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Robert M. Dudnik

Legal Expertise

Intellectual property disputes, involving claims of copyright infringement, Lanham Act violations, trademark infringement, unfair competition, invasions of rights of privacy and publicity, defamation, and implied contract.

Entertainment industry-related disputes, including breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with contract, unfair competition, and royalty and participation accounting matters.

 

Representative Matters

  • Handled various types of intellectual property actions and/or claims involving numerous television series and such motion pictures as “Star Wars,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “The Exorcist,” “The Sting,” “Sister Act,” “Twister,” and many others.
  • Handled substantial copyright cases involving popular songs, including “Ghostbusters,” “Flashdance (What a Feeling),” “Thriller,” “Save the Best for Last,” and Mariah Carey’s song, “Thank God I Found You.”
  • Represented a major film actor and a television celebrity in defamation cases.
  • Participant in a U.S. Business Litigation roundtable discussion on entertainment law, 1997.
  • Listed as one of the 25 Los Angeles attorneys “Who Shouldn’t be Ashamed of Themselves” by Los Angeles magazine, 1994.
  • One of five attorneys featured in a Los Angeles magazine article profiling entertainment law, 1989.
Robert M. Dudnik

Of Counsel - Los Angeles


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Phone:

  (310) 312-3129

Fax:

  (310) 231-8306
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Practice Area

Industry Focus

Motion picture, television, music, and home video industries, as well as related businesses such as broadcasting, video games, Internet, book publishing, and professional sports

Education Collapse

  • Yale Law School, L.L.B., 1964; Order of the Coif; cum laude
    Benjamin Sharps Prize; Russell Johnson Prize  
  • Cornell University, B.A., 1960; Phi Beta Kappa

Court Admissions Collapse

  • California
  • USDC, Central District of California
  • USDC, Northern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Professional Recognition Expand

  • "Southern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • "Leading entertainment lawyers in the country," The National Law Journal (1986)
  • AV® Preeminent™ Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Publications and Presentations Expand

  • Lectured extensively on copyright and entertainment law, including:
    • Panel member, PLI
    • ABA National Convention
    • UCLA Extension
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    • Yale Law School
    • University of Southern California Entertainment Law Symposium
  • Musician's Business & Legal Guide

Other Career Experience Expand

  • Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles office
  • Adjunct Professor/Lecturer, Case-Western Reserve University Law School, 1967-1969
  • Chairman, Legal Research Department, Yale Law School, 1963-1964