Co-Chair
Jeffrey Costellia

Co-Chair
Yoshifumi Onodera

Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee

The main areas are patents, trade marks, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition. Allied to these are a number of related areas including data protection, database protection, privacy, design rights, domain names and the like.

In the entertainment law area the key focus is on the creation, provision and delivery of content in relation to print, films, broadcasts, cable programmes, musical works and sound recordings. There is also involvement with media law including defamation and privacy and authors' rights in a more general sense.

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Forthcoming conferences and webinars View All Conferences

12th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference

03 Jun - 05 Jun 2026

Lisbon , Portugal

Innovations shaping tomorrow: IP, technology and communication in a new era

12 Nov - 13 Nov 2026

Seoul , South Korea

Publications
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Filing an opposition to register a trademark in Cyprus and the new procedure under the amended Trademarks Act

Filing an opposition to register a Trademark in Cyprus and the new procedure under the amended Trademarks Act.

Released on Jul 27, 2022

Outlining trademark strategies to endure economic adversities

This article the benefits of implementing trademark strategies that allow to create new lines of business, alliances or revenue opportunities using the existing brand and intellectual property.

Released on Jul 27, 2022

‘How to invest?’ That is the question

The investment obligations for VOD Providers applicable in Portugal following the transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/1808 which amends the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Released on Jul 27, 2022

Editor’s Note, July 2022

Welcome to the first IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law newsletter of 2022.

Released on Jul 27, 2022

Projects and reports

Digital Regulations in the Metaverse Era: Metaverse Guide

As the metaverse continues to expand, it brings with it a myriad of opportunities and challenges that span across various legal and regulatory domains. This guide aims to provide a thorough understanding of these complexities, offering insights into the digital regulatory environment for a number of jurisdictions worldwide.

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Subcommittees and other groups

The Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.

  • Copyright and Entertainment Law Subcommittee
  • Emerging Intellectual Property Rights Subcommittee
  • Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Advisory Board
  • IP and Entertainment Law Publications Subcommittee
  • IP Transactions and Technology Transfer Subcommittee
  • Patent Law Subcommittee
  • Trademark Law Subcommittee

Film

VIDEO - Blocking of social media accounts and websites
This session recording from the IBA Annual Conference 2023 in Paris discusses how to intervene for clients, the complexities of policing the online world and counterbalancing free speech and public interest.

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