Showing posts with label trademark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trademark. Show all posts

Saturday, June 14, 2008

June 20 Program on Copyright and Trademark Issues

I'll be giving an overview of copyright and trademark issues concerning visual artists next Friday, June 20, for the Simi Valley Art Association. A couple of their members attended the program I did at Continental Art Supplies earlier this year and invited me to speak.

The program will be held at the Community Room of the Simi Valley Public Library at 2969 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley, CA 93063. Admission is free to students with accompanying adults. Non-SVAA members donate $7 at the door. (Proceeds go to the art scholarship fund for high school students.) The room has capacity for 120 people, so ther's plenty of room. My presentation should start about 7:15 after the organization finishes some preliminary matters. There's plenty of parking and it's easy to find asw it is next to the city hall.

Programs like these give artists an opportunity to ask questions they might not otherwise be able to afford to have answered. They also serve as good opportunities to network.


Thursday, March 6, 2008

Copyright & Trademark Lecture

The California Lawyers for the Arts called yesterday and asked me to give a talk on "Copyright and Trademark Basics for Visual Artists," something I could probably do in my sleep since I've done so many of them. I went off to law school to help other creators. It turned out to be a lousy way to make a living, but I do really like to educate creators to help themselves. This was an easy yes, since I don't have to take on any clients from it.

This free brown-bag lunch event is at Continental Art Supplies, 7041 Reseda Boulevard, Reseda, California on March 17, 2008. On-site registration is at 11:15 a.m. and the talk is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call California Lawyers for the Arts at 310-998-5590 or e-mail them at UserCLA@aol.com. Space is limited to 25 people.

California Lawyers for the Arts is a terrific organization and every artist should join (dues are a pittance) and take part in the many free or low-cost programs they offer, including lectures, workshops, lawyer referrals, and seminars.