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Creative Law Network and RiNo Art District free legal presentation from November 2020:

What’s in a name? Everything! Your business, product, service or brand name is your trademark. Your trademark can be one of your most valuable assets. So it should be protected! Have you federally registered your trademark? Claimed your common law trademark rights?

Learn about the basics of trademark law: what constitutes a trademark, how to choose a strong trademark, how trademark rights are established, how trademarks are protected, and helpful tips on trademark strategy.


About Creative Law Network:
Creative Law Network is a boutique law firm counseling creative people and businesses on all aspects of intellectual property and business law.

About the presenter:
Following a career in the music business as a tour manager, band manager, and founder of his own management agency, Dave Ratner is now the principal of Creative Law Network, a boutique Denver law firm specializing in intellectual property, entertainment, and business law. Dave’s clients include creative individuals and businesses in a variety of industries. The firm’s practice focuses on intellectual property protection and licensing, entity formation and management, and all aspects of transactional law to support clients’ success.

Dave has been one of 5280's Top Lawyers since the magazine began publishing its list of top lawyers and been named both Client's Best and Barrister's Best Lawyer by Law Week Colorado. Dave is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Denver College of Law. He is Advisory Committee Chair of Colorado Attorneys for the Arts, Executive Committee member of the Entertainment & Sports Section of the Colorado Bar Association, on the Board of Swallow Hill Music, a member of the Leadership Council of the Center for Visual Art at Metro State, and a graduate of CBCA’s Leadership Arts and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Denver program.


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