Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Partners Lackman and Wolff as Top IP Attorneys; Recognizes Two Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP (CDAS) Practice Groups

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is proud to announce that partners Eleanor M. Lackman and Nancy E. Wolff and both CDAS’s Entertainment and IP, Copyright and Litigation Practices have been recognized by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers USA 2017: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. This is the fourth consecutive year Ms. Lackman

Partner Aileen Atkins Named to Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report”

Aileen Atkins, partner and co-head of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP’s (CDAS) Corporate Entertainment Practice is featured in Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report.” Aileen is recognized for her work handling a range of digital and tech clients at CDAS  – where four of seven equity partners are women — and for her in-house general

CDAS Brings in Partner Carole E. Handler and Associate Brianna Dahlberg to expand its West Coast Litigation, Entertainment and IP practice

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is expanding its West Coast litigation, entertainment, and intellectual property practice with the strategic hire of a two-person litigation team, led by Carole E. Handler, who joins the firm as a partner in CDAS’s Beverly Hills office as of April 1, 2017. Ms. Handler is a nationally recognized litigator

CDAS Wins Fair Use Ruling Over Facebook Livestream Birth Video

In a ruling from the bench, CDAS client Coed Media Group, LLC (“CMG”) succeeded in securing the dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit over a news story reporting on a man who live-streamed the birth of his son on Facebook.  Plaintiff Kali Kanongataa accused CMG of infringing the copyright in his home movie when CMG

CDAS is a Platinum Sponsor of INTA’s 2017 Brands and Fashion Conference

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of INTA’s upcoming “Brands and Fashion” Conference, to be held in NYC March 22-23, 2017.  The conference includes two full days of programming covering IP and brand protection strategies, retail trends, issues in advertising, and much more.  CDAS is sponsoring the conference

CDAS Attorneys Appointed to 2016-2017 INTA Committees

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP Partner, Eleanor M. Lackman, and Associate, Joshua Wolkoff, have been appointed to International Trademark Association (INTA) committees for the 2016-17 term. Ms. Lackman will serve on the International Amicus Committee. The committee provides expertise concerning trademark and other IP-related laws to courts and trademark offices around the world through

Kenneth N. Swezey to speak at PLI’s Intellectual Property Law Institute 2014

CDAS Partner Kenneth N. Swezey will participate in PLI’s Intellectual Property Institute of 2014 scheduled for September 15-16. Kenneth will discuss Copyright Termination, focusing on joint works, work for hire pre-1978, loan-out corporations, and spec scripts and the Superman cases. See the full schedule and register to attend here.