Fair Use

Benesch routinely counsels consumer product companies, concert promotion companies, magazines (and other periodicals), filmmakers, record companies/ producers, museums and public libraries on fair use and media issues.

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Overview

Benesch’s Mark Avsec has taught the subject for 15 years at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Our attorneys are well-versed in all of the case law. We have litigated these issues as well as issued formal and informal fair use opinions.

Related Practices

Intellectual Property

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Experience

Routinely counsel companies on nominative trademark use.

Key Contacts: Mark E. Avsec

Routinely counsel museums and major, top-tier creative content companies on fair use/First Amendment defenses (specific examples intentionally omitted).

Key Contacts: Mark E. Avsec

Issued numerous opinion letters to companies and organization concerning parody and other forms of fair use.

Key Contacts: Mark E. Avsec

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