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. 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.
Experience
- Routinely counsel companies on nominative trademark use.
- Routinely counsel museums and major, top-tier creative content companies on fair use/First Amendment defenses (specific examples intentionally omitted).
- Issued numerous opinion letters to companies and organization concerning parody and other forms of fair use.
