Ilana Makovoz |
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Ilana Makovoz represents various clients in corporate, entertainment and litigation matters, including general business law, as well as in the specialized legal areas of intellectual property, trademarks, copyrights, internet/technology and entertainment law.
Representative matters include drafting of entertainment contracts; software licensing and development agreements; corporate governance counseling; contract action for producer on music joint-venture against prominent celebrity; trademark and unfair competition case against major catalog and on-line vendor; music recording defense against claim of breach of album production agreement; representing advertising agency in contract dispute for marketing/advertising services; drafting of confidentiality/idea submission agreements on behalf of talent; television treatment creation, submission and pitching; drafting of digital media agreements for prominent entertainment-media company; advising client on copyright law liability of business transactions with entity engaged in on-line file-sharing of music and motion picture tracks; representing major internet service provider in copyright dispute concerning on-line posting of materials; representing film studios in various entertainment contract matters and disputes concerning film rights, including music clearance, distribution, licensing/production issues; unfair competition defense for key VCR manufacturer; advising toy-maker on trademark implications of various merchandising products; trademark prosecution cases; arbitration of contract disputes; antitrust matters in gaming industry; privacy; internet security; microprocessor patent infringement, etc.,
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Homeschooling on Copyright Law: The P2P Threat, published & presented at LW Internet Conference Dec. 2003. Co-authored article on the copyright law ramifications of downloading music and video files off of the Internet.
