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1099 Independent Contractor

HOW TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR vs EMPLOYEE   by Talmar Anderson, Boss Actions & Cheryl Hodgson, Attorney & Founder of Brandaide   Many business owners engage companies and individuals for part-time and project work by hiring 1099 independent contractors, or freelancers. The more modern lingo is the “gig worker” for the gig economy. When …

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Perez Hilton & Jim Cramer: Related?

Related in that both Jim Cramer and Perez Hilton are iconic personal brands to their respective audiences, brands launched on the Internet and leveraged into off-line profitable empires. Personal brands are no less valuable or profitable than pure product brands.

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Photographers: What’s Your Copyright Lifespan?

In the 1990’s, photographers often used Corbis‘ copyright registration program for their photographs. A valid copyright registration is required in order bring a legal action for infringement, and a registration prior to infringement is vital for purposes of obtaining statutory damages and attorneys fees. Without registration,  the copyright owner is left to pay his or …

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Don’t Transfer Your Copyright in Contribution to A Periodical Forever!

Short Term Transfers and Reassignments Can Insure Registration of all Works contained in a Collective Work In Parts 1 and 2, we discussed the importance of securing proper copyright registration to preserve important statutory remedies for copyright infringement. The need to register works is all the more urgent in the face of looming “orphan works” …

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Follow the Rules of Trademark Use in Marketing and Media to Maintain Trademark Rights

Cheryl’s Brand Owners’ Guide to Trademark Use reveals how to establish lawful trademark use necessary to register a trademark and to sustain trademark protection.

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