Valuable Links

 To all Hurley Stanners clients, please find below some links that we think may be useful to you:

-For our entrepreneurs/inventor clients: www.ipxtract.com. This is an inventor's services firm, which assists inventors in taking an idea  or invention to market.

-United States Patent and Trademark Office: www.uspto.gov . This is for the client that would like to do a simple elimination search when looking for a new product/service name.

-United States Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov.  The United States Copyright Office publications are very good and they cover a number of different issues. Start with their primer on Copyrights and then move on from there. We can also be consulted for anything that you find confusing.

Publications

 

    We are excited to announce our participation in an intellectual publication, Legal Aspects of Doing Business in North America / Illinois Chapter to be published by Juris Publishing in December 2010. 

    We have produced a number of business, real estate and entertainment-based articles for our clients over the past 30 years. Some have been available on-line in the past and others have been distributed directly to our clients. We want to make sure that all articles are accessible to our clients, potential clients and referral sources. Please feel free to call us for copies of the articles listed or click here to access.   

Business

1.  Legal Disputes in the New Millennium. 

2.  10 Things Every Business Person Should Know That They Did Not Know in 2007. 

3.  10 Things Every Business Person Should Know About Contracts. 

4.  10 Things Every Employer Should Know About Employment Law.
 
5.  10 Things That Every Business Person Should Know About Working with Lawyers.
 
6.   Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Does this Affect Your Business? 

 

Intelectual Property

1.    Skin in the Game, Inventor's Digest.

 

2.    IP 101.

 

3.    Protecting Your Business's Hidden Assets, Intellectual Property.

 

4.    Confidentialty Plan Can Protect Corporate Assets, Chicago Industrial Bulletin.

Entertainment and Arts

1. Copyrights- Should I copyright?

2. Contract Review - Literary Agents Contract.

3. 10 Things To Know About the Music Business and Music Law.

4. 10 Negotiating Tips for Theater Groups.

5. Contract Review - Musician Management Contract.

6. Venue Safety Tips


For any questions about any of the Articles referenced above, please contact Joanne F. Hurley at (708) 848-0800, email us, or write to us at Hurley Stanners, LLC, 1011 West Lake Street, Suite 215, Oak Park, IL 60301. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you and to discuss how we may be of service.