Protect Your Creativity

Tips to turn your ideas into lasting rights and recognition.

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About

Joanna M. Justus, Esq. | Attorney

Joanna M. Justus helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and creatives protect the ideas, brands, and innovations that fuel their success. She provides strategic guidance to ensure her clients’ creative and business assets are secure, enforceable, and positioned for growth.

Her practice covers a wide range of IP services, including:

  • Trademark searches, applications, and portfolio management

  • Copyright registration

  • Licensing and assignment agreements

  • Partnership agreements and business formation guidance

  • Brand protection strategies

  • Intellectual property due diligence for businesses

Joanna understands the importance of intellectual property in today’s innovation-driven economy. Whether she’s helping a startup secure its first trademark, guiding an artist through copyright protection, or structuring licensing agreements for a growing business, she brings a practical and proactive approach.

Her goal is to simplify the IP process for her clients, empowering them to understand their rights and take steps to protect and maximize the value of their work. She also works to anticipate risks, helping clients avoid costly disputes and strengthen their market position.

With a passion for both creativity and business, Joanna M. Justus is dedicated to supporting innovators and entrepreneurs at every stage, offering clear counsel and effective legal solutions to protect what they’ve built.