(805) 705-6255
eric@lauritsenesq.com
FIRST CLASS LEGAL SERVICES
Eric C. Lauritsen, Esq. offers top-notch legal services to individuals and entities engaged in all facets of the music industry.
Music Industry Transactions
Eric is experienced in navigating a wide range of music industry transactions. He routinely drafts and negotiates deals relating to recording services, live performances, publishing, producing, mixing, synch licenses, merchandising, and more.
Copyright Counseling
Eric calls upon his range of skills in both the litigation and transactional spaces to deftly navigate copyright disputes for his clients. He is also knowledgeable regarding the reversion of copyright transfers and DMCA compliance.
Trademark management
Eric has assisted many clients in the music industry and beyond through trademark registration matters, successfully harnessing his knowledge and creativity to obtain registrations in challenging circumstances.
Experience
Eric is an expert on music industry transactions, regularly advising his clients on a full suite of deals in the recording, songwriting, and live performance spaces, as well as ancillary fields such as merchandising activities and book publishing. In addition, Eric deftly navigates a range of commercial disputes and litigation-oriented matters for his clients, with a particular focus on those disputes that commonly arise in the music industry. Eric is also well-versed in trademark registrations and prosecutions, with his skills in that field being best reflected through the numerous registrations he has obtained for marks initially refused on likelihood of confusion and descriptiveness grounds. Eric earned his law degree magna cum laude from Duke University in 2014, where he focused his studies on copyright law, trademark law, and the First Amendment.
Philosophy
Eric strives to do his part to improve the culture of the music and legal industries. For him, this means abiding by a stringent personal ethical code and conducting all of his professional relationships with courtesy and integrity. In keeping with these principles, he goes out of his way to be a steward of his clients' resources, passing to them the benefits of his low overhead and highly efficient billing practices.