Trademark Registration Costs and Timeline
Trademark registration may not be the first thing you want to spend your money on, but plan for it in your budget. Successful businesses are built on branding.
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11 Privacy and the Copyright Office
The need for privacy is a concern for many writers and artists. Filing an application with the Copyright Office for a copyright registration on your work creates a public record. There is a natural tension between protecting your work with a public filing and protecting your privacy, but it can be done.
Read More2 Creative Entrepreneur: Running a [Jailhouse] Business
It takes a certain kind of person to be a creative entrepreneur. A successful business is made up of more than just a good idea. Good ideas are key, but they are also a dime a dozen. Solid execution is needed to bring that idea to fruition, to turn that idea into a going concern, to have that idea make money.
Read More9 How to Protect Your Archive of Creative Work
If you have a large portfolio of creative work that needs copyright protection, here’s a simple formula for deciding what to protect first.
Read More3 How to Protect Designs from Illegal Copying
It can take as much ingenuity to protect your designs as it does to create them. Designers in fields like graphic art, jewelry, furniture, and fashion need to use different laws in combination to catch copyists. Here are some examples of how copyright, contract, and trademark law work together to protect your work.
Read More25 A Successful Creative Career Comes From Copyright Registration
Registering your creative work with the U.S. Copyright Office (even as a foreign national), creates opportunity for multiple revenue streams from a single work. It’s a best practice for your creative career. Here’s why.
Read More16 Charles Dickens and the American Copyright Problem
American copyright law was not always a powerhouse protecting the rights of creators. Back in the day, foreign writers had their work ruthlessly plundered by American publishers. Charles Dickens was active in bring the United States into the international copyright fold.
Read More4 Model Releases: Who Needs Them and When are They Needed?
When do you need a model release from the person whose image you are using in your work? Should you ask permission or forgiveness?
Read More152 Book Cover Art: Ownership, Use & Copyright
Who owns the rights to cover art on your book? It may not be who you think it is. Whether you are traditionally or self-published, it is better to secure those rights up front than to battle it out later.
Read More42 The Artist’s Race for Instant Protection
Instant protection is the biggest lie in copyright. Perhaps it’s not a lie, but it is misleading. And the idea that there is instant protection in copyright is misleading writers and artists smack into problems.
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