Twenty Five Ways To Use The Creators’ Legal Program
Smart businesses have legal counsel on deck so that they can proactively address legal issues – before they get expensive or painful. The Creators’ Legal Program offers members a way to protect their business and quickly take advantage of opportunities with less worry and headaches.
There are many ways that you can use The Creators’ Legal Program, but here are some ideas to start:
- You are starting a new job and want to know if the employment agreement will cause any problems with a side project that you are working on.
- You plan to work with a new collaborator and want to know what to do to make sure everything goes smoothly.
- You created a new piece of artwork and want to know how to do a copyright registration.
- Your client isn’t paying you and you want to know what to do.
- You are licensing your work to a larger company and want to make sure that everything is fair.
- You are creating a new brand and want to know how to protect it.
- You are planning on running an online contest and you want to make sure that it’s legal.
- You want to know whether to form an LLC or a corporation for your new business.
- You want to incorporate someone else’s work into your own, but you aren’t sure if it’s fair use.
- A lawyer just sent you a threatening letter and you want to know how to respond.
- You want to share your idea with other people but are afraid that it will get stolen.
- You are creating a new website and want to know what you need to do to protect customer information.
- You found someone using your work without your permission and you want them to stop.
- You want to be able to tell someone that you “need to run it by my lawyer”.
- You want to have a relationship with a lawyer who knows your business.
- You want to take a proactive approach to the legal issues facing your creative business.
- You want to hire an employee and need to know the steps to take.
- You are ready to lease a retail space and want to know what kind of things to look for in a good lease.
- You are joining a new business and want to make sure your interests are protected.
- A gallery damaged a piece of your valuable artwork and you want to know how to get them to pay for it.
- You want to know the legal steps to take to secure outside investment into your business.
- You have questions about the day to day operation of your business.
- You have a dispute with a business partner and want confidential insight to help resolve it.
- You want to know if a new name can be registered as a trademark.
- You want to share a confidential idea with a prospective partner, and want to know how to make sure it stays confidential.
By addressing these issues head on, you can make smart decisions for your creative business. For many people, that means a dramatic reduction in disputes, less confusion about the law, more timely payment of invoices.
Thanks for choosing to be part of The Creators’ Legal Program. As the first legal plan tailored specifically to the needs of creative businesses, The Creators’ Legal Program provides members with insight into copyright, trademarks, contracts, business formation and anything else that will help give creative businesses a solid legal foundation.