Gregory N Albright

 EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 

Juris Doctor, cum laude, Order of the Coif, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas 1989; 

Completed course work for Doctor of Musical Arts, Rice University, Houston, Texas 1984-86; 

Master of Music (music composition), magna cum laude, Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982; 

Bachelor of Music (piano performance), magna cum laude, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas 1979. 

Admitted to practice: 

All California state courts; 

Second, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals; 

federal District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California. 

PRESENT POSITION 

Law Office of Gregory N. Albright since 1997. 

In consultation with numerous firms, represents clients in intellectual property and complex commercial trial and appellate litigation, specializing in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition disputes. 

EXPERIENCE BEFORE PRESENT POSITION 

O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, 1989-96; 

Complex commercial litigation, specializing in copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and entertainment industry disputes. 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES 

State Bar of California, since 1990; 

Los Angeles County Bar Association; 

Copyright Society of the USA. 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION 

Trial and appellate litigation, specializing in copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, and entertainment industry disputes. 

EXPERIENCE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

Counsel in numerous lawsuits representing entertainment companies and other owners of intellectual property, including Paramount Pictures Corporation, Warner Bros. Inc., the Walt Disney Company, Home Box Office, Time Warner Sports Merchandising, Hyundai Broadcasting Systems, IBM, Mars, Inc., Uncle Ben’s, Inc., Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., E*Capital Corporation, and Electro Optical Industries, Inc., in domestic and international disputes regarding trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, domain names, and agreements regarding intellectual property rights. Counsel in opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, United States Patent & Trademark Office. 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS 

“Tangled Web -- Passive Internet Activity and Personal Jurisdiction”, Los Angeles Daily Journal (March 20, 1998); 

“Digital Sound Sampling and the Copyright Act of 1976: Are Isolated Sounds Protected?” 38 Copyright L. Symp (ASCAP) 47 (1992); 

The "Work Made for Hire" Definition in the 1976 Copyright Act: A Simple Dichotomy, 26 Hous. L. Rev. 361 (1989).