Nicole Paton

Trademarking Checklist for Authors: What to Do Before You Register and How To Register And How To Avoid Your Trademark Going Horribly (and Cockily) Wrong

Protect your brand before someone else does.

Trademarking a series name isn’t just legal; it’s smart marketing.

#AuthorsRights #TrademarkLaw #BookMarketing #WritingCommunity

Can a single book title be trademarked?
Usually not.
But your series title or pen name often can.
Knowing the difference is key.
#TrademarkTips #PublishingLaw #IndieAuthor #WritersRights

Trademarking Checklist for Authors: What to Do Before You Register and How To Register And How To Avoid Your Trademark Going Horribly (and Cockily) Wrong

Trademarking Checklist for Authors: What to Do Before You Register and How To Register

Thinking about trademarking your series name or pen name?
It’s not just legal protection; it’s branding for your career.

#TrademarkLaw #AuthorsRights #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity

Trademarking Checklist for Authors: What to Do Before You Register and How To Register And How To Avoid Your Trademark Going Horribly (and Cockily) Wrong

My latest Substack post offers a Trademarking Checklist for Authors, guiding you step-by-step on when and how to secure legal protection for your titles, series names, and pen names.

#TrademarkLaw #AuthorsRights #IndieAuthors #PublishingTips #BookMarketing

A #trademark isn’t just legal paperwork; it’s protection for your brand, distinguishing your work from others, and preventing unauthorized use of your series or character names, whilst simultaneously building a recognisable #author brand!
#AuthorsRights #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity

Some authors’ names become brands in themselves, like #StephenKing, #ColleenHoover, #J.K.Rowling. An author’s name can sometimes be #trademarked when it becomes tied to commercial goods or services.
For #indieauthors building a long-term brand, that protection can be surprisingly powerful.

#Copyright protects your words; #Trademark protects your brand. You don’t trademark a novel. You trademark the series name or your author logo.
Think of copyright as defending your story, and trademark as defending your identity.
#IndieAuthors #PublishingLaw

You don’t need to register your #copyright to own the rights to your work; protection begins the moment you write. But registration can help if you ever need to prove ownership or sue for infringement.

Think of it as locking the door on your creative house.

#WritersRights #PublishingLaw #Authors

Ever notice how many books share the same title?
Betrayal
Broken
Forever
Titles like these can’t be protected because they’re too generic. Trademark law rewards distinctiveness, so the more original your title, the stronger your brand.
#WritingTips #TrademarkLaw #PublishingAdvice #IndieAuthor

Some characters become so iconic, they move beyond the story.

🦇Batman 🧙‍♂️Gandalf ⚡Harry Potter

At that point, they aren’t just characters anymore. They're trademarks!

I’ve exploring this balance between creativity and commerce!

#TrademarkLaw #PublishingLaw #AuthorsRights #BookMarketing

Can You Trademark a Book/Series Title? And When Should You? How Authors Can Protect Their Worlds, Characters, and Identities

My latest Substack post explores when it’s possible, why it matters, and how it protects your author brand.
Perfect reading for indie authors and world-builders.
Give it a read by following the link below.
thewritersrights.substack.com/p/can…
#TrademarkLaw #AuthorsRights #IndieAuthorTips

Can You Trademark a Book/Series Title? And When Should You? How Authors Can Protect Their Worlds, Characters, and Identities

I explore how trademark law applies to titles, series names, and author brands. Plus a few practical steps for indie writers looking to protect their intellectual property.
Follow the link to give it a read.
#IntellectualProperty #TrademarkLaw #Publishing #WritersRights #IndieAuthors

A Case Study on Authors v AI And Why Creatives Should Be (At Least A Little Bit) Hopeful

When authors take AI companies to court, the outcome could redefine copyright.
My latest Substack post dives into Bartz v Anthropic and Kadrey v Meta - two key lawsuits on AI 'reading' creative work.
Read by following the link below.
#AI #Copyright #AuthorsRights #PublishingLaw #WritingCommunity

Writers once worried no one would read their work.
Now we worry that AI will.
Maybe this is the new creative paradox: we want to share our wor(l)ds, but we also want to own them.
How do you balance that?

#WritingCommunity #AIEthics #AuthorLife

How to Protect Your Writing from AI Scraping (Metadata, Monitoring, and More) (Even if you're technologically clueless, like me.)

New article alert!

Here is a practical look at what’s happening to creative work online, and how writers can defend their words in an AI-driven world.

#AI #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Copyright

How AI Scraping Works and What Writers Can Do About It AI Ate My Book!

Writers, this one’s for you!

My latest post on The Writer’s Rights gets into how AI scraping actually works and what you can do to protect your creative work.

It’s a mix of law, tech, and authorship.

#WritersRights #AIandWriting #CopyrightLaw #AuthorLife #LegalWriting

10th October - How AI Scraping Works and What Writers Can Do About it

20th October - How to Protect your Data from AI Scraping (Metadata Monitoring and More)

30th October - A Case Study on Authors v AI

The Writer's Rights | Nicole Paton | Substack The Writer's Rights is a behind-the-scenes pass for writers, artists and creators to gain some insight into the world of intellectual property and how to protect what is theirs - written by a soon-to-...

Happy autumn! I’m chuffed that I can wear my rather excessive array of cardigans again!

Currently drowning in brand new legal studies, but managed to schedule October posts, so if you like the look of anything below, make sure to tune into The Writer’s Rights!

#iplaw #authorsrights #writers

What i keep circling back to is exactly what the intrinsic value of a book is.

The value of the story itself, the value that a human crafted it... and of course, the knowledge of that. A combo?

That's one of the thoughts that unsettles me most when it comes to AI and literature.

Should An AI-Written or AI-Assisted Book Be Eligible To Win A Literary Award? A Joint Case Study on The Land of Machine Memories by Professor Shen Yang and Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan

Just published a new article for The Writer’s Rights: Should an AI-generated or AI-assisted book be eligible to win literary awards?

#AI is changing how we write, but how do we recognise #authorship and #creativity when a machine has helped create the work? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Should an AI-generated book ever take home a literary prize?
Or would that be like giving a marathon medal to someone on a motorbike?

Should An AI-Written or AI-Assisted Book Be Eligible To Win A Literary Award? A Joint Case Study on The Land of Machine Memories by Professor Shen Yang and Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan

Just published a new article for The Writer’s Rights: Should an AI-generated or AI-assisted book be eligible to win literary awards?

#AI is changing how we write, but how do we recognise #authorship and #creativity when a machine has helped create the work? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Human-Created and AI-Assisted Declaration Templates It Might be Time for Us to Put a Stamp of Authenticity on our Creativity.

The sheer amount of AI-generated content being perpetuated and even promoted online is creating a trust problem between readers and authors.

And I think this trust problem could be solved with just 1 simple declaration: 👇

#writers #writingcommunity #thewritersrights #writingandai

The Old-World Carnival Queen An Encounter in the The Triple World

It's so much fun to #write confrontation - especially in a #dystopia run on a #tarot based religion!

Can AI Write Your Book? Sure. But Who Owns It? A Look into Ownership - Man vs Machine

Can AI write your book? Sure.
But can you OWN it? That depends on where you live.

US: “No copyright without human authorship.”
UK: “Technically yes (for now).”

Click on the link to see The Writer's Rights' analysis, and don't forget to subscribe if you like what you read!

#Copyright #AI #Writing

ME VS AI Or AI VS ME? Which is Which?

Can you tell the difference between #AI writing and a human writing?

Don't forget to subscribe if you like what you read!

#humancreativity #fiction #substack

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Indie Authors About Copyright A Case Study on Copyright in Contracts

#TaylorSwift (love her or hate her, bet you’ve heard of her) didn’t just rewrite #music history, she rewrote #copyright strategy. Here’s what #indieauthors can learn from her playbook!

Subscribe to #thewritersrights if you like what you read!

A Bacterial Dystopian Parody (not a very subtle one) - Part 3: The Bubble How will Herb handle the bubble-worshippers?

And here is the third and final instalment of my weird little #parody! #bubbles

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Indie Authors About Copyright A Case Study on Copyright in Contracts

#Copyright isn’t just for superstars. Find out how Taylor Swift’s battle for her masters can help indie authors protect their words.

#indieauthors #taylorswift #iplaw #creativecontrol

A Bacterial Dystopian Parody (not a very subtle one) - Part 2/3: The Bigwigs Poor Herb's not sure what's hit him...

A Bacterial Dystopian Parody (not a very subtle one) - Part 2/3: The Bigwigs

Herb meets Chancellor Shitler and Vice Chancellor Grump... I told you my parody-ing skills weren't subtle!

#fiction #substack #parody #dystopia