Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group

• Citation: Vol. 39 No. 1
• Publication year: 2014

ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW INTEREST GROUP

The Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group educates lawyers in the intellectual property law principles and the business and legal aspects of entertainment, media, and sports law, including the creation, protection, acquisition, and licensing of content, publicity rights, domain name protection, sponsorship and endorsement, union/guild issues, athlete eligibility issues, drug testing, NCAA rules compliance, league issues and antitrust, Title IX, and the creation, licensing, sale, and protection of multimedia content. The Interest Group serves various sectors of the entertainment and sports industries, including music, film, television, new media, legitimate theater, live performance, and literary publishing.

Recent examples of the Group's activities include: (1) the IP Institute, a three-day conference on a variety of IP, entertainment, and media topics at The Claremont Hotel in Berkeley; and (2) an informative webinar on Nurturing and Advising New Artists and Athletes.

Please join us for practical webinars in 2014, covering topics such as mobile video games, streaming media, global entertainment agreements, fair use in film, and more. Watch Inevitable...