WALA CES @ AHCMC: Copyright/Trademark Protection & Use (Session #1)

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 Pl,  
Silver Spring, MD 20910 

*All sessions are in-person
*Attendees must Register for each individual session.
*There are 6 sessions in all.

• Session #1: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ~ Copyright/Trademark Protection & Use

(Select this date to attend this session)

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, teaching Art, Cultural Heritage and the Law at George Washington University School of Law, 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 [email protected] and his firm website is .

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