal line.

So it was placed on the 1 and Klein plowed into the end zone for his 21st rushing TD of the season and No. 54 for his career.

Klein was 0 for 4 in Kansas State's scoreless second quarter while McCoy was going 17 for 20 in the first half for 204 yards.

McCoy's longest pass play went for 70 yards, but almost all of that was the running of Daje Johnson right after Adrian Phillips intercepted Klein's pass in the end zone and gave the Longhorns the ball on the 20, setting up a field goal.

Associated Press

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Intellectual Property Protection Tips - Nicholls Legal

From NYT: The two most precious resources for any small-business owner are time and money. That?s why when the subject of intellectual property comes up, many owners run in the other direction. They see images of expensive lawyers and use that as an excuse to ignore the topic, reasoning that it is a problem for big companies to worry about.

The trouble is, with the rise of competition through the Internet and on the global market, understanding intellectual property is more critical than ever for small-business owners. Let?s explore some of the common fallacies:

1. For small-business owners, it?s not worth the time or effort to secure intellectual property rights.

Daniel Lubetzky, chief executive of New York City-based Kind Snacks, had high hopes when he and his company attended the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif., in March. And who could blame him, since his Kind Plus bars had been named the best new product at the Natural Products Expo East last October?

But it didn?t take long before Mr. Lubetzky knew something had gone wrong: He kept hearing how one of his competitors had copied the packaging, look and feel of his bars.

Fortunately for Mr. Lubetzky, he had secured crucial components of intellectual property like trademarks, trade dress (the look and feel of a product) and Web addresses after founding his company. Unlike a patent, which can cost up to $25,000 to secure, trademarks and Web addresses can be obtained relatively cheaply and without the aid of a lawyer.

With the legal documentation to back up his intellectual property rights, Mr. Lubetzky sent the offending company a cease-and-desist letter, which achieved the desired result. ?Too many entrepreneurs forget there is more to I.P. than just patents,? said Mr. Lubetzky, who happens to be a lawyer.

2. Once I get a trademark, my brand is safe.

It may be. But consider what happened to Tracey Deschaine, who runs a restaurant called Dixie Picnic? in Ocean City, N.J.

When Ms. Deschaine opened her business in 2006, she secured trademarks on her business name and logo and on the name of her signature item, ?upcakes,? which are upside-down frosted cupcakes. The problem, she says, was that even though she had obtained the trademarks, someone monitoring the activity on the United States Patent and Trademark Office?s Web site had spotted her application and secured upcakes.com as the Web address, or U.R.L., before she could.

?I had no idea that even though I have a trademark, someone else could just go register the U.R.L.,? she said. ?I wish I had planned ahead and bought the site before I did that.?

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Source: http://nichollslegal.com/intellectual-property-protection-tips/

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