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Practice Areas: Copyright law, Trademark Law; Motion Picture, Television, Media, Entertainment Law; Publishing, New Media, Internet Law; Licensing; Related Litigation

Additional Information:  Nature of Practice

Personal service is offered in selected legal areas. This office is suitable for handling those matters where a large firm is not required, yet
where problem solving can best be handled by one having a developed knowledge in specific areas of intellectual property and media.
The practice incorporates a seasoned understanding of both domestic and international copyright and trademark matters that covers many
industries. A network of lawyer contacts cultivated over years crosses national boundaries to help the corporate client and the business
lawyer liaise with international colleagues abroad. A commitment to the legal profession and its institutions is an integral part of the
practice.


Client Services Available

Representation has included businesses and individuals in the entertainment, art, publishing, merchandising, new media, advertising,
computer software, information services, financial, clothing, consumer products, consumer electronics, food, restaurant, medical products,
eyewear, jewelry, sporting goods, furniture, leather goods and other industries, primarily limited to the specific practice areas identified
below:


Entertainment/Media Law

Counseling and representing producers, writers, actors and directors in the motion picture and television industries
Negotiating and interpreting contracts
Production and distribution agreements
Option agreements
Life story rights agreements
Rights clearance
Title searches and interpretation
Privacy, publicity and defamation issues
Reviewing material for E&O requirements
Union and guild matters
Litigation and trials of entertainment cases in federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals

Copyright Law

Registration of copyright
Assignments and recordation
Copyright searches
Interpretation of domestic and foreign rights
Licensing and contract negotiation
Preliminary injunction and seizure proceedings
Anti-piracy enforcement/defense
Litigation and trials of infringement and license disputes

Merchandising and Licensing

Merchandising licenses, protection of rights in merchandising properties, litigation of merchandising rights.


Trademark Law

Trademark/service mark selection and development
Trademark searches and interpretation
Federal registration
Foreign registration
Customs recordation
Opposition and cancellation proceedings
Counseling on appropriate trademark usage in advertising and commercials and on packaging
Internet domain name disputes
Assignments and recordation
Licensing of trademarks and service marks
Preliminary injunction and seizure proceedings
Anti-counterfeit enforcement/defense
Litigation and trials of trademark infringement and