Jessica R. Friedman

Jessica R. Friedman (Yale Law School 1984, Princeton University 1981 summa cum laude) has practiced trademark, copyright, literary property/ media and licensing law in New York City for more than 30 years. Ms. Friedman advises and represents clients in connection with trademark selection, clearance, prosecution, licensing and policing, both in the U.S. and abroad through her network of foreign affiliates. Her trademark clients have included major media,publishing and non-profit organizations, smaller companies in various industries, and individuals launching new ventures.

Other matters Ms. Friedman handles include content, data and software development and licensing agreements, publishing agreements for authors and publishers, collaboration agreements, literary agency agreements, media agency agreements, MSA’s and other commercial contracts, as well as online and mobile app privacy policies and terms of use. She also conducts fair use and work-for-hire copyright analyses, and prepublication reviews of manuscripts for libel and other legal issues and handles other matters related to the rights of privacy and publicity. For 14 years, she served as part-time general counsel to a healthcare communications company, so she is familiar with the way big companies work on the inside.

Ms. Friedman has written many articles about intellectual property, publishing and media issues, and she has lectured about and chaired panels on those subjects in various venues, including the Practising Law Institute, the New York City Bar Association, and the New York Technology Council (formerly the New York Software Industry Association). Currently, she is a member of the Committee on Copyright and Literary Property Committee of the New York City Bar Association, having already served several terms on that committee and on the Trademark Committee.

Ms. Friedman has an AV® Preeminent™ Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating (5.0 out of 5), which means that she has been acknowledged by her peers as having the highest ethical standards and legal ability. She also has been selected as a New York Super Lawyer® every year since 2010.

More information about Ms. Friedman’s practice, including a representative list of trademark matters she has handled over her more than three decades in practice, is available at www.literarypropertylaw.com.