Event Summary

WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series

(Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs)

WALA’s Creative Entrepreneurs Series is a series for creatives of all kinds who want to take the next step in their professional career by creating their own business. Explore the basics of forming a business for your creative endeavors, from deciding whether to incorporate as a non-profit or for-profit entity, to understanding copyrights and trademarks, to contract and negotiation skills, and finally to taxes and understanding the grants process.

The series comprises of six sessions to be held on consecutive Mondays, starting Monday, September 20, 2021, and continuing through Monday, October 25, 2021 from 11am – 12:30pm.

• Session #1: Monday, September 20, 2021 ~ Copyright/Trademark Protection & Use

(Select this date to attend this session)

Presentation and Q & A with:

John D. Mason

This session covers:

• Copyright Registration

• Fair Use

• Works Made For Hire

• Trademark

• Rights Management

• Creative Commons

• Licensing

• Protecting your creations

John D. Mason of Copyright Counselors, LLC is an art, entertainment and intellectual property attorney, and literary agent. He is based in the Washington DC/Maryland area. His practice focuses on copyright and trademark transactional matters, litigation, publishing and media issues, contracts, and commercial matters. He works with writers, artists, filmmakers and people and companies in creative industries to protect, promote and exploit their work. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Mason is adjunct faculty teaching Entertainment Law at UDC Law School, past adjunct teaching Art and the Law at George Mason University, Board President of Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, and past Advisory Board member of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington.

His email is jmason@copyrightcounselors.com and his firm website is www.copyrightcounselors.com.

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The series is free for WALA members and *$20 per workshop for non-members.

*Reduced rate tickets available.

This WALA Creative Entrepreneur Series is supported by a special collaborative effort between East City Art, Community Arts at Montgomery College, the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Complimentary tickets are available via these organizations.

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Event Details

• Date

  September 20, 2021

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• Time

  11:00am - 12:30pm

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• Partner

  East City Art, Community Arts at Montgomery College, the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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• Venue

  Online