Nancy E. Wolff at PLI’s “Everything You Know is Wrong”

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff will be on the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) panel, “Everything You Know Is Wrong: Formerly Settled Copyright Issues”, (Monday, July 9th at 3:30pm, in San Francisco). This panel is part of PLI’s seminar “Understanding Copyright Law in the Data Era 2012”. Ms. Wolff and her fellow panelists will address such

Once Again, New Life for “My Reincarnation”

Beginning this week and next (check local listings) on PBS and streaming online: From record-breaking crowd-funding, to theaters, to PBS, public acclaim for My Reincarnation has once again given this compelling film renewed life. After an impressive theatrical run, the critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentary was picked-up to make its television premiere on PBS’ POV, kicking-off POV’s

Indy Film Crosses into 3-D

I Heart Shakey — the first independent family comedy in 3-D — tells the story a 10 year-old Chicago girl’s adventure to keep her dog Shakey, despite her father’s plans. The film has been featured in many articles, including one in the Wall Street Journal, in part as it marks the expansion of 3-D technology

Nancy E. Wolff & Eleanor M, Lackman Elected Treasurer & Assistant Treasurer, CSUSA

We congratulate CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff and partner Eleanor M. Lackman. Ms. Wolff was elected to serve as Treasurer of the Copyright Society of the USA, and Ms. Lackman was elected to serve as Assistant Treasurer. For the last two years, Ms. Wolff and Ms. Lackman have served as Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively.

Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP Named a “Top Ranked Law Firm”

As featured in New York Magazine, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP has been selected as one of the New York Area’s Top Ranked Law Firms. To compile their list of the top U.S. law firms, Martindale-Hubbell analyzed their database of over one million lawyers in over 160 countries and identified Tri-State firms in which

Eleanor M. Lackman’s Webinar: What CMOs Need to Know About IP

CDAS partner Eleanor M. Lackman led an informative webinar today for Exec Sense, “What CMOs Need to Know About Patent, Copyright and Trademark Protection”. She was joined by Mike Downs, partner at Fincham Downs. Together they presented a program for Chief Marketing Officers on recognizing the value of intellectual property, how to protect IP, search,

Nancy E. Wolff at CEPIC 2012, London

CDAS Partner Nancy E. Wolff will be in London at CEPIC (Centre of the Picture Industry) 2012, which runs from May 15th through May 18th. Ms. Wolff will be serving on two panels and a breakout session. Following a brief overview of the differing copyright systems in the U.K., U.S. and Europe, the sessions will

Eleanor M. Lackman @ INTA: Managing Your Brand in Social Media

On Monday, May 7, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, at the annual INTA conference in Washington, D.C., Eleanor M. Lackman (@EMLackman) will be moderating the table topic, “Best Practices in Social Media: Managing Your Brand While Keeping Your Loyal Fans”. (Note that this session is sold out but Ms. Lackman and CDAS attorney Joshua S. Wolkoff

Amish: Out of Order

Shunning – family, friends and community turning their backs on one of their own, and one of their own making the choice to never turn back. These are the risks the individuals in Amish: Out of Order face. This mesmerizing 10-part documentary series premieres on the National Geographic Channel tonight at 10pm ET. The show

“The King’s Speech” Opens on London’s West End

David Seidler’s play began its season at Wyndham’s Theatre last week. The film version of The King’s Speech, which starred Colin Firth, won four Oscars last year but Seidler originally wrote the story for the stage. He then developed the screenplay, and the play was left unproduced until now… “Adrian Noble’s sure-footed production combines well