Manage company’s intellectual property portfolio; brand enforcement; compliance and litigation

Trademark and copyright prosecution: manage copyright applications and registrations, manage domestic and international trademark applications and registrations; draft responses at the U.S.P.T.O. and T.T.A.B.; draft consent agreements; perform and analyze clearance searches; counsel clients on advertising, branding and enforcement matters; file applications and maintain docket. Draft litigation documents. Perform legal research on a range of intellectual property matters. Draft and redline licensing agreements in the fields of software and technology, fashion and the arts. Maintain patent docket; research recent changes in patent law.

Conducted client intake assignments; participated in client consultations on copyright, trademark, patent, contractual and nonprofit incorporation matters; prepared memoranda for outside pro bono counsel reflecting advice given in client meetings; performed legal research.

Drafted agreements for gold and platinum level recording artists and producers. Drafted cease and desist letters. Marked-up and redlined producer and independent contractor agreements. Reviewed and summarized recording agreements.

Drafted letters to hotels and licensees on issues such as whether an ASCAP license was required for use of music in ASCAP's repertoire. Prepared timeline information and drafted letters to radio station owners who were in default of license payments. Drafted deposition questions. Researched issues such as personal jurisdiction and confessions of judgment for the purpose of reaching settlement agreements. Researched whether certain vendors would require ASCAP licenses. Analyzed contracts and nondisclosure agreements.

Prepared memoranda on enforcing promissory notes and confessions of judgment in New York State, and mechanical license infringement; drafted reviewed, and commented upon a number of master use and synchronization licenses for the placement of Blackheart Records Group’s master recordings and compositions in films and television programs; drafted letters, including cease and desist letters, reviewed digital music distribution agreements for a number of worldwide territories; filed PA and SR copyright registrations with the U.S. Copyright Office; and conducted legal research on a wide variety of topics ranging from music publishing, force majeure clauses in performance agreements, to film and television production and trademark infringement.

Drafted agreements for talent, costume designers, line producers, executive producers and producers. Reviewed deal memos. Prepared production package documents.

Filed domestic and international trademarks. Drafted and reviewed contracts for music publishing, recording and merchandising.

Researched election law and voter ID law. Contacted secretary of state offices. Compiled original research into an informational booklet on voter ID laws, which was distributed nationally. Oversaw paper processing of voter registration forms sent to state offices.