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SECTION OFFICERS

CHAIR
Tamera Bennett
Bennett Law Office
132 W. Main Sreet
Lewisville, Texas 75057-3974
(972) 436-8141
(972)434-2318 Metro
(972) 436-8712 Fax
tbennett@tbennettlaw.com

CHAIR-ELECT/TREASURER

Kenneth W. Pajak
1114 Lost Creek Blvd. Suite 420
Austin, Texas 78746
( 512) 327-8930
(512) 327-2665 Fax
ken@bannerot.com

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

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
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

COUNCIL

Terms Expiring 2006:
Steven Ellinger
David Garcia
Maureen Doherty

Terms Expiring 2007:
Russ Riddle
Hal R. Gordon
Edward Z. Fair

Terms Expiring 2008:
Alan W. Tompkins
Shannon Jamison
Buck McKinney

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
1900 Highway 6, South
Houston, Texas 77077
281-597-9495
Fax 281-597-9621
sylvrbulit@pdq.net

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