In this Season 4 premiere, we welcome attorney and professor Cynthia Gayton, author of Guide to Contracts, Copyrights & Trademarks for CryptoCreatives. Discover how to safeguard your digital art, blockchains, NFTs, and overall brand in the rapidly expanding crypto space. Cynthia shares her expert insights on intellectual property law, practical tips for creators, and real-world examples to help you avoid common legal pitfalls. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your journey into blockchain-based projects, this conversation is packed with guidance to keep your creative endeavors secure and thriving digitally. Tune in and find out how to protect what you build!

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Those closest to you are the ones capable of causing more significant harm. So for our last episode of the season, we talked with Peter Hlavnicka and Anthony Keats about trademark protection and their books: “Protecting the Brand: Counterfeiting and Grey Markets” and “Protecting the Brand: Busting the Bootlegs.”

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The look and feel have great value in the market. Margaret Polson shares with us how aesthetic appearance can find protection under a design patent.

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An action can cause an unwanted or unforeseen consequence. If we did not intent intellectual property infringement, shouldn't we find a way to protect ourselves against such missteps? Patrick R. Goold recounts his book “IP Accidents: Negligence Liability in Intellectual Property”.

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Give me your creations, inventions and innovations, and I will give you back exclusive rights for the greater good of humanity is the general promise of the intellectual property system. Our guest Jessica Silbey details if IP is keeping its promise while explaining how to guide the conversation toward the needed change.

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Put your registration where your mark is! Shondra Cheris gives us a practical guide to trademark registration. 

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The story of Intellectual Property does not end with registration or protection, it merely begins! Discover with Andrew J. Sherman the many ways to harvest intangible assets. 

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Can Open Access be the answer to hinder widespread misinformation? What role does Copyright play? Professor John Willinsky talks about the changes needed in the US Copyright Law and his book “Copyright's Broken Promise: How to Restore the Laws Ability to Promote the Progress of Science”. 

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The first episode of the third season brings a new type of discussion. We will connect neuroscience with Intellectual Property while discussing Professor Mark Bartholomew's book "Intellectual Property and the Brain: How Neuroscience Will Reshape Legal Protection for Creations of the Mind".

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On the last episode of our second season, we have the joyful pleasure of interviewing David Newhoff to talk about his book "Who Invented Oscar Wilde?: The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright". 

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