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Ready to get your legal ducks in a row? The Legal Road Map® blog & podcast is a must for the ambitious online business owner with a rocket strapped to their back. Stop scrolling for legal advice in Google and instead confidently scale your business to the next level with the right legal protections at the right time.

Hosted by Autumn Witt Boyd, an experienced lawyer who helps ambitious and creative business owners reach their big goals. Together with her team, Autumn guides coaches, memberships, course creators + educators, agencies + experts as they grow. She has special expertise in copyright and trademark issues, and her firm offers full-service legal support to creative businesses.

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How to protect your rights as author of a book or series of books? Copyright and trademark registrations may help.

As a creative business owner, at some point, you will probably find someone has copied your best stuff or started a business or product with a very similar name as yours. Learn how to respond when this happens to protect your business and brand.

How can you create the most value in your brand? Start by choosing a great company or product name, then check to make sure no one else is already using it. Plus learn why a federal trademark registration could help your business.

Copyrights, trademarks, and patents, oh my! What intellectual property does your creative business own that’s worth protecting? This primer will help you identify what’s valuable in your business and how you can protect and make money with IP registrations.

I talked about business names in today's live video - how to protect a business name (trademark registration), how to make sure you're not infringing someone else's rights with your name, how to change a business name, and what the heck is a DBA?
How does the US federal trademark registration process work? I walked through all the steps in this video!
Learn about the three main types of Intellectual Property (IP) for your creative business - copyrights, trademarks, and patents - plus a bonus, trade secrets. 
How to choose a great business or product name that will add value to your brand (hint: more fanciful, less descriptive) AND how to search before you decide on a name to be sure it doesn't infringe on anyone else's rights.
Learn how to use other people's stuff legally on your website, social media, or blog.
Is it expensive to file a US federal (nationwide) trademark application? I answer this question and talk about when it makes sense to register your trademark with the US Patent & Trademark Office.
Are you dealing with COPYCATS in your creative business? I outline five steps for how to deal with people stealing your copyrighted or trademarked content.

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