Law Offices of Joshua Graubart, P.C.

Heading out of Phoenix from the Copyright Society's midwinter meeting to neighboring Utah. Bye, Arizona! #csusamw18

Despite some spelling confusion regarding my name (), a good piece at rollingstone.com about the extent to which producers of big theatrical productions are seeking to clear the field of potentially smaller competitors.

Weather thwarted kayaking plans at #CSUSA18 in Toronto in June, but the #CSUSA flotilla showed the colors in Quebec this week. Stay tuned this autumn for NYC chapter panel on, inter alia, chapter 13 of the US Copyright Act (vessel hull design!)

At the Canadian Independent Music Association gala. CIMA #CIMAgala2018 #JoshuaGraubart

Had a great time at the Canadian Independent Music Association gala!

Producer (& my law school classmate) Teddy Schwarzman penned an excellent piece in Forbes on copyright in NAFTA re-negotiations: https://www.forbes.com//restoring-the-gold-standard-to-c/ #copyright

If consumers identify a non-functional feature with a particular product, is that feature protectable? #EntertainmentLaw #TradmarkProtection #Trademark

Nice @nytimes piece on @bmi and the rise in performance royalties in today's business section: http://nyti.ms/2gOL1Hz

Kudos to the California Bar for an excellent webinar on the challenges to IP rights presaged by the Brexit process.

It is possible that an object may qualify as both copyrightable and patentable. #EntertainmentLaw #Copyright #Patent

Another Great Day working hard for our Clients, today is definitely a hat day!

Foreign (i.e., non-English) law must be considered as a matter of fact rather than of law. #EntertainmentLaw #Copyright #TerminationCopyrightLaw #ForeignCopyrightLaw

Words, short phrases and slogans can be protected, but not (generally) by copyright law. #EntertainmentLaw #Copyright #Trademark

What we usually call copyright in the U.S. is what much of the rest of the world labels authors’ rights. #EntertainmentLaw #Copyright #IntellectualProperty

What can’t be seen or touched, yet is protected by law? #IntellectualProperty #IntellectualPropertyLaw #Copyright #Trademark #Patent

H.R. 5757 would establish an alternative forum for copyright infringement claims. #IntellectualPropertyLaw #CopyrightSmallClaims #HR5757

In Commonwealth territories, authors’ heirs may be, or soon become, owners of copyrights. #EntertainmentLaw #IntellectualPropertyLaw #CopyrightTerminationRights

Thinking of terminating a transfer of rights? Grab your abacus, slide rule, and calculator! #EntertainmentLaw #IntellectualPropertyLaw #TransferCopyright

Thinking of terminating a transfer of rights? Grab your abacus, slide rule, and calculator!

New artists need production company help, but have little bargaining power. #IntellectualPropertyLaw #Copyright #TerminationOfTransfer

Is a class action an appropriate vehicle for low-value copyright infringement claims? #CopyrightLaw #ClassAction

Are low-value claims simply an example of rights without effective remedies? #EntertainmentLaw #CopyrightInfringement #Copyright #ClassAction

Actual Damages or Statutory Damages? Which should you pursue? #IntellectualPropertyLaw #ValuingCopyrightClaims

Is your proposed performance public or not? #EntertainmentLaw #WhatIsPublic

Since the dawn of public performance, the distinction between dramatic and non-dramatic rights still persists. #EntertainmentLaw #GrandPetitPerformanceRights

Are you licensed to perform a song, play, or motion picture? #EntertainmentLaw #PublicPerformance #Copyright

Have you registered your creative work with the Copyright Office? If not, why not?