by Origami Legal | Jun 15, 2020 | Music, Trademarks
It doesn’t matter if you’re a rapper, a singer-songwriter, or a band. In the modern music industry, success is often as much about identity and persona as it is about talent. And if you want to develop a valuable identity for your music career, you need to...
by Origami Legal | May 13, 2020 | Contracts
What do you do when you receive a contract and you’re not sure about some of its terms? The first thing to consider doing is just asking the other party to change the term! If you have a term you prefer, you can ask for a change. Depending on the term, how much...
by Origami Legal | May 13, 2020 | Business Organizations, General Business
“Social enterprise” has a lot of definitions, but most of them describe businesses that have a social and environmental purpose in addition to a general profit motive. In practice, that can mean a lot of different things. Examples include companies that...
by Origami Legal | Apr 27, 2020 | Business Organizations
The Takeaway for LLC Owners LLCs that meet all of the requirements can elect to be treated as S Corps, which is a tax treatment. While LLCs already have passthrough taxation, which is one of the biggest benefits of S Corp elections for corporations, the owners of LLCs...
by Origami Legal | Apr 27, 2020 | Contracts, Copyright
Takeaway for Freelancers and Creative Professionals You can use copyright ownership rights to increase the chance you will be paid on time and in full. By drafting your service agreement so you own the copyrights and they do not transfer to your client until you are...
by Origami Legal | Apr 26, 2020 | Branding, Trademarks
Takeaway for Businesses and Brand Owners If you are launching a new brand, it has become more important than ever to do some basic due diligence to reduce the risk you are infringing someone’s existing trademark rights. In all U.S. jurisdictions, you can now be...
