Holland & Hart LLP

We realize that copyright law often provides a cornerstone to our clients' intellectual property portfolios. We also realize that the Internet and other new technologies are constantly increasing the speed and ease with which our clients' protected works can be illegally adapted, reproduced, and distributed. It only takes the click of a mouse to circulate a thousand-page book around the world. Our attorneys stay up to date on the rapidly changing digital media landscape and changes being made to U.S. and foreign copyright laws in reaction to technological advances. We are well prepared to assist clients in protecting their "new media" creations. We are also well-versed in protecting their more traditional creative works and understand the rules and limitations in using existing copyrighted materials.

Securing Copyright Registrations
We regularly advise and guide our clients on the advantages of copyright registration, and assist with preparing specimen samples and filing registration applications. We have secured copyrights for materials ranging from a simple brochure to software program source code. We have also secured copyright registrations for literary, musical, dramatic, multimedia, graphic, and Web-based works. Once a copyright registration is obtained, we work with our clients to monitor their rights and to protect them against infringement.

Evaluating Ownership and Use of Copyrighted Works
We counsel our clients on the reproduction, distribution, performance and/or display of existing copyrighted works owned by others. We obtain copyright clearance, clarify fair use of applicable works, and negotiate licensing agreements. We also work with employers to develop policies, consulting agreements, or confidentiality agreements regarding employee creations and dissemination of copyrighted works within the workplace.

Enforcement
Holland & Hart attorneys regularly enforce our clients' copyrights as well as defend our clients from infringement claims. Our copyright litigators have substantial experience in litigating virtually all types of copyright infringement disputes, including disputes under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. However, we recognize that protracted and expensive litigation is not always the most efficient way to resolve a dispute. Therefore, when a dispute arises, we move quickly to analyze its merits and help the client identify options and reach a resolution that considers not only the client s needs and objectives, but also the costs associated with the dispute.

Holland & Hart's Statement of Commitment to Diversity
We are proud of our tradition of fostering and maintaining a work environment in which the diversity of each individual is valued and celebrated. We believe that the contributions of each individual are essential to our continued growth and to our ultimate goal of providing excellent quality legal services to our clients, with greater creativity and innovation. We are committed to taking full advantage of the rich backgrounds and abilities of our people and to promoting a greater diversity whenever and wherever possible.

Diversity Pledge
Holland & Hart is committed to promoting diversity by:

• Making every possible effort to recruit, hire, retain, and promote diverse persons at all levels of employment.
• Promoting greater sensitivity to the value of racial, ethnic and other forms of diversity, through diversity and sensitivity coaching or training for law firm members.
• Inviting to partnership diverse attorneys who meet the requisite criteria.

Diversity Initiatives
The following are additional examples of our commitment and efforts toward supporting and achieving diversity:

• We make a conscious effort to ensure that women and diverse attorneys are included as voting members of our committees of importance within the firm.
• We work closely with law school deans and placement directors in an effort to identify women and diverse law students who are interested in working at Holland & Hart.
• Holland & Hart offers medical and other benefits to partners of gay and lesbian employees on the same terms as it does to spouses of employees.
• We created an Indian Law Practice Group and actively recruited Native American law students and lateral hires.
• Each year we contribute to such scholarship funds as the Colorado Native American Indian Scholarship Fund, the Sam Cary Scholarship Endowment Fund, the Colorado Asian American Bar Scholarship Fund, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Scholarship Fund, and the Colorado Women's Bar Association Scholarship Fund.
• In partnership with the University of Idaho School of Law, we sponsor a "Law by Day, Jazz by Night" each year for undergraduate minority students who have an interest in law.
• We took a leadership role in organizing and supporting the Colorado Pledge Group's Minority First Year Law Student Summer Clerk Program. Through this program, law firms agreed to add at least one diverse first year law student to their summer clerk program.
• We were involved in the creation of the Cross-Professional Business Networking Group, where diverse attorneys in our community can meet and network with non-attorney professionals of color. We view this as a way to help diverse attorneys increase their business development possibilities.

For more information regarding Holland & Hart's commitment to diversity, please contact Peter Houtsma at (303) 295-8259.