Navigating Legal Boundaries and Commercial Opportunities in the Digital Age
Today, our society is technologically dependent and obsessed. Likes and views have transformed into the new currency, and consumer data into one of the most in-demand commodities, causing the right of publicity to take on new dimensions and challenges. As the use of the internet and social media, specifically, has expanded, an individual’s name and likeness can be disseminated and commercialized in moments. This development has created concerns regarding privacy and unauthorized exploitation that can hamper an individual’s ability to profit from their own public image. Between data breaches, deep-fakes, and social media influencing, among other issues, the balance between protecting individuals’ rights and fostering innovation and freedom of expression is still being defined. Attendees will find this discussion of the right of publicity useful insight for helping to answer questions around public figures and digital marketing, intellectual property, and privacy.
In this seminar, our intellectual property and technology experts begin by giving an overview of the right of publicity with a focus on the statutory right of publicity in California and New York. The panel of speakers then differentiates between the right of publicity and other intellectual property rights and examines how technology informs the right of publicity and the takeaway of recent notable cases. Our panelists conclude the seminar by offering insights on the best practices for protecting an individual’s right of publicity as technology dependence and use evolves.
Topics covered in this webinar:
Overview of the Right of Publicity
The Difference Between Right of Publicity and Intellectual Property Rights
The Right of Publicity in the Technological World
Strategies to Protect Clients
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LAW & FORENSICS LLC – FOUNDER; JAMS – NEUTRAL; HARVARD – ADJUNCT;
Danie Garrie, Esq., is the Co-Founder of Law & Forensics LLC, where he heads the Computer Forensics and digital discovery Cybersecurity teams. Daniel has been a dominant voice in the computer forensics and cybersecurity space for the past 20 years, as an attorney and technologist. He is an adjunct professor at Harvard for Computer Forensics, and prior to Law & Forensics, he successfully built and sold several technology start-up companies. Since co-founding Law & Forensics LLC in 2008, Daniel has built it into one of the leading boutique firms specializing in cybersecurity and forensic engineering. He is a mediator, arbitrator, and e-discovery special master for JAMS and is a partner and head of Cybersecurity practice at Zeichner, Ellman & Krause LLP. Daniel earned both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in computer science from Brandeis University, as well as a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Daniel has led cyber and forensic teams in some of the most visible and sensitive incidents in the United States. He and his team have worked globally for two of the top five banks and dozens of the largest private and public companies in the world. In addition, Daniel has been awarded several patents for advanced cybersecurity and forensic platforms he built with his team, including TableTop.AI, CustodyTrack.IO, and Forensic Scan. Daniel is also well-published in the cybersecurity space and has authored more than 200 articles and books. His work is cited by Black’s Law Dictionary 10th Ed. defining the terms 'software', 'internet', and 'algorithm'. Lastly, he has been recognized by several United States Supreme Court Justices for his legal scholarship and is a trusted source and thought leader for cybersecurity articles and opinions, cited over 500 times to date.
Blank Rome LLP – Of Counsel
Jeffrey Rosenfeld’s practice focuses on litigation involving corporate governance, entertainment, intellectual property, and bankruptcy. His clients include officers and directors of businesses in the technology, finance, and homebuilding industries, as well as actors, musicians, producers, authors, and other creative talent. Jeffrey also represents high-profile individuals and businesses facing cybersecurity and personal security threats. Jeffrey is involved in all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, from factual investigations, depositions and expert witness preparation through summary judgment and trial. He incorporates the strategic use of e-discovery, and co-authored a chapter in an e-discovery treatise on the use of special masters in litigation. Jeffrey has been repeatedly listed in Super Lawyers as a Southern California “Rising Star.” He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Partner
Stacy is an experienced trial lawyer who practices complex business litigation for clients in the entertainment industries, with an emphasis on intellectual property, licensing, unfair competition, business torts, and breach of contract claims. She also represents financial institutions and property owners in real estate disputes. Stacy counsels high-profile artists, producers, and talent in accounting and profit participation, licensing, and other disputes involving the television and motion picture industries. She has also represented numerous other producers and artists, including a film production company, defeating a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit filed by an individual claiming to have co-written a screenplay; well-known artists prosecuting a copyright infringement and right to publicity action for defendants' improper use of performance sound recordings; and a film financier regarding investments in several independent films. Her work for clients in the commercial real estate, banking, and financial services industries focuses on partnership disputes and representing secured creditors in judicial and non-judicial foreclosure actions and bankruptcy proceedings. She has represented numerous real estate developers and property owners, including Ronald A. Simms and the Simms/Mann Institute for Education and Community Development, in connection with various disputes. She has also represented financial institutions in bankruptcy proceedings, including adversary proceedings, regarding priority lien disputes and other business issues. While she is always prepared to try any case, Stacy firmly believes that the resolution of certain matters outside of court is sometimes in the best interests of her clients. As such, she is highly skilled in representing clients in alternative dispute resolution through mediations and arbitrations and was elected as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Neutral for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2006.
Kiesel Law LLP – Partner
Paul Kiesel is highly active in the legal community. He served as the president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association for 2015-2016 and as the past Chair of the Litigation Section. He was appointed by former Chief Justice Ronald George to the State of California Judicial Council Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee. Additionally, he served on the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles for over 25 years. In recognition of his service, Mr. Kiesel was elected as an emeritus (lifetime) board member of both organizations. From 2001-2005, he sat on the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Currently, Mr. Kiesel serves as the Co-Chair of the Open Courts Coalition, a bipartisan committee of attorneys from throughout California advocating for full-funding of the civil justice system. Members of the Open Courts Coalition include Niall McCarthy, president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Honorable Carlos Moreno, former Governors Gray Davis and George Deukmejian, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and former California Attorney General John VanDekamp. Recently, Mr. Kiesel was named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers, dedicated to promoting superior advocacy, professionalism, and ethical standards in the legal profession. Currently, Paul Kiesel represents many individuals and their families in significant personal injury and wrongful death cases. Among his many clients, he represented former Governor Gray Davis in a challenge to the qualification of the 2003 recall election. Mr. Kiesel also currently represents numerous municipalities, including the City of Los Angeles, in a class action on behalf of all cities in the State of California for payment of occupancy taxes owed by the online travel industry.
