Elizabeth and Owen will be attending the Bright Lights, Big Opportunities: Best Bets in IP, Sports, and Entertainment Law conference jointly presented by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries and the ABA IP Law Section in Las Vegas on November 14 – 16, 2024. They are excited to connect with colleagues and…
Elizabeth will be serving as the Chair and Owen will be serving as Co-Vice Chair of the CLA IP Law Section Entertainment and Sports Interest Group. The Interest Group strives to educate lawyers in intellectual property law principles and the business and legal aspects of servicing the entertainment and sports industries, including, but not limited…
The uniqueness of branding surrounding the Olympics.
Celebrating Crown client Chloe Sherman and Pride Month!
Co-founder and Crown®, LLP Partner, Owen Seitel, has been featured in Design Bay Area. In this interview, he delves into the complex and evolving landscape of AI and copyright law. Owen offers valuable perspectives on how generative AI is influencing creativity, legal frameworks, and the protection of intellectual property. Read the full interview, Copyrights and…
Elizabeth J. Rest is named as a 2024 Northern California Super Lawyer in the field of Intellectual Property for another year, a designation awarded to the top 5% of attorneys in California. Elizabeth has been named on a Super Lawyers list every year since 2013, when she was first selected as a Rising Star in…
Co-founder and Crown®, LLP Partner, Owen Seitel, has been featured in Design Bay Area. In this interview, he delves into the complex and evolving landscape of AI and copyright law. Owen offers valuable perspectives on how generative AI is influencing creativity, legal frameworks, and the protection of intellectual property. Read the full interview, Copyrights and…
Crown®, LLP on the night (and day) of the earning dead!
This month in Advising Creativity®, the Crown team opens up about the intersection of freedom of speech and trademarks.
Lawsuits pitting one plush toy against another have brought trade dress law to the forefront. At the heart of the battle is whether there are protectable nonfunctional elements in Kelly Toys’ Squishmallows such that Build-A-Bear’s use of similar elements in its Skoosherz constitutes trade dress infringement. Read about the cutest dispute here. Publisher permission has…
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