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Rights of Publicity and the Media

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, recently led a Table Topic discussion at the International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting in Barcelona on the topic of “Rights of Publicity and the Media.” The use and viewing of media, including social media platforms, is entrenched in our daily routine. Increasingly, celebrities need to be…

Moving Forward by Looking Back

Nostalgia is defined as a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for or return to some past period. What groups drive licensing sales? Millennials: a large consumer group composed of those born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s; Generation X: those born right before the millennials, between 1965 and…

Anson to Discuss Right of Publicity, Technology, and Celebrities

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, will be on a panel discussion, Right of Publicity, Technology and “Celebrities”: Impact on Celebrity Deal-Making and Estate/Tax Planning, at the Entertainment Industry Conference on Wednesday, June 14. The panelists will discuss such topics as: What is the right of publicity? Legal protections for name and…

Patent Licensing: Best Practices for Negotiating Valuable Licenses

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, will be leading a panel discussion at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (“AIPLA”) Spring Meeting, “Patent Licensing: Best Practices for Negotiating Valuable Licenses”, this Thursday, May 17, from 2:00-3:30pm. Along with Mr. Anson, the panelists will discuss various issues surrounding patent licensing, including validity issues,…

How to Value Anything: The Most Difficult Valuations

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, led a discussion at the ABI Spring Meeting, in Washington D.C., on the topic of “How to Value Anything: The Most Difficult Valuations.” The panelists described their approaches to valuing assets that are inherently difficult to value, including Anson’s expertise – intellectual property. Anson will also…

CONSOR in Barcelona, to speak on: Right of Publicity and the Media

Join CONSOR at INTA’s 139th Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, from May 20-24, 2017. Weston Anson, Chairman, and a team of CONSOR analysts, will be in attendance to answer any IP valuation, litigation and brand management questions. CONSOR will be located in booth number D3 at the Fira Gran Via Exhibition Hall.…

CONSOR Expert Testifies for IRS in Michael Jackson Estate Trial

What has been described as the “tax trial of the century” by the Hollywood Reporter, the tax battle between the Internal Revenue Service and the Estate of Michael Jackson was held in Tax Court during February, 2017. CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson testified on behalf of the IRS. The big discrepancy…

Valuing Music, Celebrity and Entertainment Trademarks in Litigation

The value and valuation of music libraries and copyrights, celebrity images and rights of publicity, and trademarks and brand names for musical groups, are all part of our practice area. And the issues of value for these assets, both when doing a deal and in litigation have become increasingly important.…

The Marlon Brando Estate: Publicity Rights as Intangible Assets

Several months after Marlon Brando’s death in the summer of 2004, counsel and executors for his estate sought advice on publicity rights – whether they had value, and, if so, what was the residual value (if any) of the publicity rights of Marlon Brando upon his passing. In the case…

The Great Tom Clancy Divorce

Divorce. The very word sends shivers down the spines of all parties involved. The spouses, the lawyers, the accountants, the finders of fact. Emotional, expensive, time consuming, and often acrimonious, divorce can be a major part of a general practitioner’s work. Now, add to that divorce environment a new element…