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SECTION OFFICERS

CHAIR
Alan W. Tompkins
Unity Hunt,Inc.
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4000
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.720.1623 Phone
214.442-5553 Fax
atompkins@unityhunt.com

CHAIR-ELECT
D'Lesli M. Davis
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800
Dallas, TX 75201
214.855.8221 Phone
214.855-8200 Fax
ddavis@fulbright.com

SECRETARY

Brian Michael Cooper
Haynes and Boone LLP
1 Houston Center, Suite 2100
1221 McKinney Street
Houston, Texas 77010
713.547.2060 Phone
713.236.5444 Fax
cooperb@haynesboone.com


TREASURER

Shannon Jamison
2 Lost Valley Court
Heath, TX 75032
(972) 772-9252 Phone
(972) 772-3464 Fax
jamisonlaw@cebridge.net

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR


Craig Barker
48 East Avenue
Austin, Tex. 78701
512.494.0777
512.474.1605-Fax
craig@craigbarkerlaw.com

COUNCIL

Terms Expiring 2009:

Henry J. "Hank" Fasthoff IV
Stumpf Craddock et al.
1400 Post Oak Blv, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77056
713-871-0919 Phone
713-871-0408 Fax
hfasthoff@sftxlaw.com


Laura L Prather
Sedgwick,Detert et al.
327 Congress Avenue
Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701-3656
Phone ( 512) 481-8414
Fax (512) 481-8444
lauraprather@sdma.com


Don Valdez
Decker, Jones et al.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 2000 Unit #46

Forth Worth, TX 76102-6836
(817) 429-5260 Phone
(817) 336-2181 Fax
dvaldez@deckerjones.com


Terms Expiring 2010:

Mitzi L. Brown
Blockbuster Inc.
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 77270
(214) 854-3630 Phone
(214) 584-3271 Fax
mitzi.brown@blockbuster.com

Dale A. Head
Phillips & Reiter, PLLC
1300 W. Sam Houston Parkway, Suite 340
Houston,Texas 77042
(713) 554-6905 phone
(713) 784-6806 fax
dhead@outsourcegc.com

Rafael Stone
Houston Rockets Toyota Center
1510 Polk Street
Houston,Texas 77002
(713) 758-7386 phone
(713) 515-3362 fax
rstone@rocketball.com

Council-Terms Expiring 2011

Sally Stacy
Live Nation
9438 Civiv Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
(214) 457-1964 Phonr
sallystacy@livenation.com

Craig Crafton
Cozen O'Connor
1717 Main Street, Suite 2300
Dallas, Texas 75201-7335
(214) 462-3000 Phone
ccrafton@cozen.com

Jamey Newberg
Vicent & Moye
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 2000
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 979-7416 Phone
(214) 979-7402 fax
jnewberg@vimolaw.com

Director, Entertainment Law Institute

Mike Tolleson
2106 East MLK Blvd.
Austin, TX 78702
512-480-8822
FAX 512-479-6212
Mike@miketolleson.com

Journal Editor

Sylvester R. Jaime
1011 Highway 6 South, Suite 216
Houston, Texas 77077
281-597-9495
Fax 281-597-9621
sylvrbulit@pdq.net

WEBMASTER

Yocel Alonso
Alonso, Cersonsky & García. P.C.
Galleria Financial Center
5065 Westheimer, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77056
( 713 ) 840-1492
( 713 ) 840-0038 Fax
Yocelaw@aol.com

USEFUL LINKS FOR THE PRACTICE OF ENTERTAINMENT, ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

 

Government

Federal Circuit
www.fedcir.gov

Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov

Texas Commission on the Arts
http://www.arts.state.tx.us

Texas Film Commission
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/film

Texas Music Office
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music

United States Copyright Office
www.loc.gov/copyright

United States Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov

United States Trade Representative
www.ustr.gov/sectors/intellectual.shtml

Legislative

thomas.loc.gov
www.house.gov/judiciary

www.senate.gov/~judiciary

Scholarly & Research

Bureau of National Affairs
http://www.bna.com/

FindLaw
www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop

Franklin Pierce Intellectual Property Mall
www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

Intellectual Property Law Server
www.intelproplaw.com

IP Law Practice Center
http://www.law.com/jsp/pc/iplaw.jsp

IP News from Questel Orbit
www.questel.orbit.com

Kohn on Music Licensing
www.kohnmusic.com

MegaLaw
www.megalaw.com/top/intellectual.php

QuickLinks: Daily Update on IP and Internet Law
www.qlinks.net/quicklinks/index.shtml

Stanford University Libraries
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

The Center for Popular Music (MTSU)
http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/research.html#top

The John Marshall Law School - Review of Intellectual Property Law
www.jmls.edu/ripl

 

International

European Patent Office
www.european-patent-office.org

Japanese Patent Office
www.jpo.go.jp

United Kingdom Copyright Office
www.hmso.gov.uk/copyhome.htm

United Kingdom Patent Office
www.ukpats.org.uk

World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.org

World Trade Organization
www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm

 

Interest Groups

American Bar Association – Section of Intellectual Property Law
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/

American Intellectual Property Law Association
www.aipla.org

American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers
www.ascap.com

Broadcast Music International
www.bmi.com

Computer Law Association
www.cla.org

Film Music (Online Magazine)

http://www.filmmusicmag.com

Intellectual Property Owner’s Association
www.ipo.org

International Trademark Association
www.inta.org

Links to music publishers and record labels
http://www.writerswrite.com/songwriting/markets.htm

Motion Picture Association of America
www.mpaa.org

National Music Publisher’s Association/Harry Fox
www.nmpa.org

Recording Industry Association of America
www.riaa.org

SESAC
www.sesac.com

Software and Information Industry Association
www.siia.net

Song Rights: Legal Aspects of Songwriting
http://www.songrights.com/songrights/

Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
www.talarts.org