by Kelley Way | Nov 6, 2023 | Copyrights, Intellectual Property
A copyright transfer can take many forms. It can be gifted, assigned, sold… basically, a copyright transfer happens anytime the copyright changes hands, whether or not money was involved. (Side note: a copyright license is not a transfer, because you are giving...
by Kelley Way | Nov 6, 2023 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Intellectual Property
Ongoing royalty revenues are the dream of every author, musician, and movie director. And those royalty revenues are even sweeter if you don’t have to put any effort into marketing the work yourself. But if this dream is achieved, it also creates a problem for the...
by Kelley Way | Oct 2, 2023 | Copyrights, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
It’s been a long time since I last posted on estate planning horror stories that affect contemporary celebrities. An update is long overdue, so let me share what’s been happening in some of the estates I discussed in my previous article. After five years...
by Kelley Way | Oct 2, 2023 | Copyrights, Intellectual Property
I am often asked the question, how long does copyright last? This comes up especially when the person is considering protecting their legacy through an estate plan. Copyright duration also comes up when someone is considering using another person’s content and wants...
by Kelley Way | Sep 4, 2023 | Estate Planning
If you’ve already created your estate plan (i.e. a will and trust, plus a few other documents), then you’re ahead of most of the American population. However, things can still go wrong, even when you’ve created a proper estate plan. Here are a five common estate...
