Legal Aid, Incubators, and Non-Profits
Copyright Protection
Register your own copyright in minutes by submitting the form to the United States Copyright Office. This is a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to protect your copyright intellectual property and preserve your right to determine who can and cannot use your creative products of your mind. Registering also preserves your right to statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringement, and your right to request attorney’s fees if you have to sue somebody for infringing on your copyrights. To register your Copyrights CLICK HERE
Trademarks
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a lot of information about trademarks, including videos and FAQs to assist you with understanding what a trademark is, how to search the trademark database, how to register your mark, and how to respond to an office action. For more information about Trademarks CLICK HERE
Patents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has plenty of information about patents, including an overview of the patent process, patent FAQs, information to assist you with understanding what a patent is and what can be protected by a patent, and how to search the patent database. There’s even an inventors assistance center to assist with filing your own patents. For more information about Patents CLICK HERE
International Intellectual Property
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) administers twenty-six (26) treaties pertaining to intellectual property rights around the globe. If you are an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur, or innovator in the 21st Century, you should be considering international intellectual property protection. For more information about protecting your intellectual property around the globe and WIPO CLICK HERE
Business Model Canvas
When starting a business the entrepreneur should first flush out their business model. The Business Model Canvas is a business development tool used around the world to assist people when first attempting to describe their business. This is the first step, even before drafting a business plan. To download a free business model canvas template and get more information about the Business Model Canvas CLICK HERE
Business Plan Drafting Tool
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a ton of resources for entrepreneurs. If you are starting your own business, you should first develop your business model canvas (see above). Then you should take a stab at drafting your own business plan before you contact a professional for help. The SBA provides an online business plan-drafting tool that is absolutely free and is very useful. This is a completely free business plan-drafting tool. It provides business plan examples and at each business plan section it has example text and financial projections to guide you. For more information about drafting your own business plan using the SBA’s Free Business Plan Drafting Tool CLICK HERE
California Lawyers for the Arts
The California Lawyers for the Arts is a non-profit organization that empowers the Creatives by providing education, legal representation, assistance, and dispute resolution services. The California Lawyers for the Arts can assist with a pro bono (free) and modest means (reduced rate) attorney referrals for qualified candidates. They also have their California Inventors Assistance Program (CAIP) to assist independent inventors and small start-ups with pro bono legal help for patenting inventions. For more information about the California Lawyers for the Arts CLICK HERE
Free Legal Services
Finding and retaining an attorney can be overwhelming and very expensive. If you think you might qualify for free legal assistance with your legal matter there are many resources available in California. For more information about Free Legal Services CLICK HERE
Small Business Incubator
If you are an entrepreneur and you have a startup or invention the Innovation Incubator at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) can hold your hand along the startup path. For more information about the Small Business Incubator at CSUDH CLICK HERE
Small Business Administration
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is a federal government independent agency that aids, counsels, and assists the interests of small business concerns. This is a great resource that you should become familiar with if you are an entrepreneur starting a business. There are local assistance centers to aid you with business plan drafting, startup financing and much more. For more information about the United States Small Business Administration CLICK HERE
South Bay Entrepreneurial Center
The South Bay Entrepreneurial Center is a non-profit organization that assists startups by providing education, mentorship and access to capital. This is very similar to the CSUDH and SBA links provided above. If you are a entrepreneur you should become familiar with this resource, and search for other resources like it in your local area. Whether you need help with your business model canvas, business plan drafting, investor presentation, or seeking startup financing, these resources are your assets. For more information about the South Bay Entrepreneurial Center CLICK HERE
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