Lauri Thompson focuses her practice on intellectual property, including working with gaming resort companies to protect and enhance their key brands and corporate images through strategic management of their worldwide trademark and copyright portfolios. She works to help increase the visibility and value of their names and images, through trademark, copyright and domain name registration, and internet monitoring and enforcement. Additionally, she works with interior design groups for hotels and casino resorts on third party vendor agreements, purchase orders, and strategies to control intellectual property rights.
The entertainment aspect of her practice includes handling issues related to live show production and audio visual works. She counsels clients in all aspects of their advertising and entertainment contracts. She helps license music and other content, as well as develops procedures for ownership of original content. She oversees the clearance, procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights throughout the world, including the protection and use of intellectual property on and off the Internet.
Lauri counsels clients to avoid disputes by helping them review materials for copyright, trademark and publicity rights issues. She has worked with various production companies, recording studios, advertising agencies, media companies and interior design groups, advising them in the clearance of materials for use in interior design, film, television, advertising and Internet marketing. She has experience in settling disputes over IP and entertainment issues in an effort to avoid costly litigation and uncertain outcomes, when possible.
Areas of Concentration
· Entertainment
· Trademarks
· Copyrights
· Rights of publicity
Professional & Community Involvement
· Adjunct Professor, Media in Entertainment, Entertainment Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, Board of Directors, Nevada Ballet Theatre
· Member, Board of Directors, Variety The Children's Charity of Southern Nevada
· Member, Clark County Bar Association
· Member, Nevada Intellectual Property Law Society
· Member, State Bar of Nevada
· Past President, American Association of University Women, Las Vegas Branch
Awards & Recognition
· Named, U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Law Firm of the Year" in Entertainment Law - Music, 2011-2012
· Recognized, "World Leading Trademark Individual for Contentious Work," World Trademark Review (2011)
· Recipient, Trademark Insider Award - Trademark Filer (2004, 2006, and 2007)
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
Publications
· Author, "Music in Cyberspace," Nevada Lawyer, 2002
· Co-Author, "Perils and Privileges in the Age of Advertising: Intellectual Property Considerations for Advertisers and Agencies," Business Development Associates, Quirk & Tratos 1997, updated in 2003
Lectures
· Speaker, "Stars on the Strip," ABA Section of Business Law, Career and Practice Development Committee, March 23, 2012
· Speaker, "Rights of Publicity," Practicing Law Institute, San Francisco, CA, February 24, 2012