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The following is a current list LCA matters within the identified Categories.
To learn more about any of the matters on our Case List, please contact our Director of Legal Services, Stacy Baygood Streur, at 312.837.3520, or sstreur@law-arts.org.
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| Case # | Legal Category | Arts Category |
Description |
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20-070 Pro Bono |
Trademark Protection, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Other, Film/T.V. |
Contract Drafting and Trademark Registration: Trademark License: Film 20-070 Filmmaker needs help with trademark registration. She also needs advice regarding licensing the trademark for a podcast that is being produced by the Client and a partner. |
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20-125 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Music |
Copyright and Royalties: Music 20-125 Songwriter (Client) wrote the music and lyrics for a gospel song and hired a producer to produce the song. The producer paid session musicians to perform on the recording. There are no written agreements. Client needs help understanding who owns the intellectual property rights and how royalties will be distributed. |
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20-079 Pro Bono |
Copyright Protection/Licensing | Visual |
Copyright: Visual Art 20-079 Client needs help understanding the scope of her rights in certain visual art objects that she purchased with the purchase of her home. The home was formerly owned by a now deceased visual artists of some renown. |
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20-178 Pro Bono |
Employment, Disputes | Other |
Dispute: Demand Letter for Stopped Payment on Check 20-178 Video and lightening director, Client, provided services and was paid by check by a film producer. Client had a dispute with the producer and the producer stopped payment on the check. Client needs help collecting amounts owed including the amount of the check. Counsel need not agree to commence litigation. |
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20-217 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Disputes | Dance |
Dispute: NFP Law 20-217 Board of Directors of a local NFP are planning to sell the most valuable asset that the NFP owns. Members of the organization need legal help evaluating whether they have rights with regard to the sale. |
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20-188 Pro Bono |
Trademark Infringement | Film/T.V. |
Dispute: Trademark Infringement (Defense): Film 20-188 Start-up film studio needs help responding to a cease and desist that it received from a CA stock footage company. |
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20-212 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Visual |
Estate: Disposition of Art Work of Now Deceased Artist 20-212 Representative (Client) of a well-known visual artist who recently passed away needs help determining what her rights and obligations are with respect to certain of the artist's works that Client has in her possession. |
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19-718 Pro Bono |
Visa and Immigration | Dance, Music, Theater, Film/T.V. |
Immigration: Music 19-718 Venezuelan music theater student who is in the US on a J-1 Visa, is graduating in May and needs help with an O-1 Visa application. |
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20-181 Pro Bono |
Trademark Protection | Other |
Trademark Registration: Entertainment 20-181 Client manages a staff of people who are hired to guide the mood at parties and events. Client needs help with trademark registration. |
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20-197 Pro Bono |
Trademark Protection | Performance Art |
Trademark Registration: Podcast 20-097 Client needs help with trademark registration for his football related podcast. |
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20-161 Pro Bono |
Trademark Protection | Other |
Trademark Response to Office Action: Software 20-161 Producer of a video streaming software needs help responding to an Office Action refusing registration based on possible confusion with a mark in a prior filed application. |
