Vice-Chair Of The Innovations, Information Technology & Intellectual Property (3iP) Practice Group, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP
Mark E. Avsec is Vice-Chair of the Innovations, Information Technology & Intellectual Property (3iP) Practice Group of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP. Mr. Avsec provides general legal support to various types of museums, technology, consumer products, media, music, film, software, creative content, and content distribution companies. His practice includes copyright, trademark, and trade dress litigation, copyright and trademark prosecution, fair use and rights of publicity/privacy counseling, celebrity endorsements, and an expertise in privacy and data security compliance. Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Avsec earned a living as a studio musician, producer and songwriter, writing over 500 songs and producing or performing on more than 35 albums for, among other artists, Carlos Santana ("Angel Love"), Bon Jovi ("She Don't Know Me"), Donnie Iris ("Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like A Rock"), Mason Ruffner ("Gypsy Blood") and Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music, White Boy"). He is an American Music Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. Mr. Avsec currently serves as an Adjunct Law Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Great Lakes Sports and Entertainment Academy, and has taught federal judges on copyright law basics and infringement with Professors David Nimmer and Peter Menell (in conjunction with the Federal Judicial Center and the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt School of Law).
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