Anthony N. Elia, focuses his practive in intellectual property and business law.
Services
Copyright
- Infringement litigation
- Copyright registration
- Clearance
- Works made for hire, derivative works, joint works and collective works
- Fair use
- Renewal, reversion and termination
- Transfers of copyright
- Protection and registration of characters
- Advertising copy clearance and related issues
Patent
- Prosecution
- Litigation
- Licensing
Trademark
- Infringement, dilution and unfair competition litigation
- Trademark prosecution
- Trademark clearance
- License agreements
Publishing
- Book publishing agreements
- Literary agency agreements
- Collaboration agreements
- Movie options / agreements
- Permissions and releases
- Prepublication reviews
- Invasion of privacy
- Right of publicity
- Press shield / privilege
- Libel litigation
- Royalty disputes
- Breach of contract / covenant of good faith and fair dealin
- Insurance coverage
- Independent contractors agreements
- Confidentiality agreements
- First Amendment
Business
- Business formation and dissolution
- Corporation, LLC and partnership law
- Association and not-for-profit law
- Corporate governance
- Employment and non-compete agreements
- UCC filings and searches
- Insurance coverage and coverage disputes
- Intra-company disputes
- Business litigation and arbitration
- Collections
Representative Litigations
Successfully defended corporation in shareholders’ dispute.
Successfully fought liability insurer to obtain insurance for small business owner.
Successfully defended business from Multimillion dollar property damage and person injury claim.
Successfully represented author in suit against publisher who failed to adequately market and distribute novel.
Successfully represented author in copyright infringement suit against co-author and publisher.
Successfully represented business in trademark infringement, unfair competition, trade secret, false advertising, tortious interference with exclusive distribution agreement.
Successfully represented copyright holder in obtaining a preliminary injunction against seller of infringing apparel patterns.
Successfully defended client against trademark infringement, false designation of origin and dilution claims relating to replacement piano decals.
Successfully represented factor in suit to recover approximately $2.5 Million on defaulted factoring agreement.
Defended apparel marketer in $50 Million lawsuit for its alleged failure to adequately and successfully exploit licensed intellectual property.
Publications and Lectures
- Copyright Registration Basics, Travel Writer, September 2007.
- Should I form a business entity? The Small Business Professor by Bruce Freeman, June 2007, syndicated by Scripps-Howard.
- Author Law A-Z, (co-author) Capital Books, Inc., 2005.
- Fine Print = More Money, The Newswomen’s Club, June 15, 2005.
- Publishing Contract Panel Discussion, American Society of Journalists and Authors Annual Writers Conference, 2005.
