Joshua Gordon Graubart

Entertainment Partner Joshua Graubart is a media and entertainment litigator and counselor whose practice focuses on copyright and cognate foreign rights, including author’s rights, neighboring rights, connected rights, related rights and moral rights.

Josh is quite active in copyright and IP organizations. He is an officer of the New York chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA, and previously chaired the Information Technology and Cyberlaw Committee at the New York City Bar Association; he also served on the City Bar’s Intellectual Property Council. He is active in the US chapter of the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI), the leading international organization on cross-border copyright law, and on the boards of IAFAR Ltd. and IAFAR Education Ltd., British and American not-for-profit organizations aimed at advocating for and educating the music industry about neighboring rights, a subspecies of copyright benefiting primarily performing and recording artists and record labels.

Features

• Copyright Protection
• Digital Rights and Technology Law
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Licensing Agreements
• Patent Filing and Infringement Cases
• Trade Secrets
• Trademark Registration and Disputes

• License
  Licensed in California
  State: California
  Acquired: 2016
  Active
  
  Licensed in New York
  State: New York
  Acquired: 2008
  Currently Registered
  
  Licensed in New Jersey
  State: New Jersey
  Acquired: 2006
  Active
  
• Associations
  2024 - Present
  The Copyright Society - Chair, Website and Digital Content Committee
  2023 - Present
  ALAI-USA - Member, Executive Committee
  2020 - 2022
  Copyright Society of the U.S.A. - Chair, Special Events, NY Chapter
  2020 - 2024
  Independent Alliance for Artists Rights - Director
  2013 - 2017
  New York City Bar Association, Information Technol - Chair
• Education
  2006 - University of London - LL.M - Master of Laws
  2005 - Duke University School of Law - JD - Juris Doctor
• Speaking Engagements
  2024 - Current Issues in International Copyright - PLI Advanced Copyright
  2024 - The Role of Lawyers in the Music Industry - MIC Check
  2024 - Lesser-Known Species – A Spotlight on Neighboring and Moral Rights - King County (WA) Bar Assoc. IP Law Section Meeting
  2024 - Legal Update for Entertainment & Technology: Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy - IAEL Annual Meeting, Amsterdam
  2023 - Current Issues in International Copyright - PLI Advanced Copyright
  2023 - Legal Update for Entertainment & Technology: Warhol Found. v. Goldsmith - IAEL Annual Meeting, Amsterdam
  2023 - Managing Rights in Written Works - Copyright Society International Conference, Berlin
  2023 - IP & Live Content Piracy in Sports - 30th Annual Fordham IP Conference
  2022 - Current Issues in International Copyright - PLI Advanced Copyright
  2021 - Current Issues in International Copyright - PLI Advanced Copyright
• Languages
  English - Native / Fluent

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