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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...
Hiring Freelancers: How To Avoid Legal Pitfalls and Grow Your Business While Focusing on Being Creative
Do you want that freelancer you hired online to suddenly be able to claim ownership over your business’s intellectual property? If you’re like most business owners, the answer to that is a hard no. To...
Go From Creator to Founder: Build Systems and Structures That Set You Free
If you spend more time on emails and invoices than on creative work, your business is running you—let’s fix that. Most creatives launch their businesses with passion and talent but quickly get overwhelmed by contracts,...
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Fundamentals of the Artist Gallery Contract
What goes into the artist gallery contract that will govern the relationship between an artist and that artist’s dealer? There are many things, but there will always be a set of fundamentals that should be included in every artist gallery contract. Keep in mind, also,...
On Craft Beer Trademark Disputes
Craft beer is awesome, but a rising tide of craft beer trademark disputes is not nearly as awesome. With the happy proliferation of new breweries has come a little bit of a proliferation of trademark disputes over the names of beers and breweries. That’s enough to...
Can You Copyright Street Art?
People want to know whether or not you can copyright street art, and the answer is a resounding: “sure, why not?”. The topic seems to come up a great deal lately because companies seem to be making a habit of using street art to burnish their own brands and in an...
Getting Specific in Art & Design Contract Terms
The other day I wrote a piece about satisfaction clauses, one of the more troublesome types of design contract terms. After getting some good feedback and thinking about it more, I thought it would be helpful to offer a list of things that should be included when one...
