Representative Matters

  • Successfully represented a major television production company to protect revenues during an LBO, against a claimant to authorship of a television show format, and in litigations with former employees;

  • Successfully represented a corporation in a copyright infringement action involving cartoon characters in a famous series;

  • Successfully represented a famous author in several copyright infringement actions both at the district court and circuit court levels;

  • Successfully represented a major network in a landmark copyright case confirming the validity of the copyrights in the characters of a famous television series;

  • Successfully represented producers of award-winning children's television series in copyright and trademark infringement actions;

  • Successfully represented a subsidiary of a major greeting card company in a copyright infringement action involving a famous character;

  • Successfully represented a major mail order record company in a copyright infringement action;

  • Successfully represented a major studio in a landmark copyright litigation confirming the validity of the copyrights of the 26 episodes of a famous television series;

  • Successfully represented a leading recording industry association in a precedent-setting parallel import and music performing rights case;

  • Successfully represented a major international bank in defeating a copyright infringement claim both at the district court and circuit court levels related to chandeliers installed in a property owned by the bank following a foreclosure;

  • Successfully represented a movie producer in defeating a copyright infringement claim related to an Academy Award foreign film after a trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York:

  • Represented a major foreign authors' and composers' society in the filing of an amicus brief in support of a petition by a major music company for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court relating to the Berne Convention Implementation Act in respect of a major music performing rights licensing decision in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals;