Wednesday, April 15
7:30 p.m.
Sioux Falls Design Center
108 W 11th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Learn the basics of intellectual property from the expert! Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Esq.— intellectual property attorney, visual artist, and author—will be explaining the complex issues surrounding copyright laws. During her digital visit, you will have the opportunity to ask questions.

This event is free and open to nonmembers. Seating is limited, so please RSVP on our Facebook event. 

About Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Esq.

Linda Joy Kattwinkel, Esq. has been a visual artist for over 50 years and an attorney and mediator for the arts community for over 25 years. She received her BFA cum laude in Communications Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she studied with Phil Meggs. She was a graphic designer and illustrator for 13 years before receiving her law degree cum laude from Hastings College of the Law in 1991. As a member of the law firm Owen, Wickersham & Erickson, Linda Joy represents designers and visual artists in matters of intellectual property and arts law, such as copyright and trademark protection, infringement, licensing and gallery contracts. She is the author of Legalities, an online column on legal issues for designers (currently hosted by AIGA/SF, http://aigasf.org/community, and archived on her firm website www.owe.com/legalities.htm), and various published articles, e.g., for STEP magazine and AIGA. With Shel Perkins, she co-authored AIGA’s Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services. She speaks frequently to lawyers and designers on arts law, including several AIGA and ICON national conferences. Linda Joy continues to paint in plein air and at her studio in San Francisco.