I’ve spent a great deal of time on this blog, in classrooms, studios, lecture halls, and many other places advocating for the rights of creative professionals. I’ve engaged in respectful disagreements over the extent of those rights in courtrooms and at cocktail…
What’s it going to cost and how long will it take?Those are usually first the two questions asked by business owners who are interested in obtaining a federal registration on their trademark. image credit: Pete Linforth Here’s a snapshot of…
The need for privacy is a concern of many writers and artists. My thanks go out to the readers of this blog who are members of the LGBT community for it was they who suggested I write this post. This…
When you look around your studio, do you see piles of design sketches in one corner, stacks of canvases layered against the walls, or thumb drives full of images collecting dust in repurposed ashtrays? Perhaps the scene is your computer…
This post was written by Charles F. Morgan (“Frank”), an intellectual property lawyer who represents individuals and businesses in the entertainment world. Copyright law in the music industry has some peculiar twists and Frank knows all about them. The readers of charmcitylegal.com…