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Theft—Accidental or Otherwise
September 2009
On
Monday September14th
, the Pasco Chamberof Commerce will holdits monthly luncheonmeeting. In an effort tokeep our members in-formed the Pasco Chamberpresents this
CandidateForum
at the luncheon.Candidates for local and
state ofces from our
area have been invitedto attend.Call 547-9755 or emailadmin@pascochamber.orgto RSVP for the Septemberluncheon—
September14th, 11:45
AM
at thePasco Red Lion Inn.
CANDIDATEFORUM
A chamber of commerce isn’ta lawyer. It’s not licensed togive legal advice or interpretthe law. But a large (and grow-ing) amount of the business of “being in business” involvesmaking sure that a company isoperating legally. It’s importantfor people in business to knowthe law—and even moreimportant to follow it.Most people are familiar withcriminal law. You can’t shootsomeone. Or steal from them.Or a lot of other things. Someare familiar with family law:marriage and divorce; childcustody and support.There are laws about manyother things as well. And aslong as one follows commonsense, they aren’t likely to getin too much trouble (other
than an occasional trafc ticket,
perhaps). Most people knowwhat they can and can’t do.There is one area of law thatfew people know muchabout—and many peopleviolate. Few people seem tocare, but it can cost a lotof money to not know.It’s called Intellectual PropertyLaw.
On the Internet...
Have you ever heard someonesay, “If it’s on the Internet it’s inthe public domain and you canuse it”? If so, you’ve listenedto someone who will spend achunk of change to buy theirway out of that lie someday.Not only is it not true, it’s get-
ting easier and easier to nd
and prosecute that particularviolation.
In photography...
Here’s another one—“Youcan use a pictureof someonewithouttheirexpress approval if they aren’tfamous.” Not only is that nottrue of people—it’s not evennecessarily true of things suchas buildings or products!There is a doctrine of “FairUse.” And some things (notall!!!) created and/or paid for bysome government bodies arein the public domain. Thereare a few other exceptions, butfar more things are covered bycopyright/trademark law thanmost people realize.
Creative Works...
What does intellectual pro-perty law cover?
Cont’d,Page 4
Ryan Brault, PresidentPasco Chamber of Commerce
Leadership & Stewardship
Beginning at 3 PM on October 4th
Live music,20 beers on tap,in covered area —On the lawnat the TRAC Centerin Pasco.Live musicfeaturing theNorthwest ladies of rock,
Hells Belles!
Rocktoberfest is a 21 and over event
.
Tickets are $20 in advance and on sale nowat TRAC in Pasco or online at:
www.97rocktoberfest.com
One of my greatest heroes is John M.Perkins. He grew up on a plantation inMississippi as a sharecropper in the 1940’s.At age 17, after his older brother’s murder
at the hands of a town marshal, he ed to
California vowing he would never return.Despite dropping out of school in thirdgrade, he now has nine honorarydoctorates.
He also started a number of non-prots,
authored numerous books and a children’sbook was written about him in a seriesentitled “Today’s Heroes.”During college, my wife, Jamie and I hadthe privilege of traveling with a smallgroup of students and our UniversityPresident to Jackson, Mississippi where John Perkins has now returned to liveand make a difference. One of the discus-sions that stood out to me more than anyother was when a student mentioned
the saying, “if you give a man a sh, you
feed him for a day, but if you teach a
man to sh, he will eat for the rest of hislife.” John Perkins pounded his st on the
table and said, “No! That is a lie! That isa lie! It matters who owns the pond!”This isn’t something we often thinkabout, but the fact of the matter is thatthe majority of the world lives on lessthan two dollars a day. Just the fact thatwe live in the United States means thatwe have—or at least have access to—tremendous resources.But we also have choices each day asindividuals and as business owners of what we will do with those resources.There are some amazing examples inour community of people who model thistype of stewardship, including
Ralph andCheryl Broetje
and our City Manager
Gary Crutcheld,
who was recentlyhonored with the Sam VolpentestLeadership Award.Many of us have greater resources thanothers, and we have choices each day asto whether we are going to use our re-sources to help those around us. May wecontinue to learn from these and othergreat leaders who have shown us what itmeans to be good stewards of our individ-ual, business and community resources.
Ryan
WORTH MENTIONING
Stan Strebel
is now theDeputy City Managerfor the
City of Pasco.
Three local
State Farmagents
have receivedquality service awards.
Bud Knore
of Kenne-wick earned the Legion of Honor andCrystal Excellence awards,
Micki McK-innon
of Kennewick earned the Legionof Honor and Silver Scroll awards and
Luis Garza
of Pasco earned the Legionof Honor award.Scientists at
PNNL
received two of
R&D Magazine’s
prestigious annual“R&D 100 Awards” for advancedinstrumentation for human health andinnovative engineering for renewableenergy sources.
National Softball Association
namedKennewick's Lawrence Scott Park, thePasco Softball Complex and Richland's
Columbia Playelds “Outstanding Parks
for 2008.”Two newbuildingsare underconstructionat
ColumbiaBasin College
. One building will housethe workforce programs and the other,business programs.
Lourdes Medical Center
was rankedin the top 10 percent of inpatient reha-bilitation facilities by the
Uniform DataSystem for Medical Rehabilitation
in 2008
.Kristi Kesler
joined the staff at
TRACCenter
as Sales Manager.
Guy Girard
has been named actingAssistant Manager for the
DOE-
Hanford’s Ofce of River Protection
.
Bill Weber
, a Laboratory Fellow at
PNNL,
received the
Distinguished AlumniAward
from the University of Wisconsin.
United Way of Benton and FranklinCounties
attained certication with the
United Way International Membership
.The
Pasco Chamber
of Commerce
welcomes
Genaro Contreras-Madrigal
as a full-timesummer intern.
Don Baer
, lead scientistfor Interfacial Chemistryat the
Department of Energy’s EMSL,
has received the 2009
Albert Nerken Award
from the AVS.
PNNL
received the I
nnovative Award
from the Washington Recycling Associ-ation for its ChemAgain program. Theprogram distributes unused chemicalsto scientists, government agencies and
nonprot groups at
no cost.
Rick Terway
is the newAdministrative and Com-munity Services Directorfor the
City of Pasco
.
Ben Halderman
is thenew Manager at
Pacic Steel and
Recycling
in Pasco.
Alexandre Tartakovshky
, a Compu-tational Mathematician at
PNNL,
hasbeen given a
Presidential Early CareerAward for Scientists and Engineers
forpioneering work in environmental sci-ences. This award is given by the U.S.Government.Assistant Fire Chief
John Fifer
hasretired after 40+ years of service to the
City of Pasco
. John began his careerwith the City in 1967.
Meier Architecture • Engineering
was22nd on the
“100 Best Companies toWork For”
in the July issue of
SeattleBusiness
.
Ranch & Home
has signed a ve-year
partnership giving them naming rightsto the Arena at
TRAC Center.Northwest Agri Products,
owned by
David Bergevin
, celebrates its 20thAnniversary this month.
Marvin Warner
, a scientist at
PNNL,
will be one of 88 young engineers totake part in the
National Academy of Engineering’s 15th Annual U.S.Frontiers of Engineering
Symposium
this month.
Pasco City Manager
Gary Crutcheld
waspresented the SamVolpentest LeadershipAward by the LeadershipTri-Cities organization.
J. Ben Tatro
is the newRetail Store Manager for
U.S. Cellular
inPasco and Kennewick.The
Washington State Department of Trade and Economic Development
haschanged its name to the
Department of Commerce
.According to a study by the
StateScience & Technology Institute
basedin Westerville, Ohio, the
Tri-Cities area
ranks 47th on a list of number of patentsissued per capita throughout the U.S.The Tri-Cities is in the 87th percentilenationwide.
To contribute an item to this column, please email the information to
admin@pascochamber.org
or call 547-9755.
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