Copyright + Trademark Game for Authors

24/06/2025 28 min Temporada 1 Episodio 11
Copyright + Trademark Game for Authors

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Feel free to leave us a review 🙂In this episode, Tiffany A. Greenhood delivers an essential masterclass on intellectual property protection for authors and creative entrepreneurs, covering copyright, trademark, and wealth-building strategies.• Copyright automatically belongs to you once your idea is put in tangible form (written down or recorded)• Copyright protection lasts for your lifetime plus 70 years after death• Register copyright at Copyright.gov for strongest legal protection• Books, digital products, journals, social media posts, and graphic designs can all be copyrighted• Trademark protects brand names, business names, podcast names, and event titles• Book titles cannot be copyrighted or trademarked, but book series can be trademarked• Registering an LLC does not protect your business name nationally—you need a trademark• Trademark registration fees start at $250-350 per class when filing yourself• Beware of companies claiming to "patent" your ideas—verify they specialize in the right intellectual property protectionProtect what you create: Copyright protects your work. Trademark protects your brand. IP builds your wealth.

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