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Los Angeles Trademark Infringement Lawyer Defends Your First Amendment Rights to Your Work

Recently, the estate of reggae superstar Bob Marley signed a management agreement with a Toronto-based equity firm. The parties expect to realize over $1 billion dollars in global sales by 2012. Buried in the Fortune Magazine story: the Marley estate suffers an estimated $600 million theft of income each year due to pirated merchandise with the superstar’s likeness.

Rights of publicity represent one type of intellectual property. Intellectual property laws prevent the unauthorized use of your name, likeness, image, or photograph without your expressed consent. The First Amendment places limitations on publicity rights as they relate to free speech and certain forms of creative works. Los Angeles trademark infringement attorney Robert G. Klein has a proven history of prevailing in these types of cases.

Protecting Publicity Rights

If someone has infringes on your rights of publicity, or misappropriated your likeness in its goods, services, advertising or promotional material, contact Attorney Klein to get a free consultation. His experience and expertise provide aggressive legal representation to accomplish your objectives, which may include:

• Obtaining a court order to put an immediate stop to the act
• Seeking damages and attorney’s fees
• Negotiating license agreements for the use of your name, voice or image

Attorney Klein has over 20 years of protecting the rights of clients to profit from their intellectual property interests. His numerous multi-million dollars settlements and verdicts encompass a range of business disputes litigated in state, federal and appellate court. Whether Klein Trial Lawyers negotiates a contract, settlement or goes to trial, Attorney Klein actively involves himself in every case to ensure that each client receives the representation required to achieve courtroom success.

Aggressive Defense of Your First Amendment Rights

Individuals and companies accused of misappropriation or violation of a celebrity’s name or likeness may benefit from Attorney Klein’s expertise in these types of cases. He can work with you to prepare and execute any number of effective defenses to protect your rights to free speech. Coverage or comment on personal interest stories, and the creation of novels, parodies and docudramas also receive protection under the First Amendment.

The Ninth Circuit court has repeatedly affirmed the rights of artists to profit from their creativity, especially when it goes beyond the bounds of rights of publicity and represents “transformative” work. Los Angeles trademark infringement lawyer Klein will evaluate your case and prepare a solid strategy to defend you.

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