Ed Chansky

Ed Chansky

Edward B. Chansky, of counsel in the Las Vegas office's intellectual property and technology group, focuses his practice primarily in the areas of intellectual property (specifically the protection and licensing of trademarks worldwide) and advertising and sales promotion law, including charitable promotions, cause-related marketing, sweepstakes and contests. He regularly advises national advertisers and charities on legal compliance for cause-related marketing programs.

Areas of Concentration

· Intellectual property

· Advertising/Promotion/Sweepstakes

· Cause-Related marketing

· Antitrust/Trade regulation

· Internet

· Contracts/Licensing

Professional & Community Involvement

· Director, Promotion Marketing Association (PMA)

· Member, American Bar Association

· Former Member, American Federation of Musicians

· Former Chair, Connecticut Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section

· Past President, Board of Trustees, The Orchestra of New England

Clerkship

· Ruth I. Abrams, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

PUBLICATIONS

· ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Consumer Protection Law Developments, contributor, (2009)

· When Enough is Too Much: Excess Compensation for Nonprofit Entity Executives, Willamette Management Associates Insights, Spring 2007

· Putting a Coin Slot on the Virtual Jukebox: Copyright Protection in the Post-Napster World, The Connecticut Lawyer, June/July 2001

· A Practical Guide to Non-Competition Agreements, Promotion Marketing Association Law & Business Analysis & Planning Report (February 2000)

· Protecting Your Web Rights, Connecticut Law Tribune, July 26, 1999

· Sales Promotion Handbook, Legal Chapter, co-author (Dartnell, 1994)

PRESENTATIONS

· What Went Wrong? A Review of Major Promotion Law Disasters and How to Avoid Them, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, November 2009

· Building Brands Bigger Than Trademarks: The Halo Effect of Cause Related Marketing, Ohio Association of Intellectual Property Attorneys, Cleveland and Cincinnati, September 2009

· Cause Marketing in a New Era, Greater· User Generated Content, American Conference Institute, National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law, New York City, January 2009.

· Tis Certainly Noble, But What is Cause Marketing and How Can it Really Make a Difference? Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, November 2008

· Copyright Liability for Blogs, Social Networks and Other Service Providers Under U.S. Law, Insight Internet Law Conference, Vancouver, November 2008.

· Best Practices for Cause Related Marketing, Better Business Bureau of New York, May 2008.

· Non-Profit Partnerships - Regulation of Cause Marketing, City Bar of New York, May 2008.

· PR, Cause Marketing, and Corporate Social Responsibility . . . Doing Good or Driving Deception?, Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Area Chapter and the USC Annenberg School for Communication, February 2008.

· Cause Marketing Legal Workshop, Cause Marketing Forum, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, 2004-2009.

· Legal Regulation of Cause Marketing, American Conference Institute, Advertisers' and Marketers' Regulatory Summit, Washington D.C. and San Francisco 2007

· Taking Apart a Promotion From Top to Bottom, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, December 2005.

· Has Intellectual Property Lost Its Mind? The Schizophrenic Struggle Over Copyright in Cyberspace, Connecticut Bar Association, 2005.

· A Movie Tie-In Promotion Gone Wrong, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, December 2004

· Legal Issues of Charitable Giving, The Conference Board, 13th Annual Corporate Community Involvement Conference, New York City, July 2004.

· Keeping Your Marketers Out of Trouble: An Introduction to Advertising Law, New England Corporate Counsel Association, Waltham, MA, May, 2004.

· Shall We Tango? A 7-Step Analysis Whether to File Under the Madrid Protocol, Westchester Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association, Stamford, Conn., April 2004

· Cause Related Marketing: The Law of Commercial Co-Venturing, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, December 2003.

· The Death of Copyright: Misappropriation, Trespass and Contract as Grounds to Protect Non-Copyrightable Content, Connecticut Bar Association, November 2003.

· Mastering Promotion Law Front to Back, Conference Chair, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Chicago, November 2002.

· The Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Copyright and Trademark Law, Connecticut Bar Association, May 2002.

· Introduction to Legal Regulation of Sweepstakes, Contests and Other Games, Promotion Marketing Association Law Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2001.

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