Member
Donald R. Gordon
Mr. Gordon represents studios, film and television producers, writers, and insurance companies on a wide range of intellectual property and related issues, including chain-of-title matters, copyright and trademark infringement, rights of privacy and publicity and defamation.
Mr. Gordon specializes in the review of treatments, scripts, books, theatrical plays, television and internet programs and films to advise whether these works contain material which may violate the contractual or intellectual property rights of third parties.
Mr. Gordon presently reviews seven animated television series broadcast on the Fox and Cartoon networks to advise whether the programs constitute parody or otherwise do not violate the rights of third parties.
Mr. Gordon has reviewed the chain-of-title for hundreds of film and television projects to advise whether the necessary rights in the underlying literary properties have been obtained and to enable the producers to obtain errors and omissions insurance.
Mr. Gordon attended the University of Durham, in Durham, England, and received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Lafayette College in 1976. Mr. Gordon received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago in 1979, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. Prior to joining the Firm in 1983, he was a litigation associate at O’Melveny & Meyers in Los Angeles.
Professional Activity
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- California State Bar Association, Member