Dan Schnapp – Partner and Chair of New Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice
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Recent Posts by Dan Schnapp – Partner and Chair of New Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice
- Dance Dance Copyright Revolution: Interactive Gaming's Upcoming Copyright Conundrum 2010-01-26
- Did Facebook look before it leaped with its Usernames program? 2009-08-04
- Licensing Rights in Jointly-Owned Copyrights-You Can’t Always Get What You Want 2009-07-21
- Deadline for Safe Harbor Certification under Anti-Child Pornography Regs Fast Approaching 2009-06-09
- Copyright Royalty Board Establishes First Time Mechanical Rates for Ringtones and Ad-supported Streaming Music 2008-11-06
Dan provides strategic counsel and transactional support for multi-national corporations, mid-cap and start-up companies in connection with a wide range of legal and policy issues arising out of the convergence of technology, advertising, entertainment and media and electronic commerce, intellectual property, privacy, information security, compliance and risk management, including:
- digital video and music content licensing and distribution and related audio-visual broadcasting initiatives on all new media platforms
- online social networking services and virtual reality communities
- user-generated content ingestion, distribution and syndication
- strategic alliances, online sponsorships and joint ventures
- electronic payment systems and solutions and Internet banking
- “off-shore”, “near shore” and domestic information technology, call center and business process outsourcing
- wireless device and network applications
- electronic publishing and distribution
- integrated marketing, contextual advertising and brand management
- record retention and disaster recovery/contingency planning compliance
- stored-value and smart-card application development and deployment
- digital signatures and public-key infrastructures
- on-line gaming, sweepstakes and contests
- software/hardware procurement, development, licensing, distribution and export
- systems integration and facilities management; data warehousing and mining
- domain name trademark disputes
- application storage and service provider transactions
- web site hosting and development
- technology and data export compliance
- patent and trademark licensing
- intellectual property audits
Mr. Schnapp was selected in 2008 as one of the “Top 50 IP Attorneys Under 45″ in IP Law and Business Magazine.
Dan writes and lectures extensively on new developments in the areas of digital content distribution and syndication, end user generated content and social networking initiatives, outsourcing, electronic commerce, electronic payment systems, privacy and information security.
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1994, cum laude
University of Vermont, B.A., 1991
New Jersey, 1994
New York, 1995
Spanish (proficient)
- Member of the Law Firm Advisory Board of the Association of the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel
- Member of the Mobile Marketing Association
- Member of the Securities Industry Association’s Root Certificate Authority Initiative; has served as independent counsel to the consortium of financial institutions and regulatory agencies comprising the group
- Member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science and Technology; has been an active participant in the Section’s various initiatives regarding electronic commerce and information security
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