Entertainment Law

The firm represents companies and artists in various aspects of entertainment law involving intellectual property issues. Those areas of practice include:

1. Unlawful use of name and likeness;
2. Disparagement and defamation;
3. Transactions and agreements for actors, writers, producers and directors, managers and agents;
4. Internet protection and enforcement, including issues relating to use of celebrity images and internet fan clubs;
5. Copyright protection;
6. Celebrity trademark protection and domain names, including programs to enhance the enforceability of an artist's name and image and to derive revenue from it;
7. Computer animation and computer graphics, including patents, trademarks and copyrights to protect computer animation and its underlying technology.

Internet Law

Among our areas of practice in internet law are:

1. E-commerce and on-line business methods;
2. Domain name protection and enforcement;
3. Domain name dispute resolution;
4. On-line trademark protection;
5. Adwords, keywords, and tagging issues;
6. Emerging internet issues including copyright, trademark, privacy, databases, defamation, disparagement, and piracy;
   
7. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act;
8. Digital Rights Management issues.