June 26, 2017, Daily Journal

April 20, 2017, Law360

Earlier this month, in Maloney v. T3Media Inc.,[1] the Ninth Circuit held that former college athletes could not assert a right of publicity to prevent the NCAA and its licensee, T3Media, from distributing images of the players. The court ruled that the players’ right of publicity was preempted by Section 301 of the Copyright Act because photographs of the college athletes were within the “subject matter” of copyright. While the outcome of the case may be justifiable on the facts, the decision raises more questions than it answers, further muddying the already difficult terrain of copyright preemption under Section 301.

February 7, 2017, Law360

Jacqueline Charlesworth and Simon Frankel are quoted in a Law360 article regarding Charlesworth’s arrival to Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights and Communications and Media practices. According to Charlesworth, the firm’s outstanding legal talent and highly collaborative culture drew her to Covington. “And, even though I am based in New York, I will have ...