Created and maintained by the firm's Intellectual Property team, the site contains a wealth of information for Canadians who want to apply for, protect, license, and sell their
trademarks, or
resolve intellectual property
disputes, in Canada and internationally.
For many years she served on the International
Trademark Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and frequently uses options such as trademark mediation to find quick and creative ways to resolve client disputes and solve client
Trademark Association's Alternative
Dispute Resolution Committee and frequently uses options such as
trademark mediation to find quick and creative ways to resolve client disputes and solve client
trademark mediation to find quick and creative ways to
resolve client
disputes and solve client problems.
She negotiates and structures
trademark and copyright licenses and assignments; regularly shuts down on - line auctions of infringing goods and false advertising on social media platforms; and
resolves domain name
disputes through negotiation, federal court litigation, and arbitration under the Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy.
Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret,
trademark, and licensing
disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and
resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution
disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in
trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.