Evan Everist

Entertainment Law Matters

• Advise world-famous musicians on various aspects of intellectual property protection, including developing trademark and copyright filing strategies
• Advise clients on rights-clearance issues
• Prepare and negotiate publishing, recording, and music licensing contracts
• Assist clients with navigating performing-rights organizations such as BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC
• Prepare and negotiate film production agreements
• Represent musicians in royalties disputes with record labels and former bands
• Negotiate name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals on behalf of professional athletes and their estates

Cannabis Intellectual Property

• Conduct intellectual property due diligence for cannabis company mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs, including for cross-border matters 
• Develop and deploy federal, state, and international trademark prosecution strategies for cannabis-related trademarks and successfully argue against refusals based on unlawful use in commerce 
• Develop alternative protection strategies for cannabis brands and creative collateral, including seeking copyright registrations and design patents
• Respond to and send cease and desist letters leveraging the nuance of geographic trademark rights in the cannabis context

Technology, Internet, and Social Media Matters

• Advise clients on addressing domain name cybersquatters using trademarks and personal names
• Prepare pleadings for domain name disputes under Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP)
• Prepare and negotiate software license agreements and end-user license agreements
• Advise clients on intellectual property issues relating to emerging technologies, such as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and cryptocurrency, including advise related to infringing “meme coins”
• Devise and implement strategies to deal with and prevent “housing pirates” that attempt to defraud attendees of large conferences and events that require hotel bookings

Trademark Clearance, Prosecution, and Maintenance

• Provide counsel on the development, availability, registrability, and strength of proposed trademarks
• Coordinate international trademark portfolios for market-leading clients
• Work with foreign associates to prosecute and maintain international trademark portfolios
• Prepare and negotiate trademark license agreements

Trademark and Intellectual Property Enforcement

• Protect world-famous brands and develop international trademark enforcement strategies for institutional clients
• Advise clients on enforcement measures for misappropriation of trademarks, including demand letters, litigation, and trademark coexistence agreements
• Represent clients before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings

Copyright Matters

• Provide counsel on the creation and use of copyrighted works
• Prepare and maintain copyright applications and registrations
• Protect copyrighted works and advise clients on defending claims of copyright infringement, including those from well-known copyright “trolls”
• Prepare copyright assignment agreements and work-made-for-hire agreements