Jesse Saivar

• Listed by Los Angeles Business Journal's, " Most Influential Lawyers: Digital Media and E-Commerce Law"
• Selected by The Recorder as a "Lawyer on the Fast Track," 2013
• Listed, Southern California Rising Stars, 2009-2011, 2013 - 2017

• California

• University of California, Los Angeles  (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2005)
• Vanderbilt University  (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999)
  • Public Policy Major
  • Japanese Minor

Representative Experience

Entertainment Experience

• Representing a social media marketing company in its negotiations with its software developers and television network clients as well as the creation of its standard master services agreement
• Advising an international mobile game company in its efforts to comply with the amended COPPA regulations
• Represented a major music library in the sale of its library to Warner / Chappell Music
• Represented producers in the acquisition of rights to novels and scripts and in their negotiations with talent
• Represented screenwriters with respect to television and theatrical agreements and in their negotiations with their collaboration partners
• Represented singer/songwriters in connection with publishing agreements, sub-publishing agreements, and television and theatrical synch licenses
• Represented a major studio in its negotiations with actors for a major motion picture
• Represented actors and directors in the audits of studio participation statements
• Represented a new record label in its acquisition of music rights and in its negotiations with talent
• Represented entertainment clients about whom false news stories were reported and whose names and/or likenesses were being improperly used on websites and in domain names

Intellectual Property Experience

• Counseling a rapidly-expanding beauty care company with respect to the clearance, prosecution, protection and enforcement of its trademark portfolio as it grew from one registration in the U.S. to numerous registrations all over the world
• Negotiating a fragrance license deal on behalf of an internationally-renowned fashion designer
• Represented a celebrity with respect to the license of her trademarks, copyrights and name and likeness for use in connection with a high profile jewelry line
• Represented a company hired by a major video game publisher to create a line of comic books based on a popular game
• Drafted numerous copyright and trademark transfers and license agreements
• Represented a major financial institution in the prosecution and protection of one of its most valuable trademarks including in inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Performed clearance and prosecuted numerous trademarks for various clients in industries ranging from computer software to entertainment production

Technology / Digital Media Experience

• Represented a social media startup in its negotiations with its software developers and television network clients as well as the creation of its standard master services agreement
• Advised an international mobile game company in its efforts to comply with the amended COPPA regulations
• Negotiate website development and hosting agreements and draft terms of use and privacy policies
• Represented a social media marketing Saas platform in its negotiations with its software developers and television network clients as well as the raising of Series A financing
• Represented a start-up in its negotiations with major television networks for the use of its proprietary video engagement platform
• Advised a website that offers user-generated content with respect to DMCA, COPPA and CDA compliance and content clearance
• Argued and drafted ICANN domain name disputes against cyber squatters before the World Intellectual Property Organization