About
Charles H. Gardner serves as Special Counsel within the Intellectual Property & Technology organization and head of the corporation s social media exercise. With tremendous enjoy as a media govt, in-house counsel and litigator, Charles represents a extensive variety of customers on generation, social media, enterprise and intellectual belongings subjects, with a specific eye towards navigating the criminal challenges and opportunities arising from the intersection of recent media generation with traditional business problems.
In addition to a focal point on conventional enterprise law and intellectual property safety, Charles works with customers to broaden and document rules, create and enforce procedures and applications, and behavior compliance audits related to the use of the Internet, new media and social media technology and to stay on pinnacle of the ever-evolving rules and great practices.
Charles has enormous enjoy negotiating and drafting agreements that cover software licenses, Internet offerings, content material sharing and marketing, as well as retail agreements related to e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shops. He advises customers on employment troubles, such as the development and implementation of felony and realistic regulations that limit legal responsibility referring to a organisation s employment practices and the sports of its employees at and outdoor of labor.
As an experienced trial and appellate legal professional, Charles handles highbrow belongings and media-associated disputes; tort and different sorts of claims (along with defamation, invasion of privacy and misappropriation of names or likenesses claims); and FCC/FTC rules and compliance. Drawing on his great community in the prison and entertainment industries, Charles offers customers an insider s attitude at the commercial enterprise, financial and regulatory issues they face every day.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Intellectual Property
Costs
Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Special Counsel, Intellectual Property Group and Head of Social Media Practice
Much Shelist, PC
2011 - Director of Legal and Business Affairs and Senior Lawyer
Harpo Studios, Inc.
2006 - Senior Associate
Bennett & Erdman
2005 - Business and Legal Affairs Counsel
Warner Bros./Telepictures
2003 - Litigation Associate
Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter
2001 - Production Counsel
Freelance Television Production (Legal)
2001 - Production Supervisor, Post Production Supervisor, Script Supervisor, Stage Manager and others
Freelance Television Production (Non-legal)
1989
Educations
Graduation year: 1997
Graduation year: 1984
