With an expert practice in domestic and international copyright litigation, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC leverages the team’s bench strength to advise its impressive multinational client base on copyright counseling, clearance, prosecution, enforcement and litigation. The firm’s high-profile client roster is far-reaching and includes clients from music, sports, publishing, video games and retail industries, such as Universal Music Group, Barclays, and Capitol Records. Jonathan King oversees the department in New York, drawing on deep experience handling copyright and infringement cases in the federal courts nationwide. Seasoned litigator, Richard Mandel, is lauded for serving as first chair in a variety of complex and protracted US IP cases. Thomas Kjellberg, specialist in copyright licensing and enforcement, handles cases involving photographers, artists and composers. Joelle Milov is lauded for securing and defending IP rights, particularly for clients in the music, food, financial, and sports industries. Joel Karni Schmidt boasts expertise in copyright clearance, prosecution and enforcement for clients cross media, entertainment, video game and retail sectors. All named lawyers are based in New York.
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- 'Offering bespoke, detailed and pragmatic advice. Extensive knowledge of intellectual property law, which doesn't get in the way of the commercial considerations.'
- 'Extremely knowledgeable experts in the field of IP. Very impressive client list for a boutique-sized firm.'
- 'I always enjoy working with the trademark team – they are expert, enthusiastic and efficient, providing practical and client-friendly advice. The team gets excellent results.'
- 'They work seamlessly as a team, manage projects with efficiency, and cultivate enduring relationships with their clients, who recognize and value their responsiveness, commitment, expertise, and professionalism.'
- 'We work closely with this team. They are very professional, responsive, knowledgeable, and nice to work with. They are very experienced, and it shows in their advice, and really bring to the table the highest degree of sophistication and professionalism.
- ''The team at Cowan is wonderful. Extremely efficient, detail-oriented, and careful with deadlines. The other great aspect is that they firmly stand by the adage that no two clients are the same—so their advice is tailored towards meeting the needs and requirements of individual clients.'
- 'Very good diligent and experienced team.'
- 'Highly experienced prosecution team – focused on obtaining rights cautiously while clearly presenting what is obtainable and what is not.'
- 'Joel Schmidt is our go-to person – a top practitioner with huge experience and judgment.'
- 'This is a great firm with a true dedication of taking care of their clients and knowing their clients and also very much rooted in the community.'
Kernmandanten
- Arista Music, Arista Records LLC,
- Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Capitol Records, LLC
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Eli Lilly
- Epic Games
- FULLBEAUTY Brands Operations, LLC
- Hanky Panky Ltd.
- HarperColllins
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Highlight-Mandate
- Representing all the major record labels in a major copyright lawsuit against UNCHARTED LABS, INC., d/b/a Udio.com. This case represents the music industry’s first lawsuit against a music generative AI service, which produces music files in response to user prompts.
- Representing Warner Chappell Music, Inc. in a case which established that a copyright plaintiff who brings a timely cause of action under the discovery rule may seek monetary relief for infringements more than three years prior to suit.
- Representing some of the largest music publishers in the world, such as Universal Music Publishing, in a copyright infringement action against AI company Anthropic, based on Anthropic’s training its AI chatbot Claude on Publishers’ copyrighted lyrics and distribution of output on Claude that infringe Publishers’ copyrighted lyrics.
Anwält*innen
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Praxisleitung
Jonathan Z. King
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Richard Mandel; Thomas Kjellberg; Joelle Milov; Joel Karni Schmidt