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Ian C. Ballon, co-chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, will speak at the 2021 Institute on Entertainment Law and Business Oct. 16, 2021. The virtual program is co-hosted by the USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA).
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Ian C. Ballon, co-chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, will speak at the 2021 Institute on Entertainment Law and Business Oct. 16, 2021. The virtual program is co-hosted by the USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA).
The annual program highlights renowned speakers in the entertainment and business industry. “For over 65 years, the USC Gould-BHBA Institute on Entertainment Law and Business has been the premier conference for entertainment professionals in the nation,” according to USC Gould of Law.
Ballon will speak on “Fair Use and First Amendment Defenses in Copyright, Trademark, and Right of Publicity Litigation – What’s New and What’s Changing” from 11:15 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. PDT . His speech will outline the latest legal developments in fair use and First Amendment law, litigation, and strategy, including competing trends under copyright, trademark, and right of publicity law. The presentation will cover what the latest case law and trends mean for entertainment companies and practitioners now and in the coming years.
Ballon is an intellectual property and internet litigator who represents clients in copyright, DMCA, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, privacy, security, software, database, and internet- and mobile-related disputes, and in the defense of data privacy, cybersecurity breach, and adtech putative class action suits. He is the author of the leading treatise on internet and mobile law, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise with Forms 2d edition, the 5-volume set published by West (http://www.IanBallon.net) and available on Westlaw. He also serves as executive director of Stanford University Law School’s Center for the Digital Economy.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice: With more than 220 intellectual property attorneys and patent agents in the United States, Asia, and Europe, Greenberg Traurig provides a broad range of patent, trademark and copyright protection and strategic counseling. Greenberg Traurig was named “Law Firm of the Year” for Trademark Law and a “National Tier 1” Law Firm for IP Litigation, Patent Law and Litigation, Copyright Law, and Technology Law by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, 2020 “Best Law Firms.”
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2300 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 4.0 Plus Certified. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com
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Lourdes Brezo Scholl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 212-801-2131, BrezoSchollL@gtlaw.com
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