Proskauer Rose LLP's Copyright Practice has a long and richly deserved reputation for its depth and sophistication. We enjoy a rare combination of substantive skill, trial experience and technological know-how that is virtually unparalleled within a single firm. Our lawyers have had a first-hand role in developing the law in the courts, by the legislative process, and in drafting the regulations by which these laws are administered. As a result, we are often looked to by other lawyers and firms as a guiding hand in the most advanced copyright matters. For more information about this practice area, contact:
We currently represent the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the AAP (Association of American Publishers), the BSA (Business Software Alliance) and a considerable number of their respective member companies and others (including Alcatel; IBM; EMI; PolyGram; Universal Pictures and Music; Radio City; artists such as Madonna and Lauryn Hill; the estates of Leonard Bernstein and George Balanchine) and publishers, such as Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin and Reed Elsevier. Our lawyers have been instrumental in the complex multi-industry development and licensing of new copy protection technologies pertaining to DVD audio and video, digital television and Internet distribution content and products; we play a leading role in legislative initiatives involving copyright; our lawyers have successfully litigated an array of landmark cases, from key fair-use decisions (Texaco, Kinko's) and some of the leading Internet decisions (Lerma, Netcom) to cases in such diverse areas of copyright as choreography (Balanchine), architecture (Demetriades) and stage productions (Radio City).
Our copyright practice draws upon the essential skills of Jon Baumgarten, former U.S. Copyright Office General Counsel; William Hart, who combines litigation and transactional experience in the music, publishing and Internet fields; Christopher Wolf, a leader in Internet law who serves as outside counsel to a number of copyright-driven trade associations; and litigators such as Ronald Rauchberg (responsible for the Son of Sam decision in the Supreme Court), Charles Sims (a noted First Amendment litigator whose broad copyright and media experience includes two Supreme Court cases), and Charles Ortner (the preeminent music business litigator).
Proskauer's Copyright Practice is international in its dimension, and our lawyers have been directly involved in litigation and legislative matters concerning copyright in many countries throughout the world. We also draw upon and serves as a resource for a number of related practices, including:
- Entertainment - We have litigated countless copyright, contract and talent-related disputes in the music, motion picture, theatrical and publishing industries and regularly counsel and furnish transactional services in production, finance, labor, tax and securities matters throughout the entertainment industry.
- Publishing, Media and Technology - We have been directly involved in emerging technologies related to new media, formats and delivery systems (including CSS, MP3 and DVD) and has considerable depth in the range of First Amendment, libel and other matters relating to publishing and all forms of media. We possess a rare combination of skills relating to media "content," as well as considerable sophistication in the new technologies delivering that content.
- Patent Litigation and Licensing - Our patent lawyers have been instrumental in complex patent-pooling arrangements for new technologies such as DVD, and we serve as litigation and patent prosecution counsel to some of the largest and most sophisticated hi-tech companies in the world.
- Trademark and False-Advertising Practice - Our trademark and False Advertising Practice encompasses litigation, counseling and international registration and includes experience in litigating every type of trademark and false advertising dispute before juries and special tribunals. We have prosecuted and defended some of the world's most well-known brand names and the advertising accompanying them.
- iPractice - We concentrates our full range of legal services on emerging technology companies. We litigate and furnish transactional know-how in every discipline, from antitrust to immigration, that is needed by start-up and well-established technology companies, along with securities, financing and tax support for these fast-growth businesses.
- Sports Law - Our Sports Law Practice has long been renowned for the range of services we provide to various sports leagues and associations such as the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the Professional Golf Association and the New York Yankees. Our focused Labor, Antitrust and media-related practices overlap to provide a full-service sports business law practice.
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