Elliot B. Gipson
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(310) 556-4660
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Practice Areas
Entertainment
Media and Intellectual Property
Corporate and Finance Transactions
Elliot B. Gipson has represented clients in a variety of entertainment, intellectual property ("IP") and transactional matters. Mr. Gipson has represented an international company as it sold its trade secrets, maintained an international trademark portfolio in over 30 jurisdictions, drafted international software licensing agreements, negotiated numerous motion picture, television and new media rights agreements, counseled entertainment, IP and media companies and executives regarding sensitive employment, termination and severance agreements, and counseled copyright owners regarding their rights, interests and liabilities in print, new media, television, and motion pictures. Mr. Gipson currently represents a software company prosecuting copyright, theft of trade secrets, and numerous other IP infringement claims against certain international software makers and computer manufacturers.
Mr. Gipson has been interviewed by and featured in legal new stories on CNN International, BBC World News, Financial Times and Wired, among others. While attending Columbia Law School, Mr. Gipson served as an Articles Editor on the Columbia Business Law Review, and was twice named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Gipson is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
Representative Speaking Engagements
Speaker, IP Risks in China, The Conference Board, Council of Security Executives, May 2010
Co-Presenter, User Generated Content, ExecSense Webinar, July 2010
Panelist, Entertainment Industry Representation Seminar, Independent Television Festival,
August 2010
Bar Admissions
State of California
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Central
District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit
Education
Columbia Law School, J.D.
Duke University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa
Published Cases
Central Valley General Hosp.v. Smith, 2008 Cal. App.
LEXIS 624 (Ct. of App. 5th Dist 2008) (appellants).
In re Flashcom, Inc. (Dye v. Sachs, et al.), 361 B.R. 519 (Bankr.
C.D. Cal. 2007) (corporate defendants).
Industry Specialty
Copyright and Trademark
Intellectual Property Acquisition, Protection, Enforcement and Licensing
Motion Picture, Television and New Media Rights
Trademark Prosecution, Enforcement, and Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings