WALA CES @ AHCMC: Contracts & Licensing (Session #3)

WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series (CES)
(Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs)
WALA’s Creative Entrepreneurs Series is 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, contracts and licensing, negotiation strategies, the grants process, and finally estate planning for artists and creatives.
The series comprises of six sessions to be held on *consecutive Tuesdays, starting Tuesday, April 29, 2025 and continuing through Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 6pm – 8pm.
Location:
Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza
1 Veterans Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910

*All sessions are in-person
*Attendees must Register for each individual session.
*There are 6 sessions in all.
• Session #3: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 ~ Contracts & Licensing
(Select this date to attend this session)
Presentation and Q & A with: Karl W. Means, Attorney
This session covers:
When is a deal a deal?
- Offer
- Acceptance
- Consideration
What can you license?
- Ownership
- Contract considerations
- Royalties
What Happens If Someone Fails?

- Remedies
- Deadlines
- Indemnification
- Governing Law
- Limitations on Remedies

Karl W. Means advises clients on a range of intellectual property-related issues, including working with clients on to protect and license copyrighted works covering a wide variety of subjects, including publishing, music, computer software and web-based content. Karl also counsels clients on the selection and protection of federally registered trademarks in the U.S., international trademarks, domain names and web-based advertising, and brand development. He also has extensive experience with technology-based transactions involving the commercialization of products and services, brand licensing, technology transfer, software licensing and development agreements.

Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Karl was a Shareholder in the Intellectual Property practice at the firm of Shulman Rogers. Karl began his legal career with the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C., where he was Senior Attorney in the Intellectual Property Rights Branch. Karl holds an M.B.A. from Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma.

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The 2025 Spring Creative Entrepreneurs Series @ AHCMC is FREE for WALA members.
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