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Expert Witness Services
Including Literary Consultant Experience

  1. Copyright: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Plunkett v. Rose et al.), 1971
  2. Copyright: King Kong (Universal City Studios, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc. et al.), 1976
  3. Copyright: Earthquake (Beckerman v. Universal), 1977
  4. Copyright: Jaws, 1976
  5. Copyright: Mary White, 1977
  6. Contract Interpretation: Blaine Distributing Company (Blaine Distributing Company v. William Reeves et al.), 1978
  7. Prose Analysis: Environmental Impact Report, Hollywood-Burbank Airport, 1978
  8. Copyright: Shampoo (Mann v. Columbia Pictures, Inc. et al.), 1979
  9. Copyright: Brillo / Cleaver & Haven, 1979
  10. Copyright: Six Million Dollar Man (Futurama Entertainment Corp. v. American Broadcasting Company, Inc., Universal Studios, Inc., MCA, Inc. and Howard Rodman), 1979
  11. Copyright: Star Wars / Battlestar Galactica (Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. et al. v. MCA, Inc. et al.), 1980
  12. Contract Interpretation: Hughes Aircraft, 1981
  13. Copyright: Adventures of the Wilderness Family (Reynolds v. P.I.E., etc., et al.), 1981
  14. Copyright: Superman and Superman II / The Greatest American Hero (Warner Bros., Inc. et al. v. American Broadcasting Company, Inc.), 1981
  15. Copyright: Animal House / Frat Rats (Meta-film Associates v. MCA et al.), 1981
  16. Prose Analysis: Doris Day: Her Own Story / John Updike review, 1982
  17. Copyright: In God We Trust (Simmons & Lachman v. Universal et al.), 1982
  18. Copyright: Quincy (Houts v. Universal City Studios, Inc., etc., et al.), 1983
  19. Copyright: Manhunter / Bail Out (Laird v. CM Productions), 1982
  20. Copyright: Coming Home / Concomitant Soldier, 1982
  21. Copyright: Nice Girls Do / The Groupsex Tapes (Margolis v. Kassorla), 1982-86
  22. Copyright: Falcon Crest / Vintage (Kornfeld v. CBS), 1982-85
  23. Copyright: The Ghosts of Buxley Hall / The Ghost of West Point (Singer v. Disney et al.), 1982
  24. Contract Interpretation: Architects’ and Engineers’ Professional Liability Policy issued by Surplus Lines Insurance Company (International Surplus Lines, etc. v. Ralph E. Phillips, etc., et al.), 1983
  25. Copyright: Kaz (Buck Houghton v. Don Carlos Dunaway, Lorimar Productions, Inc., & C.B.S., Inc.), 1984
  26. Prose Analysis: Environmental Impact Report, Point Gaviota Oilfield (Hollister Ranch Owners’ Association et al. v. the County of Santa Barbara et al.), 1985
  27. Plagiarism: Cornell University, 1985
  28. Copyright: Trivial Pursuit / Super Trivia Encyclopedia (Wath v. Horn Abbot et al.), 1985
  29. Copyright: The A-Team / Cargo (Olson v. NBC et al.), 1985
  30. Prose Analysis: Rensch v. County of Los Angeles, 1986, 1989
  31. Copyright: Hell Town (Abatemarco v. Blake), 1987
  32. Literary Analysis: Condren v. Sagan, 1987
  33. Document Design: County of Los Angeles, 1987
  34. Copyright: TIPS [Torts and Insurance Practice Section] Program, American Bar Association, San Francisco, 1987
  35. Copyright: Gone With the Wind / The Blue Bicycle, 1988
  36. Copyright: Family (Laird v. Spire et al.), 1988
  37. Copyright: Straight On Till Morning (Lovell v. CBS, Inc., et al.), 1988
  38. Copyright: The Desperate Hours. Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, 1989
  39. Copyright: H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man. Irell & Manella, 1989
  40. Copyright: Owen Johnson, Stover at Yale. Irell & Manella, 1989
  41. Document Design: Rensch v. County of Los Angeles. Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’Hara & Samuelian, 1989-90
  42. Copyright: Boyle v. Intercontinental Releasing Corp. Leopold, Petrich & Smith, 1990
  43. Copyright: My Two Dads, Triad v. Giardino. Troy and Gould, 1990
  44. Copyright: Look Who’s Talking. Hill, Wynne Troop & Meisinger, 1991
  45. Copyright: White Fang / Timberwolves. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 1992
  46. Copyright: Devil and the Deep Blue Sea/Women of Desire. Zimmerman, Rosenfeld & Gersh, 1993
  47. Copyright: Costangy v. Grisham, et al. Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, 1993
  48. Prose Analysis: CBS Law Department, 1994
  49. Contract Interpretation: Muravez vs. Transamerica. Taylor & Hodges, 1994
  50. Copyright: The Air Up There/ various plaintiffs, Federman, Gridley & Gradwohl, 1996
  51. Trademark: Barbie Girl, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, 1997-8
  52. Copyright: The Mystery Magician/Breaking the Magician’s Code, Lord, Bissell & Brook, 2001
  53. Copyright: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. The Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness. Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, 2010-11

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