Aaron Moss - Attorney - Entertainment & IP Litigation

Profession	Attorney

Specialty	Entertainment & IP Litigation

Group	CC5

Business Name	Greenberg Glusker

Title	Partner

Address	1900 Avenue of the Stars 21st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067-4301

Work Phone	(310)785-6814

Fax	(310)201-2314

Web Site	www.greenbergglusker.com

Member Since	6/2009

Aaron Moss handles a variety of entertainment litigation, intellectual property and general commercial matters, focusing on protecting the rights of owners and users of creative works.

Mr. Moss litigates high-profile copyright infringement actions for both plaintiffs and defendants, including studios, production companies, video game publishers, technology firms and individuals. He has also counseled clients on virtually all aspects of copyright law, including ownership transfers, license termination, copyright preemption, fair use, music sampling and internet piracy. Mr. Moss has particularly extensive experience with the Copyright Act's statutory termination provisions, and has defended the owners of numerous entertainment properties against claims by authors' heirs to recapture copyrights under these statutes.

Mr. Moss has represented award-winning actors and performers in right of publicity actions involving the unauthorized use of their names, voices and likenesses, as well as defamation, invasion of privacy and other media-related disputes. He was a member of the trial team that litigated Dustin Hoffman's landmark lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine when it published a computer-generated image of the actor.

Mr. Moss has also successfully prosecuted and defended idea submission and other "breach of implied contract" claims relating to motion pictures, television shows, books and toys.

In addition, Mr. Moss has handled matters involving trademark and trade dress infringement, internet and domain name disputes, unfair competition, and contractual disputes across a wide range of industries.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

Defended Health Communications, Inc., original publisher of the bestselling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series in a trademark action brought by the books's co-authors

Defended and advised owners of such entertainment properties as "Lassie," "Casper the Friendly Ghost," "Winnie the Pooh" and "Charlotte's Web" in connection with attempts by authors' heirs to recapture copyrights in these properties under the Copyright Act's statutory termination provisions; in several cases, Mr. Moss has obtained summary judgment for his clients, establishing their continued right to own and exploit their copyrighted works

Represents Toho Co., Ltd., owner of intellectual property rights in "Godzilla," in numerous matters involving copyright and trademark infringement and licensing disputes; among many others, these cases have involved the unauthorized use of the Godzilla character in motion pictures and television commercials, the "sampling" of Godzilla theme music in sound recordings, and the infringement of Toho's characters in connection with various internet ventures; all of these cases were resolved with the defendants ceasing their infringing conduct

Represented Gameloft, S.A., one of the world's largest publishers of mobile phone video games, in a copyright and trademark dispute brought by Activision in connection with the video game "Guitar Hero"

Represented Costco Wholesale Corporation against Omega S.A. in a cutting-edge case involving the Copyright Act's "first sale" doctrine

Regularly represents Tom Cruise in media-related matters, including defamation, invasion of privacy and the right of publicity

In a widely-publicized infringement action, part of the litigation team that successfully defeated a preliminary injunction motion seeking to prevent the release of DreamWorks' motion picture "Amistad"

Information Not Available

Entertainment, Technology

Information Not Available

Name:

Phone:

Email:

Comments:

Graduate Degrees	JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1997


College Degrees	BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994

Los Angeles - Attorney

Specialties: Entertainment & IP Litigation