Practice Expertise

  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • Licensing, Technology Transfer and ...
  • Intellectual Property and Technology ...

Areas of Practice

  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property and Technology ...
  • Licensing, Technology Transfer and ...
  • AI, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies
  • Litigation
  • Trademark – Non-Contentious
  • Trademark Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark Proceedings
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Profile

Jonathan has over 30 years’ experience in litigation, licensing and counseling matters in copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and right of publicity law, particularly for clients in the entertainment industry.

World Trademark Review 1000 recognizes him as a leader in trademark matters, calling him “[h]ighly experienced” (2023) and noting that he performs very well “for market leaders in the media, entertainment and internet fields” (2022) and has specific experience “in protecting rights related to fictional characters” (2016). He is recognized by Legal 500 United States for Trademarks: Non-Contentious (2020-2021), Trademarks: Litigation (2020), and Copyright (2014-2019). He has also been ranked by Chambers USA in the area of Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright (2014, 2016-2019). In addition, Jonathan has been recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer by New York Super Lawyers (2006-2022) and a leader in the area of copyright law by The Best Lawyers in America (2012-2021).

A major aspect of Jonathan’s practice involves the protection, defense, enforcement, licensing, and exploitation of rights vested in fictional and animated characters. He has handled complex IP issues concerning such characters and properties as Spider-Man, X-Men, Superman, Batman, Barbie, Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake, Babar the Elephant, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teletubbies, The Berenstain Bears, Inspector Gadget, Franklin The Turtle, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Mr. Bill, and The Woodstock Festivals. His work includes advising on trademark and copyright matters both in the context of traditional goods and services and in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFT or NFTs), as well as for use in the metaverse.

Jonathan also represents the estates of well-known entertainers, authors, and artists. He is knowledgeable regarding name, image, and likeness (NIL) statutes, and has handled copyright, right of publicity, and trademark matters for such estates as Joseph Campbell, Mary McCarthy, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Rube Goldberg, W.C. Fields, and Abbott & Costello.

In 2014, he served as an advisor to the New Jersey State Senate in connection with Senate Bill No. S2212 (The Commercial Identity Protect Act).

For many years, Jonathan served as a member of the Advisory Board of Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal. He is currently on the Advisory Board of The Licensing Journal. He has written on copyright, trademark and publicity law topics, and lectured for such organizations as The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Columbia University School of Law, Columbia University School of Fine Arts, New York Film Academy, The New School for Social Research, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and the Institute for International Research. He has taught entertainment licensing as an adjunct professor at New York Law School, and been interviewed by such prominent media outlets as The New York Times, Dateline NBC and New York Newsday. He was a regular commentator on copyright and trademark law topics for the NPR radio program “Soundcheck.”

Education
JD, Stanford Law School, 1980

Areas of Practice

  • Copyright Counseling and Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions
  • Licensing, Technology Transfer and Monetization
  • AI, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies
  • Litigation
  • Trademark – Non-Contentious
  • Trademark Counseling and Litigation
  • Trademark Proceedings

Professional Career



Articles

  • Right of Publicity 2015, Getting the Deal Through
  • Jonathan Reichman and Jeremy King (Hunton Andrews Kurth): ‘Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith is an opportunity for US Supreme Court to clarify fair use’, Creative Industries News
  • StarrAI Night: AI Art and the Necessary Changes in the Copyright Law, IPWatchdog
  • The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Dealmaking and IP Law
  • Inside the Arguments in ‘Raging Bull’ Copyright Case
  • Intellectual Property Law at a Glance, Part 1: Trademark Myths Debunked, American Bar Association’s Business Law Today
  • Intellectual Property Law at a Glance, Part 2: Copyright Myths Debunked, American Bar Association’s Business Law Today
  • Intellectual Property Law at a Glance, Part 3: Patent Myths Debunked, American Bar Association’s Business Law Today
  • Supreme Court Endorses International Copyright Arbitrage
  • Give Me a ©!: Supreme Court Holds that Copyright Protects Decorative Elements of Useful Articles
  • IP Issues to Watch in 2013

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