Sports and Entertainment Law
PROTECTING THE CREATORS AND OWNERS OF ART, ATHLETICISM, ENTERTAINMENT, INFORMATION, MARKET PRESENCE, LITERATURE AND NEWS
 In the Information Age, content is king, whether for a journalist investigating government corruption, a novelist adroitly transforming thought into rhetoric, an editor summarizing a complex story in a riveting headline, or a photographer who traps time in an image. Content is what separates a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper from a supermarket tabloid. Our First Amendment and intellectual property lawyers know the value and importance of content, and how to protect it against copyright infringement, defamation suits and government censorship.
Our lawyers also understand and appreciate the value and importance of the trademarks, service marks and advertisements whereby businesses build brand loyalty, differentiate themselves from their competitors, and establish the quality and reliability of their goods and services. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but when it goes too far, EGHS lawyers work to protect these intangible but invaluable assets.
Our attorneys also understand and appreciate the value and importance of trade secrets such as customer lists, internal processes and other information that derives its value from its confidentiality.
In tandem with our First Amendment and Communications Law practice and our representation of publishers and broadcasters, EGHS lawyers Michael Tadych, Amanda Martin and Hugh Stevens work to protect the output of creative people and organizations by helping them identify, document, secure and protect their intellectual property. For example, Mr. Tadych and Ms. Martin regularly advise reporters, authors, painters, singers, publishers, photographers and other content providers how to use copyright and other legal processes to protect and document the publication and circulation of their works. Mr. Tadych and Mr. Stevens recently advised a nationally-known broadcaster in contract negotiations relating to the development of news and information programming, and both also have litigated important and complex trademark ownership and infringement issues in the federal courts. Each of our intellectual property lawyers regularly counsels newspapers and other news organizations concerning copyright and ownership issues, including their right to make “fair use” of material created or compiled by others.
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