‘Sophisticated, intellectual and practical’ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is routinely entrusted by a host of social media platforms, streaming companies and internet service providers for assistance with complex trademark licensing, strategy and enforcement litigation. Steering the practice is Benjamin Marks, who is highly experienced in relation to trademark and music licensing disputes. Another key name to note is Todd Larson, who is a strong choice for social media and entertainment platforms. Both attorneys operate from the firm’s New York office.
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‘Sophisticated, intellectual, and practical.’
‘At the end of the day, you want to work with great people, and Weil's team is the best, brightest, and always a pleasure.’
‘The Weil attorneys are extremely knowledgeable about trademark litigation and practice and provide meaningful contributions and guidance to our in-house attorneys managing our extensive trademark docket.’
‘Weil attorneys are timely, efficient, effective and communicative in their responses and return communications.’
Key clients
- Getty Images (US), Inc.
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Sirius XM Radio LLC and Pandora Media, LLC
- Meta Platforms (including subsidiaries Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus)
- American International Group, Inc.
- Alibaba Group
- BBC Studios America Inc.
- North American Concert Promoters Association
- Rimini Street
- Sanofi, S.A.
Work highlights
Represented Sirius XM and Pandora in the upcoming Webcasting VI (Web VI) proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which will set royalty rates to be paid by non-interactive (i.e., radio-style) webcasters to SoundExchange under a statutory license for the rights to publicly perform copyrighted sound recordings and to make ephemeral copies of those recordings during the 2026-2030 period.
Represented Getty Images as plaintiff in a cutting-edge copyright infringement lawsuit against Stability AI arising from Stability AI’s illegal scraping of 12 million copyrighted images and associated text captions and other metadata copied from Getty Images’ web sites and reproduced in the course of Stability AI’s training of its generative AI software model.
Represented Alibaba in several consequential litigations that seek to hold the e-commerce giant liable for the actions of third parties who allegedly sell counterfeit products on Alibaba’s various e-commerce websites.
Lawyers
Practice head
Benjamin Marks
Other key lawyers
Todd Larson