Copyright is pervasive, international, persistent and powerful. It protects expression every time pen is set to paper or, content is typed on a keyboard, voice is transcribed by AI, or sound and images are captured in video and audio. Remedies for infringement include not only actual damages, but statutory damages, injunctive relief and the recovery of attorneys fees. And it provides a flexible, adaptable means of protecting every product of the mind, from choreography to architecture, from movies to streaming video and audio services. We excel at finding ways to clothe our clients with a protective layer of copyright protection.
Our team’s copyright experience began at the dawn of the computer age, when copyright was first deployed to protect computer software in addition to print and other media. We have assisted our clients repeatedly in finding ways to protect their innovative businesses and developments via copyright when no other means of protection were available.
Our copyright practice finds assets copyright can protect and then educates clients and their personnel as to how to secure those assets via copyright. We are integrated with the firm’s other areas and often devise a multi-layered approach to protection including copyright, patent rights, data protection, trademark rights and licensing. We consider it a win whenever we identify and train resources within our clients who can identify and register copyright claims without our assistance. And, of course, we regularly advise on copyright infringement issues and disputes, which have grown rapidly in the context of AI training and similar technologies.
