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  • Co-author, "Athletes' Right of Publicity Claims Directed to Sports Video Games Not Preempted by Copyright Act," The Licensing Journal, March 2018
  • Co-author, "SCOTUS invites Solicitor General's position on copyright registration pre-suit requirement," Media, Sports and Entertainment Online, February 2, 2018
  • Co-author, "Athletes' Right of Publicity Claims Directed to Sports Video Games not Preempted by Copyright Act," Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright, January 24, 2018
  • Co-author, "Rights of Publicity in Sports-Media," Syracuse Law Review, April 2017
  • Co-author, "US Women's Soccer Dispute Could Jeopardise Rio Entry,"World Sports Law Report, April 2016
  • Co-author, "Jury Finds Singers, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, Owe $7.4M for Copyright Infringement," Media, Sports and Entertainment Online, March 13, 2015
  • Co-author, "Do Athletes Have Rights of Publicity in Live Broadcast Footage?,"The Licensing Journal, February 2015
  • Co-author, "USA: Ninth Circuit Rejects EA's 'Incidental Use' Defense in Madden-Related Right of Publicity Suit," Sports, Media and Entertainment Online, January 26, 2015
  • Co-author, "What MCR Innovations Teaches about the Obviousness of Design Patents in the Garment Industry," Law A LA Mode, Issue 14, October 2014
  • Author, "California Federal Court Finds that the First Amendment Does Not Preclude Sporting Event Participants from Asserting Right-Of-Publicity Claims," Sports Litigation Alert, May 2, 2014 
  • Author, California Federal Court Finds that the First Amendment Does Not Preclude Sporting Event Participants from Asserting Right-Of-Publicity Claims against Broadcasters,"The Licensing Journal, Volume 34, Number 6, June/July 2014
  • Co-author, "Third Circuit Rejects EA's First Amendment Defense to College Athletes' Right of Publicity Claims," Sports, Media and Entertainment Online, May 28, 2013
  • Co-author, "Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: First sale doctrine applies to copyrighted goods first sold abroad," Intellectual Property Update, March 22, 2013
  • Co-author, "In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation: Antitrust Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification Survives Defendants' Motion to Strike," Sports, Media and Entertainment Online, February 12, 2013

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  • Panelist, "Current Intellectual Property Issues Facing the Entertainment Industry," Syracuse University College of Law's 4th Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium (April 6, 2018)

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