Every business has intellectual property. Creative businesses depend on it. This lunch and learn will cover the basics of intellectual property law, with an emphasis on protecting and maximizing your creative assets and avoiding costly conflicts with others.

— Trademarks: An Essential Branding Tool
— Copyrights: Protecting Creativity
— Trade Secrets: An Undervalued Asset
— Patents: Securing Inventions

This will be an educational event for those in creative businesses of all kinds: Graphic design, architecture, food and drink, web and app development, film and music, social media, fashion, writing and publishing, photography . . . you name it.

About Maxwell Goss
Max is a lawyer with McDonald Hopkins, PLC, focusing his practice on intellectual property, trade secret, and non-competition law and litigation. Max provides legal representation and advice to businesses of all sizes as well as individuals. Prior to law school, Max earned a doctorate in philosophy and taught at several universities. Follow Max at @MaxwellGoss and @BeerandWineLaw, or contact him at mgoss@mcdonaldhopkins.com.