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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Nancy E Wolff, Scott J Sholder and Elizabeth Safran Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP is a boutique firm specialising in entertainment, media, branding and IP law, based in New York, and Beverly Hills, CA. The firm is a founding legal adviser to the Copyright Alliance and its attorneys hold leadership positions within the MLRC and ABA IP Section. Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP (CDAS) lawyers have held leadership roles as officers and trus - tees of the Copyright Society of the USA, spo - ken on copyright-related issues throughout the world, and advocate on behalf of associations in furtherance of copyright reform. Additionally,
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CDAS lawyers have appeared in leading copy - right cases, including three of the pending AI copyright class actions, and represented ami - cus parties in cases before the Supreme Court and many of the Courts of Appeals including in Sedlik v Von Drachenberg (Ninth Circuit), Ha - chette v Internet Archive (Second Circuit), and Sony Music Entertainment v Cox Communica - tions (Supreme Court). The firm also provides copyright clearance review for entertainment and media clients, and advises on best prac - tices and risk management.
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Nancy E Wolff is a partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP and co-chairs the litigation group, handling copyright, trade mark, and rights of publicity matters. She
Scott J Sholder is a partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP and co-chairs the litigation group. He litigates in state and federal courts representing artists, copyright
counsels both traditional and digital media clients in transactional matters and clearance reviews. She is a past president of the Copyright Society of the USA and a member of the ABA IP Task Force on Copyright Reform. A frequent speaker and author on copyright issues, Nancy has been published by Allworth Press and ABA Landslide Journal, and co-edited the recently published Companion to Copyright and Creativity in the 21st Century, by Focal Press.
owners, and media companies, primarily in copyright, trade mark, defamation defence, right of publicity, and business disputes. Scott counsels clients in IP and speech-related matters, including best practices, and is plaintiffs’ counsel in three leading AI copyright class actions. A two-time federal law clerk, Scott co-chairs the AI subcommittee of the NYC Bar Copyright Committee, serves on the NYC Bar Entertainment Committee, and vice-chairs the ABA IP Section’s Right of Publicity Committee.
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