Dan Schnapp – Partner and Chair of New Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice
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- Panel Moderated by Dan on Copyright Issues in the Cloud Featured in BNA Daily 2011-10-18
- Firm's Work in California Video Game Law Case Lauded 2011-07-05
- DigitalHHR Team Represents BN Media in Acquisition of Beliefnet 2010-07-16
- HHR Active in Recent Media Deals 2009-03-19
- HHR Represented MTV Networks in Transaction to Monetize UGC on MySpace 2008-11-04
Recent Posts by Dan Schnapp – Partner and Chair of New Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice
- Cloud Computing, Digital Lockers and Copyright: The Cloudification of Entertainment (Update) 2011-09-14
- ivi TV Update: ivi Files Complaint for Declaratory Judgment 2010-09-22
- ivi TV: Live Network Television on the Net Without Negotiation? 2010-09-16
- Social Networking Games, Sweepstakes, Promotions and the New Apps: Developing the Fine Line of Legality 2010-06-04
- Dance Dance Copyright Revolution: Interactive Gaming's Upcoming Copyright Conundrum 2010-01-26
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
- mobile device and online App development, licensing and distribution
- social media and networking services and applications
- cloud-based content distribution models and enterprise cloud computing initiatives
- video games and interactive entertainment development, publishing, merchandising, promotion, distribution and licensing
- digital and traditional advertising, sponsorships, product placements and promotional arrangements
- user-generated content ingestion, distribution and syndication
- strategic alliances and joint ventures
- “off-shore”, “near shore” and domestic information technology, call center, manufacturing and business process outsourcing
- wireless device and network applications
- electronic publishing and distribution
- viral marketing, contextual advertising and brand management
- promotions, sweepstakes and contests compliance
- record retention and disaster recovery/contingency planning compliance
- stored-value and smart-card application development and deployment
- digital signatures and public-key infrastructures
- electronic payments systems and solutiosn and Internet banking
- 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, cloud-based content distribution models, 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 Distributed Computing Industry Association
- 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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