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Biography
Afigo I. (Okpewho) Fadahunsi represents a diverse array of clients in Intellectual Property, media and entertainment litigation. She has performed extensive clearance assessment, advising filmmakers and other members of the entertainment industry on a host of potential issues ranging from trademark, copyright and licensing, to defamation, invasion of privacy and right of publicity. She has experience handling copyright litigation involving sound recordings, works of art and design, photographs, literary works, and other protectable works. She also has experience litigating disputes involving authorship, ownership, works for hire, copyrightability and fair use. Afigo I. (Okpewho) Fadahunsi represents a diverse array of clients in Intellectual Property, media and entertainment litigation. She has performed extensive clearance assessment, advising filmmakers and other members of the entertainment industry on a host of potential issues ranging from trademark, copyright and licensing, to defamation, invasion of privacy and right of publicity. She has experience handling copyright litigation involving sound recordings, works of art and design, photographs, literary works, and other protectable works. She also has experience litigating disputes involving authorship, ownership, works for hire, copyrightability and fair use.
Presentations & Publications
Ms. Fadahunsi's presentations and publications include:
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Co-author, “Transformative In The Eye of the Beholder,” Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, May 2010.
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Co-author, “’Family Guy’ and the Satirist’s Fair Use Conundrum,” American Bar Association’s Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee Newsletter, Summer 2009.
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Co-author, “'Family Guy's' 'Star' Turn: The Satirist's Fair Use Conundrum,” IP Law360, June 2009.
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Co-author, “'Family Guy's' 'Star' Turn: The Satirist's Fair Use Conundrum,” Sedgwick’s Media Law Bulletin, May 2009.
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"The Trouble With Attorney's Fees and the Nihonjin," prepared for and presented to attorneys associated with the Office for Judicial Reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2002).
Memberships & Honors
Ms. Fadahunsi is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Metropolitan Black Bar Association of New York, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association and American Bar Association.
During law school, Ms. Fadahunsi was a board member of the International Law Students Association and a member of the Women's Law Forum. She studied international law at Temple University Japan (TUJ) in Tokyo while working as a law clerk for the Office of Judicial Reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren). Earlier in her law school tenure, she served as an intern for the Hon. William G. Bassler, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
As an undergraduate, Ms. Fadahunsi received the Chancellor's Scholarship for Excellence in Law & Society.
Areas of Concentration
Mass Tort & Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental & Toxic Tort; Life Sciences; Media, Entertainment & Sports Law
Admissions
New Jersey; New York;
U.S. District Court (D. N.J.); U.S. District Court (E.D.N.Y.); U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.); U.S. Court of International Trade; Court of International Trade
Education
J.D.
(2003)
Seton Hall University School of Law
B.A.
(2000)
State University of New York at Albany,
cum laude
Other Distinctions
Ms. Fadahunsi is a published author of prose fiction and poetry. She received the Nelson Mandela Literary Prize for Best Poetry.
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