Event Summary

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, February 1, 2021 and continuing through Monday, March 15, 2021 from **11am – 12:30pm.

*(There is no session Monday, March 8, 2021)

**(Monday, February 15th Tax Strategies session begins at 12pm (Noon).)

Attendees must register for each individual session.

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

Presentation and Q & A with:

John D. Mason, Copyright Counselors, WALA Board President

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.

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

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The WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series (CES) is free for WALA members and *$20 per workshop for non-members.

*Reduced rate General Admission tickets available.

This WALA Creative Entrepreneur Series is supported by a special collaborative effort between Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, Gateway CDC, Creative Edge, Prince George’s Film Office and DPARK3311. Complimentary tickets are available via these organizations. Tickets for this series have been subsidized by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Truist.

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Event Details

• Date

  February 1, 2021

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• Time

  11:00am - 12:30pm

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• Partner

  Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, Gateway CDC, Creative Edge, Prince George’s Film Office and DPARK3311

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• Venue

  Online