How to Choose a Great Trademark

You’ve come up with an idea for your business – you’ll teach cats how to swing dance! You’ve put together your dance track, gotten your scratch-proof body suit, and lined up your graphic designer for your marketing materials. Then a question from the designer stops...

How to Get Your Rights Back From a Publisher

I’ve had several occasions now where I talk to an author, and they mention how frustrating it is that this publisher has the rights to their book and, for one reason or another, the publisher refused to give the rights back when the author asked for it. I promptly ask...

What is a Trust Protector?

Before I answer that question, let me tell you a story. There was an older couple who both had children from prior marriages. In a tragic twist of fate, the husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer about the same time that the wife was diagnosed with dementia. They...

How Do I Avoid Probate?

I’ve been asked this question more than once. Before I answer it here, let’s go over what probate is and how it works. Simply put, probate is the process of administering an estate (i.e. a deceased person’s money and “stuff”) under the supervision of the Probate...

How to Take Down Infringing Content Online

You’re a published author (if you’re not in real life, then just pretend and go along with it). You’re basking in the glow of success, and you decide to type the name of your book into Google to see if it’s gotten yet another stellar review. As you scroll down the...