Law Offices of Lawrence G. Townsend

Law Offices of Lawrence G. Townsend Lawrence G. Townsend is an Intellectual Property Attorney based out of the San Francisco area.

Infringement claims often only valid if there is a registered copyright
09/20/2022

Infringement claims often only valid if there is a registered copyright

The Supreme Court of the United ruled in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, cleared up some contradictory rulings among the Circuit Courts. Generally speaking, something is copyrightable when the creator creates the original work and puts it in a tangible medium. Still, the c...

Will The Right to Know Act affect Trade Secrets in California?
09/19/2022

Will The Right to Know Act affect Trade Secrets in California?

Laws exists to protect people from harmful situations, settle debates and clarify morally and ethically nebulous territory. Most of the laws that make our society run are crafted in good faith and are designed to address real-world problems. Some laws, however, unintentionally serve as a double-edge...

What is California's right of publicity law?
04/26/2022

What is California's right of publicity law?

The right of publicity forbids the unauthorized use of an individual's name or likeness for commercial or other certain exploitative purchases. Here are the salient details. Elements of right of publicity To claim right of publicity has four requirements: The implicit use of an individual's name or....

Work Made For Hire is a common practice for businesses seeking creative outside help.
04/19/2022

Work Made For Hire is a common practice for businesses seeking creative outside help.

Trading benefits for ideas.

Understanding the WMFH: Solidifying the employer/contractor relationships
04/12/2022

Understanding the WMFH: Solidifying the employer/contractor relationships

Including a WMFH ("Work Made for Hire") clause in your agreements with independent contractors essentially puts an independent under "statutory employee" status. That's based on California's workers' compensation guidelines. That can be invaluable for many reasons, but the most important one protect...

Actions to take when your photo is posted online without your consent
04/09/2022

Actions to take when your photo is posted online without your consent

The advancement in technology has made it easier than ever to take photos and share them on social networks in just a few seconds. It is also easy for someone to snap a picture with you in the background and post it online without your permission. Seeing yourself on someone else's online account may...

Diligent intellectual property protection: great minds may = significant profits.
04/01/2022

Diligent intellectual property protection: great minds may = significant profits.

Serving San Francisco's IP needs.

A trade secret may be the thing that makes a company stand out. What remedies are there for misappropriation?
03/25/2022

A trade secret may be the thing that makes a company stand out. What remedies are there for misappropriation?

40 years of IP law experience.

Trade secret litigation in San Francisco
03/10/2022

Trade secret litigation in San Francisco

Many business owners and employees can attest that trade secret litigation in California is not uncommon. There have been many cases where companies have sued former employees for starting their own

Elements of a copyright work made for hire agreement
12/01/2021

Elements of a copyright work made for hire agreement

Copyright is typically owned by the party who created or authored the work, unless the author assigns the rights, or it is a "work made for hire." A work made for hire is developed or create

Photographer or model: who owns the rights to a photograph?
11/17/2021

Photographer or model: who owns the rights to a photograph?

Photography, like any other form of art, is subject to intellectual property and copyright law. Photography can involve more than one party when the subject of the art is a person; a model. While the

De minimis use may not be a defense to copyright infringement of a photograph
11/13/2021

De minimis use may not be a defense to copyright infringement of a photograph

Scraping a copyrighted photograph from the internet and publicly displaying it (on a website, in an ad, etc.) without the copyright owner's permission amounts to copyright infringement, plain and

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