Practice Areas: Entertainment
Entertainment attorney in Portland and Seattle. Extensive experience in trademarks, copyrights and entertainment law.. About My Law Practice. Entertainment Law (Drafting/Negotiating/Consulting on All Types of Music, Film, Television, Theatre, Visual Arts, Computer Game, and Book Publishing Contracts); Copyright/Trademark Law (U.S. and International); Federal Trademark Applications and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings; Section 203 and 304 Copyright Terminations/Reversions; Digital Distribution; Content Licensing (U.S./International); Royalty Collection; Music Publishing Issues; Internet Law; E-Commerce; Strategic Alliances, Sponsorships, Joint Ventures, and Co-Branding Agreements; Analyzing the Legal Ramifications of New Business Models/Opportunities.. Personal Background. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.. "AV" (the highest) rating in the national Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Member of Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the Oregon State Bar. 2002-2007, Vice-President of Business Affairs for an entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles.. Prior experience as artist manager and attorney for major concert promotion company, and as outside counsel for major computer game company.. Publications. Author, “The Seven-Year Law",2003, cited in “California Labor Code Section 2855 and Contracts”, 116 Harvard Law Review 2632 (June, 2003).. Co-author of chapter ("Contracts and Relationships between Major Labels and Independent Labels") in The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide, a book compiled by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and published by Prentice-Hall Publishing (4th ed. 2007). The chapter explores in detail record distribution agreements, joint ventures, incubator deals, upstreaming deals, production deals, equity deals, and master licensing agreements.. Co-author of the book "Music Is Your Business: The FourFront Strategy for Success," published in 2007.. Author of monthly column ("Legal Ease") on entertainment and intellectual property law, Two Louies Magazine, 1987-2004.. Groups and Associations:. Elected Member of Board of Governors of The Recording Academy, for the Pacific Northwest Chapter (Seattle), presenter of the Grammy Awards, 2011-present and 2000-2004.. Member, California Copyright Conference. Panel and Speaking Engagements. Panelist and speaker at numerous intellectual property law and entertainment law conferences in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Nashville, Austin, Texas, Sundance, Utah, and Vancouver, B.C.. Organizer, Northwest Independent Music Conference, Portland, 1996. Co-Chair, Washington State Bar Assn. Entertainment Law Conference, 2006
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