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Practice Areas: Sports Law; Nonprofit Corporations; Copyrights; Trademarks; Entertainment Law; Education Law; High Education Law

Additional Information: Steven B. Smith, a partner in the Colorado Springs office, has practiced with the firm since 1991. He focuses on sports law, including naming rights, sponsorships, licensing agreements and television and media contracts, as well as intellectual property (trademark and copyright) law. Mr. Smith's sports practice focuses on several areas. (1) Sponsorship and Licensing Agreements. Mr. Smith has represented both sports properties and sponsors in sponsorship and licensing agreements valued in excess of $1.5B. He currently works with VISA, USA on general sponsorship matters. He represented Ameriquest in its sponsorship of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, several major league baseball teams and the California Speedway. He has also advised on and negotiated a number of naming rights agreements with a total value in excess of $1B, including Progressive Field (Cleveland, OH), Oracle Arena (Oakland, CA), Ameriquest Field (Arlington, TX), Qwest Field (Seattle), the O2 (London), Honda Center (Anaheim) and Bank of America Stadium (Carolina). (2) Television and Media Contracts. Mr. Smith has represented a number of sports properties in all aspects of television and media agreements. He has completed deals with most major sports networks, including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox Sports, ESPN, ESPN2, and OLN, both domestically and internationally. Recently, he completed negotiations on the LPGA-TOA television revenue sharing agreements. He has also advised clients on a number of agreements involving transmission of events over the Internet and other digital media. (3) National Governing Bodies. Mr. Smith currently represents a number of International Federations and National Governing Bodies in the Olympic movement. He regularly advises clients on athlete eligibility matters, agreements for use of athlete images, team selection, sponsorships and licensing agreements, event agreements, television and other media deals, and protection of intellectual property. Mr. Smith's intellectual property work includes drafting licensing agreements, filing and prosecuting trademark and copyright registration applications, conducting intellectual property audits, counseling organizations on copyright and trademark issues, and advising on infringement-related issues.