Entertainment, Sports, and IP

Entertainment, Sports, and IP

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Legal Experience and Practice Areas:

  • Broad experience in all aspect of IP law, specializing in high technology and entertainment law.
  • 20 years of engineering experience in television, telecommunications and computer hardware and software.
  • Senior Counsel for major mobile gaming company.
  • Owner of small market radio station with experience in dealing with the FCC.

Education and Admissions:

  •  Delaware Law School, JD, 1984
  •  Villinova Law School, LLM (Taxation)
  • Admitted in New York, California and Patent Bar. Inactive; New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Publications:

  • Author: Will Mega-Media Mergers Destroy Hollywood and Democracy? And Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (2000).
  • Author: New Media: Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Technology Law, Clark Boardman (1997-1999).
  • Author: Facts, Copyrights, Unfair competition and Contracts: Will NBA v. Motorola lead to Shrink Wrap Television? ABA Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (1997).
  • Author: Regulation on the Information Superhighway, ABA Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (1994).
  • Co-author: Interactive Multimedia: What it is, Why is it Important and What do I need to Know About It? Computer Law Journal (1992), European Intellectual Property Review (1993), ABA Entertainment and Sports Journal (1994), also included in numerous legal seminar material.
  • Co-author: Personal Property Taxation of Computer Software, Kutish Publications (1992, 1993).
  • Co-author: Sales and Use Tax of Computer Software, Kutish Publications (1992, 1993).
  • Associate Editor and Writer: Software taxation Letter, Software Law Bulletin.
  • Contributor: Computer Software by L.J. Kutten, Clark Boardman

Read more about Jim at his site:www.legalinterface.com

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PAY ME…If YOU FILM MY HOUSE!, Article by James Talbott by Press
Location managers have a difficult job. On the one had they have to keep a client’s or employer’s business interests in mind when they find a location and then calculate how much that location will cost to film including transportation, hotels, etc. In addition a location manager must also keep in mind the legal aspects of filming at that location. Such legal aspects include the execution of specific contracts for the rights to use a location and the inevitable payment(s) to the neighbor who wants to mow their lawn during filming or who wants payment because their house is tangentially in a shot or two. This article will deal with what to do regarding the demand for payment regarding the tangential photography of a house.

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