How to Avoid Cognitive Overload: Even with Spring Fever! by Ann Woodford
The April roundup from Writer’s Fun Zone, where we talk about how authors face spring fever, stay focused, and avoid cognitive overload.
The April roundup from Writer’s Fun Zone, where we talk about how authors face spring fever, stay focused, and avoid cognitive overload.
Registering your copyright isn’t necessary, but it’s an excellent way to protect your intellectual property and required for a lawsuit.
Copyright infringement is a longstanding problem. The Copyright Claims Board is an affordable, user-friendly solution for authors.
In this article, a literary lawyer talks about fictional people, specifically, fictional characters that are still protected by copyright.
Use these questions to help you spot a book professional, a book shepherd, and make a good choice, by Mary Neighbour.
Writers often ask literary lawyer Kelley Way if they can copyright their title. In this article, she discusses the short answer and the long answer.
Arguably the most difficult part for an author in choosing a cover designer is to adopt an objective viewpoint.
Scenes are the heart of novels. There are so many different types of scenes, and so many ways you can write a scene. So how do you decide? Is there a method that works?...
Trusts and corporations are valuable estate planning tools. Each serve as a way to keep an estate out of probate, because both are considered separate entities under the law.
When it comes to claiming intellectual property rights, novelists and other authors need to file a copyright. This is a little easier than patents or trademarks, which require more extensive legal filings.
Welcome back to our regular column on literary law. Today we focus on whether of not to register your copyright from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law. If you have general questions...
artist entrepreneur / Author Career
by Beth Barany · Published February 24, 2012 · Last modified February 23, 2012
Welcome to the monthly series on legal issues for authors to empower you, the artist entrepreneur. Today we focus on trademark protection for fictional characters from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law and other aspects of law.
Welcome to the monthly series on legal issues for authors to empower you, the artist entrepreneur. Today we focus on trademark protection for fictional characters from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law and other aspects of law.
artist entrepreneur / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published October 28, 2011 · Last modified November 2, 2011
Welcome to the monthly series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on copyright protection for fictional characters from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law and other aspects of...
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