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| Practice Areas
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard has represented and counseled clients in the areas of entertainment law, publishing, art law, copyright, trademark, and litigation for about twenty years. |
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Trademark
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard provides a complete range of services to clients concerning their
trademarks. Our attorneys advise clients on trademark selection, adoption,
use and registration, brand development, and dispute resolution. We
manage portfolios of trademarks for our clients, and work regularly
with the U.S. Trademark Office in the registration of trademarks and
in opposition and cancellation proceedings.
We assist clients in establishing licensing programs of their trademarks
in areas as diverse as adult clothing and children’s toys, and
we represent licensees seeking to expand their businesses with licensed
properties.
Where necessary we protect our clients’ properties against rights
infringers through vigorous negotiation and litigation. Our prosecution
and protection practice has become worldwide, and we work with correspondent
law firms throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. |
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Our clients in trademark
matters include a multinational paper products company, a nationwide
clothing retailer, and a children’s television producer. |
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Zehra Abdi practices primarily in the areas of copyright, trademark and transactional entertainment law. Prior to joining Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, she was with the firm of Wolff & Godin, LLP, where she worked closely with Nancy Wolff in matters involving copyright, trademark, licensing, art law, digital media, rights of publicity, privacy and libel and commercial/corporate transactions. |
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Anne C. Baker is a transactional attorney in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law with a focus on digital media, publishing, television, film, copyright, trademark, and music law. |
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Toby Butterfield is an experienced litigator who handles intellectual property, copyright, trademark and general commercial cases in federal and state courts. He also counsels clients on various non-litigated matters. He is the Chair of the Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and a member of the Community Advisory Board of WNYC, New York's Public Radio station. |
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Al J. Daniel, Jr. is a trial and appellate litigator with substantial experience in copyrights, trademarks, entertainment law, artists’ rights, and commercial law. He served as a trial and appellate attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and New York City, where he drafted briefs, presented argument in all federal courts of appeals, drafted briefs and petitions with the Solicitor General’s Office for cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also involved in entertainment-related transactions. |
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Albert Gottesman has concentrated in transactional matters in the various entertainment fields and in copyright and trademark licensing for most of his career. He has represented television and motion picture production companies, writers, directors and producers, and clients in music production and publishing, live theatre and book publishing. |
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Matthew A. Kaplan is a litigator who practices primarily in the areas of copyright, trademark and commercial litigation. He has represented companies in the computer sales, computer consulting and pharmaceutical industries. |
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Alexis Mueller practices in the areas of transactional entertainment law, technology law, digital media law, and intellectual property law with a focus on the licensing and prosecution of trademarks. In addition to his transactional work, he frequently assists litigation attorneys in intellectual property and general commercial cases in federal and state courts. He speaks German and French. |
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Mitchell Radin, the head of our trademark practice, is well-known in the trademark field. He was recently elected by the International Bar Association for inclusion in Who's Who Legal USA — Trademarks 2006. |
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M. Kilburg Reedy is a transactional attorney in the areas of intellectual property and entertainment law, including publishing, film, television, copyright, trademark, and music, with a specialization in theater contracts and financing. |
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Mason A. Weisz is a commercial litigator whose practice primarily involves copyright, trademark, and related intellectual property matters, as well as cases relating to digital media. He speaks Spanish and French. |
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Nancy E. Wolff practices primarily in intellectual property and digital media law. Clients include trade associations Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) and PLUS, Inc., stock photo libraries, individual photographers, authors, illustrators, designers, publishers and digital media companies. She counsels clients in copyright, trademarks, licensing, contract, rights of publicity and privacy and libel. In addition to transactional work, she represents clients in arbitration hearings as well as state and federal court civil actions. |
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