Wooden Pencil, Inc.

Copyright/Visual Arts Law Seminar

I’ll be will giving a free seminar to area artists on the subject of copyright, and other areas of law relevant to visual artists. All are welcome to attend the event on:

May 29th, at 6:30 p.m. at:

Northern Colorado Potters Guild
209 Christman Drive
Fort Collins.

For a map to the guild please consult
www.coloradopotters.org.

TriMedia Film Festival

I was just asked to serve on the Executive Board of the TriMedia Film Festival. I accepted. Ill post updates as applicable.

The overlap of trademark law and institutional branding.

Educational institutions and non-profit organizations are now understanding (at least fundamentally) the importance of differentiating themselves through programming and branding. Most understand the importance of the institutional logo as a symbolic “indicator of source” relative to the educational services and even tangible “goods” provided by the institution.

Many institutions and organizations are now developing “taglines” to [...]

College and University TM

I posted this this morning in response to a TM question on the CASE Communcations Listserv….¬† I thought it would be helpful here…
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Trademark is about marketing – it’s about protecting the brand equity and good-will and investment in an “indicator of source” in a particular market. The goal is to protect consumers from confusion as [...]

Blunted

...A moment later the couple went off – he, trained on some textbook that blunted his capacity for wonder, she, inert and insensitive to the thrill of the infinite, both oblivous to the awesomness of their encounter…

From Foucault’s Pendulum

By Umberto Eco

1988

How many of us, or our students have been textbook-trained into a blunted capacity for [...]

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  • About Kevin

    Kevin Houchin

    Kevin E. Houchin is an attorney, artist, teacher, author, and principal of Houchin & Associates, P.C. , a copyright, trademark, arts & entertainment, business development, and branding firm located in Fort Collins, Colorado.
    To schedule Kevin for keynote speeches, workshops, or seminars, call 970-493-1070 or email
    kevin.houchin@houchinlaw.com.

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