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Intellectual Property
- Advising, negotiating and preparing numerous author, illustrator, work-for-hire, collaboration, and related agreements for bestseller books.
- Advising, negotiating, and preparing agreements for the publication of a biography of a mid-20th century broadcast journalism pioneer. On behalf of the family of the late journalist, we assembled a team that produced the biography, including finding a professor of journalism to write the book and a well-known literary agent to present the book to publishers. We also negotiated and prepared the writer’s agreement with the author to prepare the manuscript, which was published in 2017.
- Representing professional athletes and entertainers in negotiating endorsement contracts as well as sponsorship and licensing agreements and handling trademark registrations and prosecutions.
- Advising, negotiating, and preparing agreements for the purchase and sale of domain names, including domain name transfer agreements in connection with resolving domain name disputes.
- Successfully providing strategy and advice on U.S. trademark opposition to a specialty food distributor seeking to protect its U.S. trademark and registering its trademarks in multiple countries.
- Preparing a sponsorship agreement for a consumer electronics company client engaging a well-known celebrity saxophonist.
- Preparing and negotiating a license agreement for a client/licensor’s most valuable trademark to be used by a third-party carpet manufacturer.
- Securitizing a copyrighted music portfolio, enabling a musician to obtain funding for a personal project.
- Handling worldwide trademark registrations and portfolio management for a high-end textile manufacturer to provide coordinated protection and avoid third-party infringements.
- Represented Samara Brothers, Inc. in its copyrights and trade dress infringement case against Wal-Mart, not only at trial and on appeal, but also in the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s decision established the outer bounds of trade dress protection under the Lanham Act.
- Represented a children’s toy designer and manufacturer against knockoffs of a number of its lines of products, including dolls, doll accessories, and other toys.
- Represented a fast-food chain to protect its trademarks in the chapter 11 case of a multi-location franchisee.
- Represented a leading NBA player in preventing infringements of his trademarks as well as unauthorized uses, both in the US and abroad, of his image and likeness.
- Represented a well-known MLB player in a copyright infringement claim.
- Represented a hip-hop artist and entrepreneur in defending claims of copyright infringement.
