Susan Basko, Lawyer

Susan Basko is a lawyer working with creative people and tech businesses to help them make their dreams come true.  She helps those working ...

  Trademarks are words or images, or sometimes colors or sounds or designs that are used to show the source of goods or services in commerce...

 Copyright protects creative works that are set in tangible form.  Copyright law comes from the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Cla...

Contracts are private written agreements between two parties. Susan writes, reads, and negotiates contracts involved in creative works, such...

Terms of Service and Use (TOSU) are the contracts that explain the rules of how the Owners want their Users to make use of a website, app, s...

  Copyright can and should be registered on Songwriting, including music and lyrics, as well as on Sound Recording.  It is a wise idea to re...

  Film law is about contracts of all sorts, copyright, and trademark.   Susan has written and negotiated contracts for Life Story Rights.  T...

  Art and design are protected by Copyright.  Art and designs that are created by humans and that are creative and original can be registere...

Tech Start-ups should protect the name for their service or business by registering a Trademark on the name.  It is best to have a Trademark...

  Clothing design does not have copyright because clothing is considered untilitarian and functional, rather than artistic. We may disagree ...

  Copyright protects the creative works of writers -- for everything from blogs to poems to novels to screenplays.  Literary works can and s...

  Contracts and licensing are the legal backbone for the creation and production of theater and musical stage plays.   Contracts form agreem...

    Contracts are the backbone of any well-organized music festival.  There are contracts for the venue or outdoor space, contracts for the ...