• Represented scientist in refuting copyright infringement claims by co-founders of company with respect to scientific book authored by client
• Advised client about potential liability for two software copyright infringement claims by former employees
• Represented distributor of jewelry components in copyright infringement suit by manufacturer*
• Registered style guides for copyright to protect rights in characters that appear only as illustrations in books (and not as trademarks on products)
• Advised publishing client whether company consisting of former employees was infringing copyright in client's advertising materials
• Advised non-profit organization about copyrights in writings of well-known mystic/author
• Represented defendants in file-sharing suits by Recording Industry Association of America

TRADEMARK

• Overcame mere descriptiveness objections against trademark applications for magazine titles filed by client by succesfully showing that the titles had acquired secondary meaning
• Overcame geographic descriptiveness objection for the mark NANTUCKET CHICKS
• Conducted trademark clearance for new record label, sports drink, design magazine title, line of women's merchandise, series of nostalgia books, continuing medical education services, and women's apparel line
• Conducted trademark clearance and prosecuted applications for trademarks for Lavinia's World line of children's books and merchandise
• Represented non-profit athletic organization against trademark infringement claims by global consumer products company
• Obtained service-mark registrations throughout Latin America for investment advisory firm

LICENSING

• Drafted licensing agreements for use of content from client's U.S. professional publications in Latin American, Spanish, Russian, and other international editions, in print and online
• Represented publisher client in negotiations concerning publication of United States edition of UK journal
• Drafted license agreement for use of Russian content in American edition of Russian publication

PUBLISHING

• Negotiated book publishing agreement and prepared contribution and related agreements for "Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Private Collections" by Stephen T. Wong (HarperCollins 2005)
• Negotiated book publishing agreement and advised on copyright, permissions, and related issues with respect to "The Country Houses of David Adler" (W.W. Norton & Company 2001) and "Francis Elkins: Interior Design" (W.W. Norton & Company 2005) by Stephen M. Salny
• Negotiated two-book publishing agree-ment with major trade publisher on behalf of prominent author/illustrator
• Negotiated settlement of dispute among co-authors of health/nutrition book including resolution of issues in the publishing agreement related to client's right to sell the book over the Internet
• Drafted collaboration agreements between authors and ghostwriters of business and medical books 
• Conducted prepublication reviews of  books on various subjects for trade publishers
• Advised publisher about securing reversion of rights in work that it wanted to publish, from the original publisher
• Drafted and negotiated joint venture agreement for publication of new design magazine, Array (www.arrayny.com), based on publisher's original business model
• Represented author in dispute with publisher, resulting in rescission of purported termination of publishing agreement
• Prepared author contribution agreements for various publications with different kinds of author arrangements and relationships

ADVERTISING/MARKETING

• Advised international technology company about use of slogan in new advertising campaign
• Advised prominent non-profit organization about use of photograph in advertising campaign
• Advised manufacturing company concerning application of charitable solicitation statutes to planned advertising campaign
• Advised clients about how to comply with junk fax and e-mail laws
• Drafted sweepstakes rules and reviewed collateral materials for compliance

OTHER

• Drafted and negotiated grantor agreements on behalf of provider of continuing medical education programs