ArentFox Schiff draws on the bench strength of its national presence to advise household names in tech, retail, entertainment, automobiles, manufacturing, and fashion, including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Warner Bros. Discovery, Ferrari, Amazon, and Tesla, on high-stakes litigation and the management of their international copyright portfolios. The practice is headed in Washington DC by fashion law expert Anthony Lupo, who has acted for Diane von Furstenberg, Yves Saint Laurent, Jimmy Choo, and Valentino. US and Venezuela-qualified litigator Ricardo Fischer, also in DC, heads the firm’s trademark team and advises clients in the pharma, confectionary, and coffee industries. In New York, Michelle Mancino Marsh, who heads the firm’s consumer products group, assists major corporates in media, financial services, and agricultural products, with intellectual property strategy and disputes at the state and federal levels. Matthew Finkelstein operates out of the Boston office, and also in New York, where along with Ross Charap, he advises creatives (including songwriters and recording artists) on the exercising of their termination rights.
Testimonials
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‘Ross Charap brings a wealth of knowledge and experience coupled with a tremendous personality and old-fashioned charm. You always know where you stand with Ross. Matt Finkelstein is a machine of productivity and expertise. They make an unparalleled combination.’
Key clients
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, together with their music publishing company Promopub B.V.
- Pointer Sisters
- BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Wise Music
- Estate of William E. "Billy" Preston
- Livelihood Music Company
- BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Family of the late famed hip hop photographer Chi Modu
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Boston Dynamics
- Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
- Buzzfeed, Inc.
- Ferrari S.p.A.
- Tesla
Work highlights
- Defending Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, together with their music publishing company Promopub B.V., BMG Rights Management (US) LLC and UMG Recordings, Inc. in a copyright infringement lawsuit commenced in federal court in Louisiana.
- Acting as primary IP counsel for Warner Bros. Discovery, overseeing the company’s international and domestic trademark and copyright portfolio.
- Representing Amazon in a copyright litigation pending in the Southern District of New York concerning rights to distribute Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and other film titles.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anthony Lupo