Copyright
We are constantly inspired by the creativity of our clients' work — be it software, advertising, books, movies, plays or music. Meeting all aspects of our clients' copyright needs is both gratifying and enlightening for us, and frees them to do what they do best: taking their artistic concepts from idea to concrete expression.
Protection: As technology allows global replication and dissemination in minutes, our clients take comfort in our proven ability to prosecute and defend copyright infringement actions. Whether under the Copyright Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or other copyright legislation and case law, Sonnenschein attorneys in the U.S. have the expertise and resources required to protect our clients' work, through informal investigation, negotiated settlements or litigation.
Counseling: We regularly counsel our clients concerning protectability of their works and how to avoid infringement of other's works, whether by setting up company policies on distribution, copying, internet usage, reprints and the like, or by addressing one-off situations.
Prosecution: We help our clients learn the requirements and comply with copyright formalities so they can make decisions concerning registration and preparation for possible copyright infringement litigation.
Transactions: We derive great satisfaction from helping our creative clients make the most of their copyrights through licensing, assignments, and transfers. Combining a deep appreciation of the genesis and meaning of their work with a comprehensive knowledge of how creative works can be commercialized, allows us to negotiate everything from limited use licenses to wholesale global transfers of copyrights. Our attorneys have helped clients gain appropriate credit for, and receive the benefits of, their work in precisely the way they envisioned.
Copyright Litigation: Our copyright litigation experience includes disputes concerning music copyright, software copyright, copyright in the design of consumer products, and circumvention of encrypted copyright works under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Read about Sonnenschein's Trademark, Copyright, Advertising and First Amendment Litigation capabilities.
Read our Short Course on Basic Copyright Principles in the United States.
