Stephen Strauss
Stephen J. Strauss is a Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Entertainment Industry Group. For over 30 years, Mr. Strauss has specialized in domestic and international trademark, copyright, and unfair competition matters, including licensing, Internet domain name disputes, and litigation. He has prosecuted over two thousand U.S. and foreign trademark and service mark applications, and won over 60 UDRP decisions. Mr. Strauss also provides various legal production services for documentary and narrative films and scripted and unscripted television projects (including development, rights acquisition, rights and title clearances, and IP protection and enforcement). Mr. Strauss represents a number of internationally recognized celebrities, sports personalities, recording artists, chefs, authors, social media influencers, and media and entertainment companies. He also represents a wide range of diverse clients in the fields of cosmetics and fragrances, motion picture and television production, comic book publishing, restaurants, alcoholic beverages and wines, vegetable and fruit production, vitamins and nutritional supplements, financial and real estate services, medical services, energy, computer software and artificial intelligence, clothing, toys, digital collectibles and tokens, and labor unions. Recent Projects Charmaine’s Kitchen (Reality/Lifestyle TV Pilot – 2024) American Cats: The Good, The Bad & The Cuddly (Documentary Film – 2024) Claim to Fame (Reality Competition TV – 2022) Cooking with Curtis (Reality TV – 2022) Lookalike Love (Reality TV – 2021) Rock Camp: The Movie (Documentary Film – 2021) Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (Documentary Film – 2019) Amazing Grace (Documentary Film – 2019) Cinenegotiations Blog Lost in America True Grit Scrooged Nightcrawler Lincoln Jaws 1776 Norma Rae The Bride of Frankenstein · Buchalter Law Firm
About
Stephen J. Strauss is a Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Entertainment Industry Group. For over 30 years, Mr. Strauss has specialized in domestic and international trademark, copyright, and unfair competition matters, including licensing, Internet domain name disputes, and litigation.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- J.D., Southwestern Law School
- B.A. in Political Science, American University
- M.A. in Political Science, American University
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit