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PROTECT YOUR EXPERTISE

Welcome to Protect Your Expertise!

We're on a mission to demystify the legal side of building a scalable and saleable business with digital products that don't just scratch the surface but dive deep into the core of understanding.

Our Navigators: Your Legal Companions

Our Navigators are the gold standard. You won’t find legal jargon here—just clear guidance in plain English. 

We're handing you keys to unlock the power of each legal document for your unique business. 

Imagine knowing what to do when a client presents its 50-page services agreement and expects you to understand it because “it’s just a standard agreement.”  

Our goal? Banishing the contract scaries so you can stride forward with confidence.

Meet our Founder

Founded by Erin Austin, a Harvard-educated corporate attorney with more than 30 years of practical experience, our mission is to empower your business with a legal foundation as robust and innovative as your ideas.  

Erin has made it her mission to provide you with the tools and resources you need to legally protect your business and ensure you can grow and scale confidently.

Mastering Copyright: Your Roadmap to Recurring Revenue

Understanding copyright isn't just a skill; it's your superpower in today's interconnected world. 

Understanding copyright is non-negotiable in an age where intellectual property reigns supreme and AI shapes our digital landscape. And that's where we come in. 

Our resources are meticulously crafted to be your guiding light through the counterintuitive maze of copyright law. 

From protecting your ideas to unraveling licensing complexities and ensuring your offers respect the rights of other creators, we're here to empower you. Consider us your sidekick in confidently managing, safeguarding, and leveraging your creative assets.

Get ready to elevate your expertise! IP is Fuel!

  • Copyright law protects “original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression” , including written works (fiction and nonfiction, such as books and articles), music, artwork, video and choreography, both published and unpublished.

    The copyright owner has the exclusive rights to copy their work, distribute copies to the public, prepare derivatives works based upon their work (including translations, courses, summaries, etc.), publicly perform their work, including live performances and streaming over the internet, and publicly display their work, including displaying artwork in public places and on websites.

    Copyright protection lasts for a specific period of time which depends upon how it was created. When the human who created it is also the owner, the duration of protection is the life of the author plus 70 years.

    When the human who created it is an employee of an organization and therefore the organization is the owner, the duration of protection is currently (i) 95 years from the year of its first publication, or (ii) 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever period is shorter. After this period, the work enters the public domain.

  • While Protect Your Expertise is devoted to helping experts protect their money makers -- copyrights -- there are other forms of intellectual property in the United States.

    Alternatives to copyright for protecting intellectual property in the U.S. include patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

    The type of protection that is appropriate depends on the nature of your work:

    • Original works of authorship are protected by copyright.

    • Inventions and functional aspects of products are typically protected by patents.

    • Brand names and logos are protected by trademarks.

    • Confidential business information is protected as trade secrets.

  • No. Copyright law does not protect ideas.

    Copyright law protects the way you express your ideas in tangible form (e.g., book, article, course, graphic, photo). It does NOT protect ideas, concepts, discoveries or processes.

    Examples of works considered ideas and therefore not protected by copyright law:

    • Procedures for doing, making, or building things, or any other process, such a recipe or the functionality of a computer program

    • Scientific or technical methods or discoveries

    • Business operations or procedures, or other method of operation

    • Mathematical principles, formulas or algorithms

    • Titles, names, logos, typography, short phrases and slogans

  • All of the content and products offered on Protect Your Expertise is created by a licensed attorney whose practice includes intellectual property law.

  • No. The purchase of each product includes free updates, whether due to changes in the law or other improvements.

  • If you have any questions about how to use the products, please contact us at [customer service email.] If you have questions about a specific legal issue, you should consult with an attorney who can advise you regarding your specific circumstances. Protect Your Expertise does not provide legal advice.

  • When you are an expert with corporate clients, it isn’t enough to have templates. Most corporate clients will ask you to sign their templates.

    Then what? The Negotiation Guides help you decipher standard agreements that are a cost of doing business in an IP driven economy. Each Negotiation Guide includes: (i) a ready-to-use plug-and-play template, (ii) a provision by provision annotation, with easy-to-understand explanations of each clause, (iii) a redlined sample agreement, with explanations for why each change was made, and (iv) video tutorial, with step-by-step guidance.

  • Yes. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase! We will refund your purchase price without questions if you ask for a refund as described in the Terms of Use here.