Our attorneys provide Copyright advice to a wide range of clients, including authors, musicians, advertisers, e-commerce and Internet technology companies, software developers and web site operators. We offer these and other clients a full spectrum of services, from strategy formulation, acquisition, clearances, preparation and filing of applications, licensing and litigation.
ATTORNEYS
John B Greenberg
Charla M Claypool
William Rearden
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- For a leading provider of software solutions for health care benefits administrators, we developed a standard license agreement and negotiated various agreements with its licensees
- For a client hosting an online marketplace for the sale of used celebrity merchandise, we assisted in the initial strategic planning and documentation of its agreements with key vendors
- For an international religious organization, we negotiated and documented a major IT outsourcing arrangement
- For various authors and musicians, we regularly negotiate and document the business arrangements with corresponding publishers, record labels and affiliated service providers
REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION EXPERIENCE:
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- For a major software vendor, we successfully prosecuted copyright infringement claim in multi-state litigation against a company that had misappropriated the vendor’s software application
- For a seller of online financial publications, we successfully prosecuted copyright infringement claim in litigation against a customer that had sought to market seller’s works of authorship as its own
- For a leading publisher of educational training materials, we successfully prosecuted copyright infringement claim against a former employee that had sought to create a competitive business using the publisher’s materials
- For a real estate developer, we successfully defended copyright infringement claim in litigation brought by a would-be sign company that was disgruntled over having not been selected to construct the ultimate sign used at a development