Paul D. Supnik practices copyright, trademark, entertainment law and related litigation in Beverly Hills. Mr. Supnik is a past president of the Los Angeles Copyright Society, a former Chair of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and a former Chair of its International Law Section. He is?authored the chapter "Copyright Infringement" in the California Continuing Education of the Bar book, Proof in Competitive Business Litigation.? Mr. Supnik is a panel arbitrator on the?Independent Film and Television Alliance (formerly AFMA) International Arbitration Tribunal.? He?has served as the chair of?the editorial board of the?Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. ?In addition to writing and speaking on copyright, trademark and entertainment law matters locally, he has spoken on these subjects in Cannes, Buenos Aires, Marrakesh, Bordeaux, London and Brussels.? He received his J.D. from UC Hastings College of Law in 1971 and his B.S. from UCLA in 1968.

Mr. Supnik has served as a vice-president of the International Visitors Counsel of Los Angeles?(IVCLA).? IVCLA is a voluteer organization affiliated with the U.S. State Department.? The State Department sponsors visits to the United States for?emerging leaders identified by U.S. embassies around the world.??IVCLA?arranges for professional appointments and home hospitality for those?State Department?visitors?when they come?to?Los Angeles.? See the IVCLA website at .? He has also served on the board of the British American Business Council Los Angeles.

Significant professional resources for lawyers on copyright, trademark, entertainment law,?federal court litigation and international materials can be found at the website.

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SERVICES OFFERED

Personal service is offered in selected legal areas. This office is suitable for matters where a large firm is not required, yet where problem solving can best be handled by one having a developed knowledge in specific areas of intellectual property and media. The practice incorporates a seasoned understanding of both domestic and international copyright and trademark matters that covers many industries. A network of lawyer contacts cultivated over years crosses national boundaries to help the corporate client and the business lawyer liaise with international colleagues abroad. A commitment to the legal profession and its institutions is an integral part of the practice.

Representation has included businesses and individuals in the entertainment, art, publishing, merchandising, Internet, e-commerce and new media, advertising, computer software, information services, financial, clothing, consumer products, consumer electronics, food, restaurant, medical products, eyewear, jewelry, sporting goods, furniture, leather goods and other industries, primarily limited to the specific practice areas identified below:

Trademark Law

• ? Preliminary injunction and seizure proceedings
• ? Anti-counterfeit enforcement/defense
• ? Litigation and trials of trademark infringement and unfair competition matters.?
• ? Trademark/service mark? selection and development
• ? Trademark searches and interpretation
• ? Federal registration
• ? Foreign registration
• ? Customs recordation
• ? Opposition and cancellation proceedings
• ? Counseling on appropriate trademark usage in advertising and commercials and on packaging
• ? Internet domain name disputes
• ? Assignments and recordation
• ? Licensing of trademarks and service marks

Entertainment/Media Law

• ? Counseling and representing producers, writers, actors and directors in the motion picture and television industries
• ? Negotiating and interpreting contracts
• ? Production and distribution agreements
• ? Option agreements
• ? Life story rights agreements
• ? Rights clearance
• ? Title searches and interpretation
• ? Privacy, publicity and defamation issues
• ? Reviewing material for E&O requirements
• ? Union and guild matters
• ? Litigation and trials of entertainment cases in federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals

Copyright Law

• ? Registration of copyright
• ? Assignments and recordation
• ? Copyright searches
• ? Interpretation of domestic and foreign rights
• ? Licensing and contract negotiation
• ? Preliminary injunction and seizure proceedings
• ? Anti-piracy enforcement/defense
• ? Litigation and trials of infringement and license disputes

Merchandising and Licensing

Merchandising licenses, protection of rights in merchandising properties, litigation of merchandising rights.

International Affiliations

Relations established with foreign lawyers in Canada, Western Europe, Africa, Latin America and Pacific Rim countries.