The Intellectual Property practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is well-versed in copyright disputes across a wide array of industries including sports, music and book publishing. Margret Caruso spearheads the team from the Silicon Valley office, showcasing a strong track record in IP and appellate litigation. In New York, Rachel Epstein frequently acts as plaintiff and defence counsel in copyright litigation, and Todd Anten has experience in state and federal courts. From the Los Angeles office, Daniel Posner represents clients from the entertainment, technology and consumer products industries in trials and appeals, whilst Robert Schwartz is a name to note for motion picture studios and broadcast networks. From Silicon Valley, Rachel Herrick Kassabian focuses her practice on IP issues for technology start-ups and Internet sector businesses, and Chicago-based Andrew Schapiro defends clients in infringement and licensing disputes, in addition to class action lawsuits.
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Key clients
- Zuru, Inc.
- VIZIO, Inc.
- Zazzle Inc.
- Move Inc.
- Vimeo
- Michael Jackson Estate
- NVIDIA
- POP Mart
- Bytedance and its affiliates (Including TikTok)
- Optilogic, Inc.
- Udio
- Perplexity AI
Work highlights
Represented Vimeo in the Second Circuit, which held that DMCA safe harbor protections apply to pre-1972 sound recordings and that mere awareness of famous songs doesn't constitute infringement knowledge.
Defending Zazzle in a dispute over font software licensing that threatens a substantial portion of Zazzle's inventory, successfully obtaining dismissal of copyright, trademark, and fraud claims while also precluding the plaintiff's damages expert testimony.
Representing Optilogic and its CEO against copyright and trade secret claims brought by the CEO's previous company, which claimed that Optilogic’s data schema and website was infringing.
Practice head
Margret Caruso; Rachel Epstein; Todd Anten; Daniel Posner
Other key lawyers
Robert Schwartz; Rachel Herrick Kassabian; Andrew Schapiro