The Mission

At Protect & Collect, we are on a mission to revolutionize the creative industry through legal and business representation. Our unwavering commitment is to educate and empower the creative community, ensuring that all artists fully understand their value and receive the compensation they deserve for their work. With a passion for creativity and a determination for our clients' success, we provide unparalleled legal expertise and innovative solutions to help our clients protect their intellectual property and achieve their artistic visions.

Protect & Collect is led by Eddie Sanders, an attorney dedicated to helping creators turn their ideas into protected, profitable assets. As the managing attorney of Protect & Collect, Eddie leads a practice devoted to empowering artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, and creative entrepreneurs. With a background in entertainment and intellectual property law, Eddie blends sharp legal insight with a deep understanding of the creative process to help clients protect their ideas, negotiate fair deals, and build sustainable careers. He has guided countless creatives through copyright and trademark protection, licensing, production agreements, and brand collaborations, always with the goal of ensuring that creators maintain ownership and control of their work.

His philosophy, “Protect the work. Collect the value.”, drives everything he does, from contract drafting to strategic business advising. Beyond client work, Eddie regularly speaks at workshops and panels about intellectual property and creative business management, helping demystify the legal side of art and entrepreneurship for the next generation of creators.