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Los Angeles Chair, Intellectual Property and Technology

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Additional publications

  • Co-author, "Entitlement to Post-Termination Percentage Fees," Los Angeles Lawyer: Entertainment Law Issue, (May 2021)
  • Author, "Video games are cheated out of 1st amendment rights," Law360 (October 3, 2018)
  • Author, "Entertainment lawyers are not above the law," The Daily Journal, (October 24, 2013)
  • Co-author, "Bada Bing: Jersey Boys Restore Some Common Sense to Copyright Fair Use," The Wrap, (April 1, 2013)
  • Author, "Copyright, Trademark Claims Lurk Where Filmmakers Least Expect Them," The Wrap, (July 30, 2012)
  • Author, "That's Hot' (as in Stolen): Paris Hilton v. Hallmark Cards on Right of Publicity Law," Daily Journal, (September 7, 2010)

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  • Speaker, "Talent Agency Compliance and Regulations," (January 18, 2018, July 18, 2017)
  • Speaker, "Socially Acceptable Media: Protected or Fair Use of Other’s IP in Production and Promotion," (August 18, 2016)
  • Speaker, "Are We Clear? Balancing IP Rights and the First Amendment," (February 23, 2016)
  • Speaker, "Socially Acceptable Media, Part II: Right of Publicity," (December 10, 2015)
  • Speaker, "Socially Acceptable Media, Part I: Trademark & Copyright," (November 12, 2015)
  • Speaker, "When Is A Use Fair or Protected? Inclusion of Other's Intellectual Property Rights in Your Production," (May 5, 2015)
  • Speaker, "What Every Entertainment Lawyer Should Know About the Talent Agencies Act,"
  • Panelist, "LACBA Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section," (January 22, 2014)
  • Speaker, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?: Celador v. Disney," (August 29, 2013)
  • Speaker, "Best Practices: Talent Agency Commission After Termination," Association of Talent Agents, (June 6, 2013)
  • Speaker, "When Is A Use Fair or Protected? Inclusion of Other's Intellectual Property Rights in Your Production," (June 5, 2012)
  • Speaker, "Keeping Your Eye on the Ball: Applying IP Fundamentals to Programming Clearance," (March 14, 2012)
  • Speaker, "Best Practices: Talent Agency Commission After Termination," Association of Talent Agents, (August 10, 2011)
  • Panelist, "The Business of the Business," The Steed Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, (April 15, 2011)
  • Panelist, "Who is Suing Whom?", CalCPA 2010 Entertainment Industry Conference, (June 16, 2010)

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