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Kelley Way has been creating blog posts across many topics of Estate Planning, Copyright and Trademark law. If you have a topic or question you’d like covered, reach out to Kelley Way here.
The Differences Between Per Stirpes and Per Capita
To view the video version of this article, please click here: kawaylaw.com/videos There’s a line on my intake sheet that reads like this: Division: Intestate / Per Stirpes / Per Capita Naturally, there is some confusion about what this means since most people aren’t...
How Do I Protect My Trademark?
Trademark owners are always concerned about someone stealing their trademark, intentionally or unintentionally. Here are some tips for the question I hear a lot - How do I protect my trademark? Choose a unique and distinctive mark. This will help avoid the...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 2 – Steps to Create an Estate Plan
Estate Planning Basics: Steps to Create Your Estate Plan Last month in the first article in this series, I went over what documents are included in a typical estate plan. This month in part two of estate planning basics, I’ll go over how one actually puts an estate...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 1 – What Documents Do I Need?
Creating an estate plan can be confusing if you don't know estate planning basics. For example, most of my estate planning clients come to me because they were told they needed a trust. Wait, maybe it was a will? Which one lets the person talk to their doctors, or is...
Trademark FAQ
Trademark is (for me) a fascinating area of law, and I always enjoy helping clients get their trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Along the way, I’ve noticed a few questions that tend to get asked a lot, so I thought I’d devote a blog...
Collaboration and Copyright
What Happens If I Collaborate? Joint Authorship in Copyright Your best friend has just approached you to co-author a book together. She has a great idea that's sure to sell, and your skills are perfect for this collaboration. Should you do it? Let's talk about how...
Should You Put Your Copyright in a Trust or LLC?
Why am I talking about putting copyrights in a trust or LLC? Many copyright owners do not realize that their copyrights are part of their probate estate after their death. For those who aren't sure what I just said, the estate is everything that a person owns in their...
How Will Prop 19 Affect My Property Taxes?
Changes to the Parent-Child Exclusion After Prop 19 In my November article, I went over the current rules for how property is taxed after being passed on to a child. With the passage of Prop 19, those rules will change on February 16, 2021. As promised, here is an...
Who Owns the Copyright?
Who owns the copyright when you are hired to work for another person or company? Let's discuss: Work for Hire Doctrine You’ve been hired to create some artwork. Happy days! You create your masterpiece, send it to the buyer, and get paid. Then you follow up and find...