Description: Sometimes the best inspiration comes from someone else’s story. If you’re writing a novel, screenplay, or short story based on another person’s creative work or life story, you may need to acquire the rights to that story. Join Lawyers for the Creative Arts for an education program on story rights. You’ll learn about when you can rely on public information to write a story about someone else, and the interaction with rights of publicity, defamation, and privacy. We’ll discuss the importance of written agreements governing “life rights” and how they can help reduce the risk of defamation, privacy, and other claims. We’ll also talk about how to spot a scam when you’re publishing, and things to consider when someone is looking to turn your written work into a film. There will be time for Q&A. Steven L. Baron, Baron Harris Healey: For more than 35 years, Steve Baron has counseled businesses on intellectual property and media matters and helped clients resolve complex commercial disputes. His experience includes protecting and advising on trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, defamation, privacy, right of publicity, advertising, and marketing. Steve represents media and entertainment clients’ best interests in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations. His clients also include publishers, authors, podcasters, advertising and marketing agencies, graphic artists, recording companies and recording artists, information technology businesses, Internet retailers, and other businesses with intellectual property and publishing issues. Steve advises clients on evaluating and protecting their intellectual property and business assets. He helps businesses select trademarks, obtain registrations from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and manage trademark portfolios. He also counsels clients on copyright protection and aids them in registering works with the Copyright Office. Publishers benefit from his guidance on matters involving rights of publicity and privacy. At the same time, he leverages his extensive experience as a litigator to draft, review, and negotiate many commercial agreements, including intellectual property licenses and assignments, software escrow agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, work-made-for-hire agreements, employment agreements, merchant agreements, and website terms of use and privacy policies. More at https://www.bhhlawfirm.com/attorneys/steven-baron/ Steven L. Baron, Baron Harris Healey
