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Professional
Expertise:
John Genga practices in the areas of copyright, entertainment, intellectual
property litigation and general business litigation. He advises
clients and litigates cases, through trial and appeal, in the areas
of copyright infringement and misappropriation of ideas in motion
pictures, television and advertising; profit participation and other
contract disputes in the entertainment industry; trade secrets and
unfair competition in the development and sale of products and services;
exploitation of individuals' names and likenesses in copyrighted
works, advertising and merchandising; intellectual property uses
in new media, including the Internet; and a wide variety of business
disputes. His primary clients are motion picture studios, production
companies and other entertainment and media businesses, as well
as manufacturers of specialized products.
Professional
Associations:
Mr.
Genga is a member of the Litigation, Entertainment and Intellectual
Property Sections of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles
County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Speaker
& Author:
Mr. Genga speaks and writes frequently on litigation topics in the
entertainment industry.
He is a regular
contributor to the monthly entertainment law column of the Los Angeles
Daily Journal.
Education:
Mr. Genga received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan
Law School in 1986, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. degree
from Stanford University in 1983.
He is admitted
to practice in California, all United States District Courts in
California, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits,
and the United States Supreme Court.
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