NEWS RELEASE
May 28, 2008
Contact:        Stephen Garets
                 <mailto:Steve.Garets@oregonstate.edu>
Steve.Garets@oregonstate.edu
                541/737-3845

TEAM OREGON MOTORCYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM LAWSUIT SETTLED A lawsuit brought against the TEAM OREGON Motorcycle Safety Program at Oregon State University has been settled.  The action, filed December 14,
2006 by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, alleged copyright and intellectual property infringements of MSF works.  Dr. Ed Ray, President of OSU and Stephen Garets, TEAM OREGON Director were named in their official capacities. 
A settlement conference was held in federal court in Santa Ana, California on May 21, 2008.  The summary terms of settlement are:

1.  MSF has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit with prejudice.
2.  Neither party will pay compensation, costs, or fees to the other.
3.  Team Oregon will be entitled to continue using its current curriculum without restriction.
4.  MSF will acknowledge that Team Oregon owns valid copyrights in Team Oregon course materials.
5. Team Oregon will acknowledge that MSF owns valid copyrights in MSF course materials.
6.  Neither Team Oregon nor MSF will disparage the other.
7.  MSF will give Team Oregon a free license to use MSF materials in Team Oregon curricular materials, and Team Oregon will note that license in future Team Oregon publications.  Team Oregon will continue to deny that it needs any such license.
8. Team Oregon will continue its practice of not marketing its program outside Oregon and will not grant permission for others to reproduce its materials.
9. The parties will release each other from all claims either may have against the other.

"I'm relieved and grateful to have reached this settlement," said Stephen Garets, Director of TEAM OREGON and a named defendant.  "We're proud and fully supportive of the programs we've designed that treat the specific safety and training needs of Oregon's riders. This settlement allows us to now devote full attention to the pressing needs of Oregon's riders."
Contact  <http://teamoregon.orst.edu> http://teamoregon.orst.edu for more information about TEAM OREGON training.

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The TEAM OREGON Motorcycle Safety Program is sponsored by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Transportation.  TEAM OREGON's goal is to foster and promote safe motorcycle operation through quality rider education programs and public information campaigns.  TEAM OREGON is funded by a fee on motorcycle license endorsements.

Steve Garets, Director
TEAM OREGON Motorcycle Safety Program
Chair, TRB ANF30 (Committee on Motorcycles and Mopeds)
213 St/AG; OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331-2216
541/737-3845
<http://teamoregon.orst.edu> http://teamoregon.orst.edu