Stephen J. Strauss

About Stephen J. Strauss

Specialties: Entertainment/Intellectual Property Law, Right of Publicity Law, Licensing Law, Internet Domain Name LawStephen J. Strauss is a Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Entertainment Industry Group. Mr. Strauss specializes in domestic and international trademark, copyright, and unfair competition matters, including licensing, Internet domain name disputes, and litigation. He has prosecuted over two thousand U.S. and foreign trademark and service mark applications, and has won over 70 UDRP decisions. Mr. Strauss also provides various legal production services for documentary and narrative films and scripted and unscripted television projects (including development, rights acquisition, rights and title clearances, and IP protection and enforcement).Mr. Strauss represents a number of internationally recognized celebrities, sports personalities, recording artists, chefs, authors, social media influencers, and media and entertainment companies. He also represents a wide range of diverse clients in the fields of cosmetics and fragrances, motion picture and television production, comic book publishing, restaurants, alcoholic beverages and wines, vegetable and fruit production, vitamins and nutritional supplements, financial and real estate services, medical services, energy, computer software and artificial intelligence, clothing, toys, digital collectibles and tokens, and labor unions.Mr. Strauss is a member of the Television Academy, the Recording Academy (NARAS), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Visual Effects Society (a non-profit professional, honorary society representing visual effects practitioners in all areas of entertainment) and the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. He is also an Adjunct Professor and member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and Executive Board of the Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute at Southwestern Law School. Mr. Strauss lectures widely in the areas of entertainment intellectual property law and celebrity branding. He has lectured before the American Bar Association, the International Trademark Association, the International Intellectual Property Law Association, the USC Gould Institute of Entertainment Law and Business, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, WME, SAG-AFTRA, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).

Experience

1. Partner

   Buchalter

   Jun 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Southwestern Law School

  JD, Intellectual Property Law

  1981 — 1983

• American University

  BA/MA, Political Science/Campaign Management

  1975 — 1980

Skills

• Domain Names
• Patent Litigation
• Intellectual Property Infringement
• Unfair Competition
• Legal Research
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Trademark Infringement
• Trademarks
• Copyright Law
• Trade Secrets
• Copyright Infringement
• Prosecution
• Licensing
• Client Counseling