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Cheryl Hodgson
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โจ About
About Cheryl Hodgson
Cheryl Hodgson offers a unique combination of legal expertise and practical business experience based upon years of experience in the music industry at a manager, agent, and music publisher. Expert in litigation of matters pertaining to contractual disputes, artist rights, trademarks, copyrights, Cheryl uses her courtroom expertise not only as a litigator but as a mediator in cases involving trademarks copyrights and entertainment related matters. Years in the courtroom provide her clients with strong advocacy for in business transactions, calculated to seal the deal, while minimizing future risks. Hodgson has been certified for arbitration and mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes and Advanced Workshops for the Uniform Resolution of Domain Disputes at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She is licensed in California, New York, and Tennessee and has served as Professor of Music Law at Loyola University School of Law. Cheryl Hodgson is the founder of Hodgson Legal and an entrepreneur in her own right, founding the successful online publication BrandAide.com, focused on providing brand owners with expert insights and advice in brand building. She is the author of the book Brandaide and has been a featured speaker in many professional groups including the California Copyright Conference, eMarketing Association, the ABA Sports & Entertainment Forum, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Cheryl is a certified yoga instructor and practitioner.
โ๏ธ Practice Areas
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Trademarks
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Entertainment & Sports Law
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Communications & Internet Law
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Business Law
Credentials & Experience
๐ Education
Louisiana Tech University
B.A.
English and Business
University of Santa Monica
M.A. (2013)
Spiritual Psychology
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
J.D. (1976)
Law
๐ Bar Admissions
California Copyright Conference
Member
Past President and Board Member
Member
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Member
Member
Member
Los Angeles Copyright Society
Member
Member
Member
State Bar of California
Member
Intellectual Property Section Member
Member
Loyola University School of Law
Member
Former Professor of Music Law
Member
State Bar of California ย # 141275
Member
Member
Member
๐ผ Professional Experience
Founder
Brandaide 2008 - Current
Founder
Canto Novo Music 2004 - Current
Founder
Hodgson Legal 1985 - Current
General Counsel
Probstein Weiner & Hodgson 2000 - 2003
๐ Awards & Recognition
Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
Top 100 Los Angeles Attorneys
Los Angeles Magazine
Super Lawyer
Super Lawyers
๐ Publications
- 5 Choices for a New Trademark: 2 are really Bad!
- Brandaide
- 5 Steps to Trademark Monitoring
- Brandaide
- A Brand with Three Legs
- Brandaide
- Domains Are Not Trademarks
- Brandaide
- When Enforcement Becomes Bullying
- World Trademark Review