When you are a creative person, your creations are called “intellectual property.” In order to protect one’s creations, whether literary works, music or art, most people diligently safeguard their intellectual property rights via copyrights, trademarks, patents, etc. Yet, many people do not think to consider what happens to these rights...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) recently selected six producers and teams to take part in PGA Create, an annual multi-day program designed to support producers and producing teams from underrepresented backgrounds who are actively developing, producing, and packaging nonfiction projects. RPJ Counsel Daniel Ain was invited to speak to...
By: Ethan Krasnoo and Anna Beckelman As artificial intelligence (“AI”) becomes more and more prevalent in our everyday use of technology, legal questions are being raised about how AI products are “trained” and how such training may encroach on “human generated” intellectual property. Earlier this year, our Reavis Page Jump...
Kara Feifer and Elisabeth Rohm recently launched Rohm Feifer Entertainment, a film and television production company focused on female-driven narratives, and unveiled their development slate. Reavis Page Jump’s Daniel Ain and Nicole Page represent Kara Feifer and have been supporting Rohm Feifer Entertainment on a number of their recently unveiled...
RPJ Partner Deena Merlen was interviewed this week by an Associated Press reporter on the Hall & Oates legal situation, specifically the legal details surrounding Daryl Hall suing John Oates and attempting to prevent Mr. Oates from selling his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership to Primary Wave....
Multitude Films’ “POWER,” a documentary film about the foundations of police power and its exponential growth in recent history, will be premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in January. Following its premiere, “POWER” will be available on Netflix beginning in early 2024. Congratulations to Jess Devaney and the entire...
Sometimes we stand up for justice, and sometimes we march, but Rosa Parks remained seated. She was arrested for refusing to comply with a racist ordinance in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, that required Black people to sit in the back half of the bus, and if the front half...
The role that politics should or should not play in the workplace has long been debated, and we are currently seeing a renewed focus on appropriate norms in light of the Israel-Hamas war and Americans’ impassioned feelings on the topic. Many employers find themselves caught in the middle, with employees...
RPJ Litigator Gregory Feit was prominently featured today in a Fox News article written by Tracy Wright, sharing his insights into the controversial and recently expired New York Adult Survivors Act. According to Mr. Feit, who in October presented an oral argument before the New York Appellate Division, First Department...
RPJ Counsel Michael Utevsky, along with Smithtown's local Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, is currently involved in a lawsuit aimed at preventing the subdivision of a 63-acre plot of land into eight separate lots by defense contractor, Gyrodyne LLC. The proposed subdivision poses a significant threat to the local community, particularly in...