Adapt

When you face a new challenge you have a choice: react and let the challenge control you, or act and take control yourself. Marines train their minds as well as their bodies. Flexibility of thought creates adaptability. Pay attention to your surroundings and you build the foundation to adapt to any situation.

Chapter 4

Get Fit

Your body is amazing. It will adapt to your environment in amazing ways. Get up and move every day and you will get the body you need for that life. Sit on a sofa and feed it cake, and it will adapt to that too. You will get the body you need for the life you have chosen.

Fitness is usefulness. Not aesthetics — strength, endurance and mobility you can use. Start from the ground up: your feet. Plant them before any activity. Breathe through your nose, from the belly. Make stress your friend.

Action, not reaction.

Chapter 5

Sharpen Your Instincts

Look around any town and you will see people moving like the walking dead — senses shut off by headphones and screens. Creatures of habit are lazy and predictable. Instead of sharpening the axe, they have left it in a dark shed. Pay attention. Stay left of bang: observe, orient, decide, act. Learn the baseline of a place, and the anomalies will show themselves.

You need to control the situation, not let the situation control you.

Chapter 6

Know Your Environment

Survival starts with becoming part of your environment, not fighting it. Four priorities: fire for heat, water for life, food for fuel, shelter for protection. Build a grab bag and every walk becomes a classroom. Learn to light a fire, read a map, find direction from the sun and stars, and tie knots that will never let you down.

You prepare with intensity, all the time, so that when conditions turn against you, you can draw from a deep reservoir of strength.

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Areas of Practice

Music

 

The world of music is ever growing and evolving, and we’re not just talking about sound trends. With the consistent introduction of varying revenue streams and distribution channels, the opportunity for profit grows, but so does the complexity. We take pride in clearly explaining and navigating the often foggy landscape of entertainment law and its relationship to music industry professionals of all types. We help our clients draft and negotiate contracts relating to recording, publishing, licensing and distribution, sponsorship and merchandising.

Television, Film & Theater

 

The way people consume entertainment is constantly in flux, so the laws must adapt quickly. Harris Ingram strives to anticipate these changes so you can focus more on creating a performance of a lifetime. Among our clients are actors, directors, unions, agencies, writers, animators, and many other industry talents. We draft and negotiate development, production, financing, and sales & distribution agreements. Tailoring each contract according to a project’s scope, size, and budget, we secure the appropriate creative rights for all talents involved.

Fashion, Apparel & Textile Law

 

Fashion law is a little bit like the Wild West. There’s a lot of potential, but the rules can be convoluted and vague at best. Protecting a brand or even a single design involves intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, and patents. A successful case requires creativity and flexibility. Harris Ingram represents boutique design houses like Marta and Thorne, individual designers like Mara Bond, and illustrators and graphic designers. We protect their products against copycats large and small, and guide them through manufacturing ethics and labeling laws.

Intellectual Property

 

Ideas, tangible or not, are the most important things to protect in today’s competitive creative market. With so many channels and constantly replenishing feeds to watch out for, tracing the ownership and originality of a design, brand name, or invention needs the laser-focused eye of a trained attorney. We’ll handle the search, application, and filing process of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. And if your idea has been infringed upon, our litigation team will negotiate the best possible licensing and settlement agreements.

Art Litigation

 

Demystifying art law is in itself a creative practice. It requires finesse, strategic structuring, and, in many ways, empathy. At the end of the day, art and its worth is profoundly personal. In such matters, mediation or arbitration almost always yields the most fulfilling results. However, should the occasion arise, our lawyers are more than prepared to move into litigation. From artists, agents, dealers, galleries, museums, and auction houses, our clients have always walked away from their disputes or deals knowing that their core interests were preserved.

Digital Media & Technology

 

The internet, software, and technology are so pervasive that we can’t remember having ever lived without them. They make our lives simpler, but behind the curtain are fluctuating challenges in protection and monetization; challenges that our firm stays two steps ahead of. We’ve helped engineers, inventors, gaming startups, and entrepreneurs develop, license, sell, and maintain ownership over their creations. We’ve also negotiated purchasing and partnership agreements for larger investment companies looking for their unicorn.

Liability & Risk

 

Whether you run a theater, recording studio, or an eCommerce website, all businesses need to minimize their legal liability and risk. Our lawyers will assess the structure of your operation, such as its physical or digital space, the types of products you sell, who your consumers are, what type of company you have filed under (LLC, Inc, etc.), and so on. From there, we will tailor the right risk plan, complete with permit applications, insurance policies, and more, so you can worry less about liabilities and concentrate on growing your business.