Representative Clients

LEOPOLD, PETRICH & SMITH
A Professional Corporation
Intellectual Property Related Litigation / Representative Clients
(As of July 2007)

Over the last 30 years, LP&S has defended in intellectual property/First Amendment litigation the following studios:

DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks SKG
MGM
NBC Universal Studios
New Line Cinema
New Regency Films
Paramount Pictures
Sony/Columbia
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
United Artists
Walt Disney Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures

and the following networks:

ABC
CBS
NBC
A&E Television Network
Fox
Spanish International Network
Televisa
Univisa

and the following production companies, among others:

Amblin
Cinergi
Columbia Tri-Star Television
Cosgrove/Meurer Productions
DeLaurentis
dick clark productions
KHJ Radio and TV Stations (while owned by RKO)
Landsberg Productions
Lions Gate Films
Mandeville Films
Multimedia Entertainment
New Line Productions
New Regency Productions
Paradise Productions
Steven Bochco Productions
Tri-Crown Productions
Viacom

and the following publications and publishers, among others:

Buzz Magazine
Daily Racing Form
Dove Audio, Inc.
Harper Collins Publishers
Horse & Rider Magazine
National Enquirer
News of the World
New York Magazine
Parachute Press
Penthouse Magazine
Premiere Magazine
Primedia
Putnam/Berkeley Publishers
The Boston Herald
The Star
Ward

and the following music companies, among others:

EMI
Capitol Records, Inc.
Giant Records
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
MCA Music Publishing
MCA Records
Motown Record Corporation
Virgin Records America, Inc.

and LP&S has represented these businesses against the following claims, among others:

breach of confidence/confidential relationships
commercial appropriation of name/likeness/right of publicity
common law/statutory unfair competition
conversion
copyright infringement
express contract
implied-in-fact contract
interference with contracts
invasion of privacy
libel
quasi-contract
right of publicity
slander
trademark dilution
trade secrets misappropriation
trademark/service mark infringement
unjust enrichment

Over the last 30 years, LP&S has also rendered services to (i.e., advice on coverage matters) and/or on behalf of (defending insureds) the following insurance entities:

Aon Entertainment Ltd.
AIG
Aetna
ANGA London
AON London
Brown Insurance Agency
CNA
Chubb
Chubb/Pacific Indemnity Co.
Crawley Warren & Co.
Employers Reinsurance Corp.
Employers Insurance of Wausau
Entertainment Risk Insurance Agency
Fireman's Fund
GAN Canada
Gerling America Insurance
Golden Eagle Insurance Company
Gulf Insurance Group
Harbor Underwriters, Inc.
Hiscox
ITT Hartford
K & K Insurance Brokers Ltd.
K & K Insurance Group
Kemper National Insurance
Lloyd's of London
Media/Professional Insurance
National
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Near North Insurance
Pacific Indemnity Company
Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers
Reliance National
Robert L. Shapiro Insurance
SCPIE (Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange)
SLE Worldwide Ltd. (AON London)
Safeco Insurance Companies
Scottsdale Insurance Co.
Simcoe Erie Group
St. Paul/Travelers
State Compensation Insurance Fund
Sunrise Insurance Services
TIG Insurance (Transamerica Insurance Group)
Truman Van Dyke Company

Finally, since the early 1970's, LP&S has been extensively involved in media-related insurance (e.g., media special perils, advertising injury, E&O, etc.) and has actively participated in the drafting of certain of the policy provisions that are currently utilized in various segments of the industry.

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