Art & Copyright Law Clinic (Nov. 13, 2024)
November 13, 2024
About the Event
The Center for Art Law’s Art & Copyright Law Clinic helps artists navigate the increasingly complex field of copyright law.
In this Clinic, participants learned about copyright contracts (licensing and assignment agreements) from attorney and Center for Art Law advisory board member Lindsay Korotkin, who explained the scope of each agreement and the main concerns artists should keep in mind when negotiating them.
About the Speaker
LINDSAY KOROTKIN is a partner at ArentFoxSchiff’s Intellectual Property department, where she advises companies and creators in the art, media & entertainment, fashion & retail and technology industries.
Lindsay’s practice focuses on copyright, trademark, trade dress, right of publicity, and art market litigation, prosecution, and transactions. In the litigation space, Lindsay represents clients in connection with trademark, copyright, and design patent infringement, trademark dilution, defamation, breach of contract, and other related claims in federal and state court, as well as issues of trademark and copyright registrability at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Copyright Office Review Board. She also works closely with foreign counsel to oversee her clients’ foreign disputes and to coordinate claims and defenses when those disputes span around the world. In the prosecution space, Lindsay helps clients obtain trademark and copyright registrations and manages worldwide IP portfolios in an array of fields, including for one of the largest companies in the world. She also provides day-to-day counseling and advice on issues including trademark, copyright, moral rights, and right of publicity protection and enforceability, in addition to performing high-volume global trademark clearances for names, logos, and designs. In the transactional space, Lindsay has extensive experience drafting and negotiating a wide array of agreements across industries, including IP licenses, joint venture agreements, gallery representation and consignment agreements, advertising services agreements, book publishing agreements, releases, production agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and settlement and co-existence agreements.
Lindsay holds a JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, cum laude, and is admitted to practice law in the state of New York. She is also an Advisory Board Member at the Center for Art Law.
Prior to law, she worked in the contemporary art world, managing high-value collections and advising artists, galleries, and nonprofit organizations.
