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  • Cathy J. FrankelDownload vCard
    Partner

    cfrankel@mosessinger.com
    Direct Line: (212) 554-7848
    Fax Number: (917) 206-4348

    Cathy J. Frankel, a partner with Moses & Singer since 1989, is the Chair of the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet/Technology and Advertising practices. Ms. Frankel has a broad-based practice, with an emphasis on the television, motion picture, home video and internet production and distribution, print and electronic publishing, music, merchandising, computer, software and internet industries, and the licensing of intellectual property and other rights for use in all forms of media and merchandising. In addition to corporate clients, she counsels writers, producers and other talent in the music, television, motion picture, internet and publishing industries, as well as the performing and fine arts. In addition to other celebrity clients, she represents celebrity chefs and restaurateurs in a wide range of their business and professional endeavors, including their restaurant businesses, television appearances, book publishing and merchandising. Ms. Frankel regularly counsels clients on a broad range of legal issues affecting their businesses and rights, including copyright, trademark, right of publicity, right of privacy and executive employment matters.

    In addition to her work in the entertainment, licensing, technology, restaurant, arts and media related industries, Ms. Frankel also represents non-profit organizations in the medical research, health and human services fields, including an international research consortium formed by a non-profit entity that has brought together more than a dozen major academic research institutions to collaborate in finding a cure for an orphan disease, a scientific research organization that is researching new ways to cure a group of related diseases, and a major provider of health and human services in the New York area.

    Ms. Frankel has lectured on subjects involving intellectual property and the entertainment and advertising industries, including lectures under the auspices of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Copyright Society of the USA, CLE International, The Entertainment and Sports Conference of the Foundation for Accounting Education, American Corporate Counsel Association, the Advertising Association of America, the Columbia Film School, the Advertising Agency Financial Management Group and the Myriad Restaurant Group

    EDUCATION
  • Rutgers School of Law, J.D., 1983
  • Manhattan School of Music, Bachelor of Music, 1977


  • LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES / HONORS
  • Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1982-1983
  • ARTICLES
  • "Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising: How It Applies to You," Moses & Singer Client Alert, October 2009.
  • "Facebook Launches "Vanity" URLs," Moses & Singer Client Alert, June 2009.
  • "In Star-Struck America, Broader Protection Sought by Celebrities," New York Law Journal, August 2000.
  • "To Clear or Not to Clear-Is There Incidental Use on the Internet?," American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, June 1998.
  • "New Media: An Essential Primer," American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel, February 1998.
  • "Perfection in an Imperfect World-Security Interests in Copyrights and Trademarks," American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine, June 1997.

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • Member, Copyright Society of the USA, (Trustee 2005 - 2007)
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • American Bar Association


  • BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
  • New York


  • PRESENTATIONS
  • Hospitality Law Seminar Eastern Region: "Intellectual Property Issues for the Hospitality Industry," June 2009
  • The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Eastern Region Meeting: "Governing the New 'Nations': Making the Consortium Work After the Agreement Is Signed," July 2008
  • American Advertising Association of Advertising Agencies: "Legal Issues in the Agency Business," 1997
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York CLE: "Beyond Domain Names: So, You Want To Be A New Media Lawyer," November, 2000
  • CLE International: "Sources of Revenue for Musicians," 1998 and 1999
  • Myriad Restaurant Groups Seminar: "How to Open a Restaurant (and make it last)," March 1999, speech entitled "So You're Thinking of Opening a Restaurant . . . Do You Really Need a Lawyer?"
  • Independent Feature Film Market: "Financing and Distribution: How Will Independents Get Their Films Made and Distributed in 1997?," 1996
  • Annual Meeting of the Copyright Society of The USA, 1994
  • New York Law School and New York Women in Film and Television-The Lawyer's Role In Television, 1995
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