Music/Entertainment/Arts

All we need is just a little patience

Axel Rose personally owns the trademark rights to the “Guns n’ Roses” name. He was able to start a new band with none of the same members using the same name!

Why you should check your trademarks first

Jack White’s band, The Ranconteurs, is known as The Saboteurs in Australia because another band already owned the rights to it in Australia.

All my troubles seemed so far away...

Paul McCartney's song 'Yesterday', which was recently voted the most popular song of the century by a BBC poll, had music written before the lyrics. Paul used the working words 'scrambled eggs' before coming up with 'yesterday' while composing this song.

Art consignments and your art

There is a special law in Massachusetts that protects art that is being sold on consignment. It deals with issues such as transportation and makes the consignee (usually the gallery) a trustee of your work.

A very Disney bear

Disney licensed the rights to Winnie the Pooh from A.A. Milne in 1931 and the deal still stands today.

Rate that Game!

It is optional for game developers to include the ESRB rating on their video games. Though it is not legally mandated, almost all mainstream games have a rating.

We love Creative Commons

Interested in granting free access to some of your content but not sure how to control it? Check out Creative Commons Licensing!

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