Your Crafts Business: A Legal Guide

U.S. craftwork is $13 billion industry and crafts artisans now average $76,000 in annual sales. As the crafts business has increased, so have the legal and business problems. Fortunately, you now have a guide to help wind your way through the maze of legal and business rules. Your Crafts Business covers everything from intellectual-property rights to dealing with business taxes. Learn all about: *contracts, consignments, sales, shows and collections *business basics *copyrights, design patents and trademarks *preventing infringement and tracking down infringers *licensing principles and agreements *hiring and firing employees, contractors and sales reps *lawyers, lawsuits and liability *getting your crafts business on the Web *and more Your Crafts Business clearly explains legal principles that protect a crafts business and help it grow. It also provides practical advice on how to deal with day-to-day problems -- such as dealing with delinquent payments. The book provides over a dozen tear-out contracts and other legal forms, plus step-by-step instructions to fill them out.