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The Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has chosen Eric J. Schwartz, a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (Los Angeles, California, USA) (MS&K), as Vice-President/President-Elect at its 2012 Annual Meeting. The CSUSA is dedicated to advancing the study and understanding of copyright law and related intellectual property rights, and the scope of rights in literature, music, art, theater, motion pictures, television, computer software, architecture, and other works of authorship, distributed via both traditional and new media. It has served business, lawyers and academics as a center of the U.S. copyright community since 1953 through meetings and publications, both nationally and through its 11 regional chapters.

Mr. Schwartz, a former Acting General Counsel of the United States Copyright Office, has advised clients on matters related to U.S. and foreign copyright law, including rights, ownership and enforcement issues, for over 20 years. He assists clients from the motion picture, music, publishing and software industries, as well as individual authors and creators, with traditional copyright and emerging electronic information and delivery issues, commercial transactions, domestic and international legal and policy matters, and trial and appellate litigation strategy. An authority on film and music archival and preservation (i.e., “back catalog”) issues and U.S. copyright law “termination” issues, Schwartz also serves as an adjunct professor of copyright law and international copyright law at Georgetown University Law Center.

“We congratulate Eric on this honor and thank him for his ongoing dedication to this important organization,” said Thomas Lambert, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp's Managing Partner. “In today’s increasingly globalized and technology-driven economy, CSUSA’s efforts to educate the public and policy-makers alike about copyright law and on-going changes in the law are essential.”

For more than 100 years, Los Angeles-based Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has maintained a reputation for excellence in providing sophisticated legal and business solutions for its clients in areas that include: Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Entertainment & New Media, Immigration, Corporate Transactions, Tax, Trust & Estates, Real Estate and International Trade. For more information, visit http://www.msk.com.