About Jennifer Ko Craft
Ms. Craft is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Sports and Entertainment practice groups. She practices primarily in the areas of domestic and international trademark and copyright prosecution, licensing and enforcement. Ms. Craft consults with clients in identifying various protectable aspects of the clients’ products, services and concepts, and in developing and managing their intellectual property portfolios. She also resolves trademark, copyright, and domain name disputes, including the resolution of disputes over contested trademarks before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, appeals before the Copyright Office and enforcing clients’ intellectual property rights on the Internet.
In addition to her prosecution practice, Ms. Craft drafts and negotiates a variety of agreements in the intellectual property and entertainment fields such as endorsement and personal services agreements and personal management agreements for athletes, artists and entertainers; option and purchase agreements for motion pictures and television shows; production and collaboration agreements for live stage shows; and licensing and merchandising agreements.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Craft was Associate General Counsel for Agassi Enterprises and Alliance Sports Management (now known as Prism), where she negotiated, drafted, and supervised compliance for over $40 million in licensing and endorsement agreements, management agreements, and player tournament agreements for NBA and ATP players and IRL drivers. She was also Corporate Counsel for Sunbelt Communications, where she handled all corporate and intellectual property matters for over a dozen NBC and FOX affiliates throughout the United States.