Explore the intellectual property lessons from Star Wars, including copyright, trademark disputes, and cases of fair use.
Did the TV series “Battlestar Galactica” infringe on the copyrights owned by Lucasfilm in the movie “Star Wars"?
Experienced intellectual property litigator Peter Afrasiabi reviews this famous case and several others where the copyright, trademark, and right of publicity interests in “Star Wars” were litigated.
Along the way, Peter provides an expert overview of copyright, trademark, and right of publicity law that will be useful for all practitioners.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
