TVC director featured in 'Republic'

08/22/2007

TVC director featured in 'Republic'

Eric Menkhus 8/2007 
Eric Menkhus, Director
Technology Ventures Clinic

     Eric Menkhus, an associate clinical professor and director of the Technology Ventures Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, was quoted in an Aug. 17 article, titled "Authors in limbo over publisher's bankruptcy," in The Arizona Republic .
     Menkhus told reporter Erin Zlomek that the bankruptcy of Valley-based Triskelion Enterprises was an important lesson for authors, artists, freelance writers and inventors about protecting their intellectual property. Until the bankruptcy is finalized, the copyrights to several Triskelion authors' books are in limbo, Zlomek reported.
     "I think almost all small entrepreneurs are uneducated about these legal issues," said Menkhus, recommending that they look at a company's financial records and seek legal advice when negotiating contracts. "They believe that they cannot afford, or they just chose not to pay for, legal advice. Sometimes it works out, but other times not having the proper legal advice at the beginning … can be a fatal error."
     Read the rest of the article here.
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