Product Design

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Clients, operating under the name "Little Brass Bird", are designers/creators who have developed a collection of plush toys and four webseries which they have put on their website. Clients seek an attorney's assistance in registering copyrights for their webseries and potentially their characters, registerin...

Notice to volunteers: We have a new client who has been named in a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit that is pending in the Northern District. He needs immediate counsel. We have been told he should not have been named along with another defendant in this case. Please call Marci Rolnik or Bill Rattner if interested. The docket number is: 1:10-cv-8103. A LCA volunteer at Winston is a...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Clients design and build three dimensional artwork and furniture. They seek help incorporating a s-subchapter corporation and making relevant secretary of state and IRS filings. Clients also would like help developing a contract for use with clients who commission work. They are working on plans to design a...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, a graphic artist, seeks help recovering payment for services she provided to an Illinois corporation. She entered into an agreement to design a logo for the company and delivered the artwork to the client. The company still owes her $1500 which it initially agreed to pay in three installments. Client i...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a School of the Art Institute of Chicago trained visual artist specializing in sculptural works. He designs and hand carves unique wood figures and useful objects and is currently developing an elaborately sculpted and very large scale chess set. He hopes to create one upscale version for artistic i...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client designed a new board game and seeks advice on how to register copyright in her unique game board and its visual art elements. Client would also like help registering her game rules as instructional text and advice on how she may otherwise protect the intellectual property embodied in her game. Client T...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, a visual artist, designed a new board game and needs advice on a publishing offer from a mid-size game company. Client did some research and realized he needed to re-title the game to avoid trademark infringement and may need counsel on any need name choice. Client would like help negotiating the ter...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is putting together a video game and seeks intellectual property advice. He expects to hire several freelancers and needs help drafting an agreement. He states he can pay a lawyer something and that he’d like to prioritize advice on copyright and contracts. Overall, he seeks counsel on how to ...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client seeks trademark advice for the name of her product. She obtained a design patent with the help of another LCA volunteer and now wishes to check on whether she can use a particular name in connection with it. Client also would like help formalizing a single owner entity. Client's product is called the ...

Victor seeks advice on copyright assignments from friends helping him write code for a new interactive website that helps people track what friends are reading among other tools....