I agree with my colleague's response on this. There really is no formal way to do this unless you are seeking to change your legal name. If you...

As noted, there is no way to reserve the name unless you are filing it as a proper business name. Or, you may consider registering a trademark,...

You are free to register works under a business or as an individual. You can also use a penname. I don't disagree that the specter of an issue...

As noted, you may not even need to change the names of real people if your use of them is not violating their right of publicty and privacy. These...

You could be violating his right of privacy and publicity, which are state governed laws that vary. These kick in when one uses the name, image or...

It is hard to tell from your post whether you have any real exposure or not. You might be able to just negotiate this down to make it go away, but...

As noted, any written terms need to be looked over here. In general, using content you create for others under a work for hire / assignment...

It's not clear what you are asking here. In these cases, you may want to carve out an exemption for certain listed IP that has already been created...

The LLC will still create a legal distinction as between you personally and the business. Let's say you get a really huge order for a print...

As noted, this is more of a trademark concern because you are not copying anything rather just reselling what you bought that was presumably a...