Have you ever wondered what a trademark is and whether you need one for your business or arts? Or how to establish and maintain trademark rights? This webinar will discuss the fundamental principles of trademark law as well as how trademarks can be used by creators in the visual and performing arts. Join us to maintain and protect your trademark rights.
Instructor:
Joshua Simmons | Partner @ Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Joshua Simmons is a well-established and nationally recognized appellate and trial court litigator, who has been lauded as an “exceptional,” “forceful,” and “creative” “brainiac” (Chambers), “Top Attorney” (Law360), and “big-picture thought leader” (WTR). This “Intellectual Property Superhero” (CLS) focuses on copyright, patent, right of publicity, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition litigations—particularly complex cases and those of first impression—along with contract, licensing, and domain name disputes. As a “Power Lawyer” (THR) and “Trailblazer” (NLJ), he is sought after for his IP counseling; strategic portfolio management; as well as regulatory and legislative policy advice. His eye-catching litigations involve a range of media (film, news, publishing, social media, sports, television, theatre, and video games) and technologies (artificial intelligence, computer software and services, circuitry and semiconductors, Internet-based systems, medical devices, and telecommunications).
Josh routinely is recognized for his high-profile appellate, IP, media, entertainment, and technology representations, including by Chambers & Partners, World Trademark Review, Legal 500, and Benchmark Litigation. Numerous publications also have honored Josh for his ground-breaking achievements, including The Hollywood Reporter, National Law Journal, Columbia Law News, American Lawyer, Managing Intellectual Property, and Law360.
In addition to his full-time litigation practice, Josh hosts PLI’s IP Discussions with Joshua Simmons, has chaired its Fundamentals of Copyright Law in the Data Era, and has spoken at both that program and PLI’s Advanced Copyright Law series. He also is a frequent speaker outside of PLI and the author of numerous articles on emerging IP trends. He is an active member of the IP bar, serving as an officer of the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section and member of it governing Council; chairing various copyright, trademark, Internet, social media, and software committees and task forces; and liaising to other organizations on copyright and right of publicity issues. And he is an advisor to Columbia Law School’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts.
He received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was awarded the Carroll G. Harper Prize for achievement in intellectual property, and a B.A. from Brandeis University.
Dana DeVlieger | Associate @ Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Dana DeVlieger is an Associate in the Copyright, Trademark, Internet & Advertising Litigation group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She holds a JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of law, a PhD in Music Theory from the University of Minnesota, Masters degrees in Music Cognition and Music theory from Ohio State University and the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Trumpet Performance and Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. Dana’s dissertation research focused on the use of music analysis and expert testimony in music copyright litigation.