Learn to read a basic contract—for teaching, with vendors, for publication. This course will take you through how a contract is constructed, what basic terms mean, and how to think about what a contract means. For anyone in business or thinking about starting a business, this is essential.

Every legal task isn't required. But if you do these, you are on your way to legally protecting your business.

Critical information will be presented to learn if you need to collect sales tax, comply with Proposition 65, and what's required to use customer reviews.

Want to learn the basics of copyright, trademark, right of publicity, patents, and trade secrets? What role do each of these play in a business and how do you protect yourself in each area? This is a basic course with information every business should know.

In what way does copyright protect your creative works? How does it operate within a commercial context? This course is designed to get you in the mindset of what copyright is and isn't, and how it can help you with your business.

Walk through the trademark process and by the end of this seminar, you could be ready to file your trademark! Learn the basics of trademark, how to search to see if a trademark is available, how to prepare your own trademark application, and why you need to file a trademark ASAP.