Literature

23-0543 Visual artist is developing a media project that will celebrate the Semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the USA. He needs assistance with trademark protection for a single word mark....

23-0503 Nonprofit organization that promotes the literary arts and the crafts of book making needs counsel to draft a standard teaching artist agreement for a series of 8-10 week workshops....

15-087 Client, a documentary filmmaker, received a cease and desist notice regarding use of a deceased's artist's likeness and reproductions of his work. Client has a signed release and seeks help responding to the attorney. Client Type: Pro Bono. Additional Parties: Fred Burkhart [Deceased Artist and Subject of Client's Documentary Film] Trinity Vega Degas [Artist's Daughter/Beneficiary and Adver...

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23-0029 Author published a book with a large DIY publisher but has not received any royalties. Client needs help securing a royalty statement and determining if the publisher is withholding royalty payments....

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23-0508 Author of a historical nonfiction book about participants in the American Revolution needs counsel to assist with a content clearance issue. He paraphrases and quotes content from other nonfiction works and needs help determining whether such uses are fair use or would require a license....

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23-0470 Artist has created a series of guided visualizations, and they are preparing to beta test them with a collection of participants. They need counsel to draft a standard participant agreement....

23-0586 Author hired a visual artist to create illustrations for a graphic novel. The original contract does not address copyright ownership, and author needs counsel to help negotiate with the illustrator and draft a copyright assignment to clarify ownership of the final graphic novel....