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Profesional
Biography
Specializing
in Intellectual Property Contracts, Licensing and Promotions
- Business
Audits for compliance with law and industry practice and IP Protection
- Website and
other media audits
- Identifying,
structuring and negotiating strategic partnerships
- Structuring
and implementing sweepstakes, contests and promotions in all media
- Developing,
drafting, negotiating infrastructure, service and licensing contracts
- Developing
and implementing IP Strategy: copyright, trademark and privacy
and online policies
- Sourcing
outside legal assistance for patent, employment and litigation
matters
Professional
Background
- Private Intellectual
Property and Business Law Practice, March 1999-Present\
- V.P. Business
and Legal Affairs/General Counsel, Universal Studios New Media
Group, 1996-1999
- V.P. Business
and Legal Affairs/General Counsel, Universal Studios Consumer
Products Group, 1991-1996
- Director
Business and Legal Affairs, Paramount Pictures Consumer Products
Group & Anti Piracy Department, 1988-1991
- Associate
Counsel, Writers Guild of America, West, 1986-1988
- Litigation
Counsel, Gilbert & Sackman, 1985-1986 (Union and employment
litigation)
- Litigation
Counsel, Cooper, Epstein and Hurewitz, 1984-1985 (Entertainment
litigation)
In-House Professional
Highlights
- Negotiated
Joint Venture with Hyundai Information Technology to found Animalhouse.com
- Supervised
all consumer products and promotion licenses for Jurassic Park,
Casper, Flintstones, Northern Exposure, Hercules, Xena: Warrior
Princess
- Negotiated
strategic partnership with Sony Playstation for Crash Bandicoot
and Spyro the Dragon
- Developed
and supervised initial implementation of Universal Studios Archives
licensing program in 1996; created digital licensing catalog for
500 classic properties, and in connection with this project:
- Acquired
or broadened licensing representation rights for the Estates of
Karloff, Chaney, Lugosi, Edith Head, Hitchcock, Jay Ward and others;
continued to acquire online representation rights for entertainment
properties after moving to New Media Group
Selected Negotiation
Experience
- IBM, Microsoft,
Intel, HP, Compac, Sun
- Lycos, Yahoo,
AOL, Excite
- Mastercard,
B of A, Amex, Discover, Citibank
- Infrastructure
vendors such as Akamai, Annuncio, Exodus, Vignette, Digex, Qwest,
Simplex, Vertex, Critical Path
- IXL, U.S
Interactive, eBuilt, Accrue, and multiple other design and brand
development firms
- All major
studios
- Burger King,
McDonald's, Taco Bell, Pepsi, Coke, etc.
- All major
toy manufacturers and interactive game companies
- All top advertising
agencies
Education
- Law Degree,
University of Southern California, 1984
- Law Review
- Teaching
Credential, California State University, San Francisco, 1981
- Bachelor
of Arts in History, University of California, Berkeley, 1980
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