
Lloyd Jan Jassin
Publishing and entertainment law
Lloyd Jassin practices publishing, entertainment, copyright, trademark, and defamation law. Before establishing his own firm, Mr. Jassin was a trademark associate at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property law firms. Prior to that, he served in the law department of Viacom Enterprises, then the world’s largest independent distributor of feature films and off-network television programming.
Before entering law, Mr. Jassin was Director of Publicity for Prentice Hall Press, a division of Simon & Schuster. He is co-author of The Copyright Permission & Libel Handbook (John Wiley & Sons) and regularly writes and lectures on issues at the intersection of creativity and the law.
A graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, he's admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars. Mr. Jassin is the former chair of the Center for Independent Publishing’s executive committee, serves on Beacon Press’s advisory board, and is a member of The Authors Guild.
Representative Clients:
*Lauren Roberts ("Powerless Trilogy")
*Debbie Macomber ("Blossom Street" and "Cedar Cove" series)
*The Estate of Barry Longyear ("Enemy Mine")
*The Estate of Roald Dahl
*Mickey Singer ("The Surrender Experiment")
*Hair Club for Men
*Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt ("Imago Relationship Therapy")
*Justin Hayward (Composer/Frontman, "The Moody Blues")
*Publishers Weekly
*Beacon Press
*BenBella Books
*Audio Publishers Association (APA)
*Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
*Film Option Agreements with 20th Century Fox, Amazon MGM Studios, and others
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Publishing Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New Jersey
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- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Written
- Partner
- Law Offices of Lloyd J. Jassin
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- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- J.D. (1991)
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- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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- New York State Bar  # 2432136
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- New York Center for Independent Publishing
- Chair, Executive Committee
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- Copyright Permission & Libel Handbook
- John Wiley & Sons
- Generative AI vs. Copyright
- Publishers Weekly
- Paul K. Saint-Amour (ed): Modernism & Copyright (Book Review)
- Publishing Research Quarterly
- Celebrity Lessons & Estate Planning: Copyright Termination, National Estate Planning & Legacy Week, Webinar
- Dramatists Guild
- The Real Person in Your Play, Webinar
- Dramatists Guild
- On April 16, at 4pm EST, Ralph Sevush will join attorney Lloyd Jassin to answer all of your questions about putting a real person in your play.
- Representing Writers, Designers, Artists, Musicians and More: Getting the Best Results For New Jersey’s Finest Creative Minds, Continuing Legal Education Program, New Jersey Law Center
- NJ State Bar
- • Common legal pitfalls experienced by creative minds • Successfully negotiating contracts for creative endeavors • Recording agreements from the artist’s perspective • Understanding publishing deals for art, writing, and music • Terminating copyright assignments/licenses under Sections 203 & 304 of the Copyright Act • Agents and managers: how to structure deals and negotiate contracts • Deal making
- Book Publishing Contracts, Continuing Legal Education Program, Philadelphia, PA
- PBI: Philadelphia Bar Association
- CLE program. Additional speakers include: Steve Gordon, Esq., Peter M. Thall, Esq., and S. Jean Ward, Esq., Kirk Schroder, Esq.
- 2013: YEAR OF THE TERMINATION?, Continuing Legal Education Program, Woodcock Washburn LLP, Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA
- The Copyright Society
- 2013 is the first year that terminations under section 203 of the Copyright Act take effect. Many have predicted that the section 203 terminations will create an additional layer of disruption in the publishing and music industries, which are already struggling with significant technological, consumer, and piracy-driven disruptions. Our panel will discuss whether the termination right is understood and being used by authors; whether re-negotiations are yielding better contract deals for aut
- Q. I'm writing a book which is called "The Tinder Killer", is it legal to use the word "Tinder" in the title and the logo?
- A: Fortunately, the First Amendment states that there shall be “no law” restricting freedom of speech or the press. The fair use doctrine allows the use of a trademark when it is used in a way not to deceive the public. For example, it is a fair use to use a trademark in the title of a literary work if done in “fairly and in good faith” to convey a message about what the work is about, provided you don’t suggest that the work is approved or endorsed by the trademark holder.
To qualify as a fair use, courts consider the following three factors:
1. Whether the product is “readily identifiable” without the use of the mark
2. Whether more of the mark was used than is necessary ... Read More