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Setting Boundaries With Clients: Powerful Scripts, Systems, and Success Strategies
Setting boundaries with clients is one of the most powerful ways to protect your energy, time, and business. If you’ve ever felt drained, disrespected, or unsure how to refuse a client request, you’re not alone...
AI & Copyright: What Creators Need to Know Right Now
AI is writing books, composing music, and designing logos. It’s also raising many legal questions. This new creative frontier is exciting, but it’s also confusing. Creatives are navigating uncertainty around ownership, contracts, and what the...
How To Run Your LLC or Corporation Without Drama or Legal Hassles
Creative entrepreneurs who don’t want to play small eventually take the step to form an LLC or corporation. But many of them don’t know what to do next. That causes big headaches and stress because...
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How “The Slants” Case Changes the Landscape for Immoral Trademarks
As originally envisioned, section 2(a) of the Lanham Act prohibits registration of scandalous, deceptive, disparaging or immoral trademarks. Last week in Matal v. Tam (a.k.a., “The Slants case”), however, the Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that the...
Why You Should Consider Trademark Monitoring
Securing federal trademark registration is only the beginning of the process of protecting your trademark. Once you’ve registered your mark you must maintain it, and one of the key elements of maintaining your mark is trademark monitoring. This means watching...
Seven Important Issues to Address in Your Collaboration Agreement
Collaborating with your creative colleagues can be one of the most rewarding parts of running a creative business, and thanks to technology creative collaboration has become easier than ever. However, before you and your potential partners start emailing ideas and...
The Risks of Using a Legal Website to Incorporate
Many people that we talk to about forming a business entity (aka “incorporating”) are tempted to do so online via the numerous legal websites available, such as Legalzoom or Rocket Lawyer. For some people, this might be the right choice, but for others it could be a...
