The New York-based team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is renowned for its deft handling of licensing, copyright, and contractual matters. The team attracts high-profile music clients with its precedent setting experience before the Copyright Royalty Board and rates courts. An additional result of its copyright prowess is its position at the center of critical matters addressing the legal implications of generative AI art, while the team is also well versed with the Lanham Act and has achieved numerous successes in false advertising claims. Benjamin Marks chairs the team and is currently representing Getty Images in a copyright claim against Stability AI and its image software program. Yehudah Buchweitz has assisted with novel issues relating to breaches of contract and anti-trust matters. Randi Singer works on IP matters and is well versed with the secondary liability aspects of a copyright lawsuit. David Yohai is able to cater to top media clients in the field of commercial, IP, and class action matters.
Key clients
- Getty Images
- A&E Television Networks
- Sirius XM Radio
- Pandora Media
- Creative Artists Agency
- Paramount Global
- Meta Platforms
- Samsung Electronics
- eBay
- WB Discovery
- North American Concert Promoters Association
- Association of American Publishers
Work highlights
- Represented Simon & Schuster, a subsidiary of Paramount Global, in two cases when the S.D.N.Y. granted the dismissal of all claims in two separate antitrust class actions regarding e-books and print books.
- Representing A&E as plaintiff in a mega trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit challenging competitor Reelz’ airing of a copycat version of Live PD.
- Representing 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 copied from Getty Images’ web sites.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Benjamin Marks