Ted F. Gerdes
Member
Practice Areas: Advertising Law; Clearance; Entertainment Law; Motion Pictures and Television; Music Law; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Trademarks; Internet Law; Media Law; Defamation; Right of Privacy; Right of Publicity.
Admitted: 1981, California
Law School: California Western School of Law, J.D., 1980
College: State University of New York at Oswego, B.A. Music, 1974
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Sections, 1991-1992); State Bar of California; Los Angeles Copyright Society; National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Biography: Author: The Unbearable Likeness of Being: Recent Court Decisions Highlight the Tension Between Entrepreneurs' First Amendment Rights and Celebrities' Rights of Publicity, Vol. 25, No. 3, Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2002; "Legal Tips for Interactive Multimedia Producers," Vol. 17, No. 13, Los Angeles Lawyer, May 1994; "Special Problems of Docudramas: No Short Cuts in the Clearance Process," Vol. 13, No. 2, Los Angeles Lawyer, April, 1990; "The Legal Do's and Don'ts of Producing for Interactive Technology," Billboard, August 7, 1993. Associate Editor, California Western School of Law International Law Journal, 1979-1980. Member, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer (Special Editor, Entertainment Law, Chair, 1989-1990).
Born: Glen Ridge, New Jersey, October 27, 1952
ISLN: 907137113
