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Intellectual Property Litigation: Recent Cases Address Scope of Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Recordings
May 10, 2017 read the article
Litigation partner Lewis Clayton’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Recent Cases Address Scope of Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Recordings,” appeared in the May 10 issue of the New York Law Journal. Lew discusses a series of recent lawsuits in New York, Florida and California that have brought increased focus on the existence and scope of state-law copyright protection for pre-1972 sound recordings. Litigation associate Michael Milea assisted in the preparation of this article.