Monday, February 6, 2012

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Jeremy J. Beck 
Louisville, Kentucky
Associate
phone 502-583-7400
fax 502-589-4997
email Email Me

Jeremy J. Beck joined Ackerson & Yann as an associate attorney in 2007, after earning his J.D. from the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law, cum laude, and being admitted to the Kentucky bar that same year. Jeremy focuses his practice on intellectual property law (copyright and trademark), entertainment and art law, contracts, and general business law. His clients include individuals and business entities active in the music and film industries, publishing, visual arts, and graphic design. Jeremy is also a published composer of classical music, which affords him particular insight into the challenges and legal issues facing those engaged in these and other related creative fields.

Born outside of Cleveland and raised in Illinois, Jeremy has previously been a tenured associate professor of music at California State University-Fullerton and the University of Northern Iowa. In addition to his J.D. from the University of Louisville, Jeremy holds a D.M.A. and M.M.A. from the Yale School of Music (1995, 1992), an M.A. from Duke University (1989), and a B.S. from the Mannes College the New School for Music in New York City (1984), all in music composition.

Jeremy is a member of the American Bar Association, the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, the Society of Composers, Inc. and the American Composers Forum. He lives with his wife and son in Louisville.

Areas of Practice:
Business & Commercial Law
Entertainment Law
Copyright and Trademark Law
Contracts
Art Law
Published Works:
Speaking of Music and the Counterpoint of Copyright: Addressing the Legal and Ethical Concerns in Making Oral History Available to the Public (Co-Authored with Libby Van Cleve, Associate Director of Oral History of American Music at Yale University Library), Duke Law and Technology Review, forthcoming, 2011


Composing With Eyes Open: A Discussion of Commissions and Contracts, American Composers Forum, SOUNDING BOARD 1, Oct.-Nov.-Dec., 2010


Register This Warning, Copyright Holders: Get Claims on File or Lose Infringement Actions on Summary Judgment, K.B.A. PUB. BENCH & BAR 26, Sept., 2009


Dodging Left and Right: The Emerging Use of a Qualified Associational Privilege in IP Litigation, 20/1 A.B.A. SEC. PUB. INTELL. PROP. LITIG. 13, Fall, 2008


Bid Protests Under the Kentucky Model Procurement Code, Common-Law Standards and Yamaha (Co-Authored with Larry C. Ethridge), 29/3 A.B.A. ST. & LOC. L. NEWS 1, 2006


Chalk Talk: Entity Liability for Teacher-on-Student Sexual Harassment: Could State Law Offer Greater Protection for Some Plaintiffs?, 35 J.L. & EDUC. 141, 2006


Article: Music Composition, Sound Recordings and Digital Sampling in the 21st Century: A Legislative and Legal Framework to Balance Competing Interests, 13 UCLA ENT. L. REV. 1, 2005


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaking of Music and the Counterpoint of Copyright: Addressing the Legal and Ethical Concerns in Making Oral History Available to the Public (Presentation with Libby Van Cleve, Associate Director of Oral History of American Music at Yale University Library), Oral History Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 2009


Music and Copyright in the Digital Age (Presentation), Iowa Composers Forum “Nuts & Bolts” Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2009


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 2010


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), University of Pittsburgh, 2008


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), University of Kentucky, 2007


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), University of Iowa, 2007


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), University of Northern Iowa, 2007


Sampling and Copyright: Does 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' Infringe on Creativity? (Presentation), Society of Composers, Inc. Region IV Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, 2006


Honors and Awards:
Second Prize, 2005 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. Comment Contest


Samuel L. Greenbaum Writing Award, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, 2005


Located in Louisville, the business law attorneys of Ackerson & Yann, PLLC, represent clients throughout Kentucky, including those doing business in the cities of Louisville, Frankfort, Lexington, Bardstown, London and in the following counties:

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One Riverfront Plaza
401 West Main St., Suite 1200
Louisville, KY 40202
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Fax: 502-589-4997
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