Thrilled to be part of the UT Law CLE Entertainment Law Institute! Join us November 9-10, 2023 for insights from top industry experts on the latest legal issues in music, film, games, and digital media. Stay updated on emerging trends and breaking developments.

Excited to present “Protecting an Artist's Legacy with Estate and Intellectual Property Succession Planning” along side attorney Daniel L. White.

Details: https://utcle.org/conferences/ET23/

Join Tamera Bennett and Gordon Firemark, the co-hosts of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast, for an informal meetup/happy hour while Gordon is in Dallas.

Cash Bar. RSVP HERE

Trademark and NIL lawyer Tamera Bennett is presenting at the TexasBarCLE Advanced Intellectual Property Law 2022 course in February.

Tamera will provide an update on how student athletes can profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.

Register here.

The Women and the Law Section is thrilled to present a free CLE webinar at noon CST on Thursday, January 20, 2022 titled Legal Issues of Podcasting.

This presentation provides a “bird’s eye” view of the behind the scenes of a podcast. Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett will cover trending podcast law cases, the legal environment in which podcasters operate, and ways to foster/develop podcasting in your legal practice while complying with lawyer advertising rules.

Tamera and Gordon have co-hosted over 140 episodes of the Entertainment Law Update podcast.

Register here.

A 40-Year Review of IP Royalty Rates and Deal Structures - CLE

Are you finding gaps in your knowledge of licensing data, royalty rates, and deal structures? Beginning with a 40-year review of actual data, moving through current trends and implications for SEP, FRAND, and NFTs, this program will deliver 'need to know' information to support current and future IP strategy and monetization. Join experienced panelists and economist for a timely discussion.

Speakers:

• Camille Turner, Haug Partners, New York, NY (moderator)

• Weston Anson, Chairman, Consor IP Experts, La Jolla, CA

• Tamera H. Bennett, Bennett Law Office, Lewisville, TX (Discussing Copyright and Music Royalty Rates)

• Kim Boyle, Member, Richard Law Group, Dallas, TX

• Li Chen, Managing Partner, Chen Leftwhich LLP, Dallas TX

• Michael Gulliford, Partner & Co-Founder, Soryn IP Capital Management, Short Hills, NJ

Click here to register for the full virtual CLE event running September 28-30, 2021.

Entertainment and Media Lawyer Tamera Bennett to be interviewed by reporter/radio host Simon Conway on August 4, 2021 at 7:05pm central time on the Scarlett Johansson v. Disney lawsuit over the distribution of the Black Widow Movie. The interview will be live on 1200 News Radio from San Antonio, TX and you can listen everywhere on iHeart at https://www.iheart.com/live/1200-woai-2361/

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#disney

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#scarlettjohansson

@1200 WOAI

Join Texas trademark and music lawyer Tamera Bennett and California film and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark at a “live before a studio audience” recording of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast. The event is open to the public. There is a cost for lunch and CLE credit.

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Trademark and music attorney Tamera Bennett will provide tips for issue spotting patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret issues your clients may have.

More info and to register.

Join Tamera H. Bennett, Esq./Bennett Law Office, PC for a "Party on the Patio & Concert in the Park."  Light and tasty food and beverages served on the office back patio from 6pm to 7pm.  Walk over to the Wayne Ferguson Plaza to watch the “Be the Next” contest winner @7pm and Shameless @8pm (Garth Brooks tribute band). Bring your own chair for the concert.

Park and enter at the rear of the building.

Click here to RSVP for "Party on the Patio."

Attorney Tamera Bennett presents a thirty minute ethics CLE for trademark lawyers on ethical violations and discipline before the Office of Enrollment and Discipline as part of the 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course.

TexasBarCLE‘s 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law seminar is February 27-March 1, 2019.

Register for the CLE here.

Meetup with Entertainment Law Update Podcast co-hosts Tamera Bennett and Gordon Firemark. We would love to say hello. Tamera and Gordon will record the podcast live earlier on February 8, 2019 at Loyola Law School.

RSVP

Entertainment Law in Review: Trending Topics in 2019.

Presented by the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.

A full day of the latest in Entertainment Law topics and issues. The Entertainment Law Update Podcast will kick off the morning at 10am. Other topics of interest include the Music Modernization Act, celebrity holograms, and treating revenue sport student athletes as employees.

More details and registration.

Join us at our annual Champagne Brunch as we celebrate our friends, clients, and colleagues.

We will be collecting gift cards to Target and Walmart for donation to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Denton County.

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Media and entertainment law attorney Tamera Bennett will provide an overview on legal issues facing podcasters including content ownership, music rights, fair use, talent releases, and rights of privacy.

Register here.

Join Tamera H. Bennett, Esq./Bennett Law Office, PC for a "Party on the Patio & Concert in the Park."  Light and tasty food and beverages served on the office back patio from 6pm to 7pm.  Walk over to the Wayne Ferguson Plaza to watch Local Yoakam @7pm (Dwight Yoakam tribute band) and King George @8pm (George Strait tribute band). Bring your own chair for the concert.

Park and enter at the rear of the building.

Click here to RSVP for "Party on the Patio."

The USPTO Texas Regional Office is hosting a program on March 6th from 12pm-1pm entitled “From High Tops to High Tech: The IP of Basketball” that will feature a panel discussion with USPTO Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Patents and local attorneys Tamera Bennett and Christian Dennie.

Join the USPTO Texas Regional Office for a brown bag lunch panel discussion featuring:

• Tamera H. Bennett, Entertainment, Sports & Trademark Law Attorney

• Christian Dennie, Sports Law Attorney

• Andrew Faile, USPTO Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations

• Andrew Hirshfeld, USPTO Commissioner for Patents

Food trucks will be available onsite. The event is free to all participants, but registration is required.

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Time: 12:00PM – 1:00 PM

USPTO Texas Regional Office

207 S. Houston St., Ste. 159

Dallas, Texas 75202

Texas CLE: Pending (1.0 hour)

Register Here.

For more information, please email TXROEvents@uspto.gov or call (469) 295-9000.

Texas trademark and media lawyer Tamera H. Bennett discusses Trademarks and Fair Use at the Tsai Center for Law, Science, and Innovation at the SMU Dedman School of Law.

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Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and patent lawyer Kelly Kubasta provide an overview to intellectual property lawyers on the intersection of estate planning and IP law including a look at trademark, copyright, patent, and social media. 

Topics to be covered:

• Issue spotting and drafting tips where estate planning and IP overlap

• Are there ways for the heirs to undo the estate plan

• Real-world entertainment case examples

Click here for more information on registration.

Texas Trademark and Media lawyer Tamera Bennett is presenting "Yes, Your Clients Own Trademarks (and Copyrights, Patents, Trade Secrets): Tips You Need to ‘Issue Spot’ Your Clients’ Intellectual Property.”    .75 CLE Credits

Join the Texas Chapter of the Recording Academy for this important event in Dallas on September 14 to learn more about current music advocacy issues and how you can join the chorus for creator's rights through the largest grassroots movement for music by signing up to be a District Advocate. 

Panelists include: Carlos Alvarez, Trustee and music executive; Tamera Bennett, entertainment attorney and past Chapter Advocacy Committee Chair; David Messier, Chapter President and studio owner; Lisa Morales, music producer/songwriter and Chapter Vice President; and Paul Wall, former Trustee, Chapter Governor and GRAMMY-nominated artist.

6:30 - 7 p.m. - Networking Reception; Cash Bar

7 - 8 p.m. - Music Advocacy Panel / Information about District Advocate Day on October 18

8 - 8:30 p.m. - Sign up to be a District Advocate

More Info

Happy Hour and Sounds of Lewisville Concert

Join attorney Tamera Bennett and Bennett Law Office, PC for a Summer Happy Hour with tasty treats and beverages. BYO-Chair to attend the Sounds of Lewisville Concert featuring "Escape" - a Journey cover band.

Happy Hour is from 5pm to 7pm.

Sounds of Lewisville Concert is from 7pm to 9pm.

Lewisville Farmer's Market is from 4pm to 8pm.

Come for some or come for all!

Please RSVP

Trademark lawyer Tamera Bennett will present Is That Fair (Use)? Third Party Trademarks in Film, Print, Video Games and other Media, at the Spring 2017 Tennessee Intellectual Property Law (TIPLA) Conference.

TIPLA sponsors two Symposiums a year for patent attorneys, patent agents, trademark attorneys, and copyright attorneys.

Each symposium includes lectures for local, Tennessee attorneys and others who speak on topics of interest to those who practice patent, trademark, copyright, and IP law in general. In the past, distinguished judges have appeared, as have officials from the Patent and Trademark Office.

Date: May 5, 2017
Brochure: 2017-05-05-TIPLA-Spring-Meeting
Location: 1600 Division St, STE 700, Nashville, TN

Music and trademark lawyer Tamera Bennett joins Texas A&M Law Professor Megan Carpenter, and Simon Tam of the Slants to discuss the pending U.S. Supreme Court case on the SLANTS trademark and disparagement.

Lola’s (Presented by Texas A&M School of Law)

April 10, 2017

Fort Worth, TX

Music attorney Tamera Bennett joins sports lawyer Alan Tompkins, sports lawyer Christian Dennie, and film lawyer Brent Turman to discuss building a law practice and career. Moderated by SMU law professor Paul Rogers.

CLIP Speaker Series “Perspectives on Practice Featuring Amazing Alumni”
Tamera Bennett
March 21, 2017
Noon - 1 pm
Room 201
Lunch Provided

Tamera Bennett is an alumnus of the law school who opened her own practice focused on music law, entertainment, and IP. She has built her practice and is truly a local powerhouse... including being on the Board of Governors (and an officer in) the Texas chapter of the Grammy Association. She is past chair of the State Bar of Texas Sports and Entertainment Law Association. She is co-host of the Entertainment Law Podcast, is an active blogger on legal issues, and has written for both Billboard and Texas Lawyer.  

She knows what it is to build a practice from the ground up (and right after law school!).

Whether you are interested in entertainment law, IP, music, or opening your own practice, you will surely find something interesting about this talk. You will have a chance to both hear from -- and talk with -- Tamera. And there will be free lunch from Potbelly!  

Legal Issues of Podcasting: A Special Edition of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast

During this live podcast episode of Entertainment Law Update the panel will cover trending entertainment law cases, podcast case law and use of podcasting while complying with lawyer advertising rules. Professsor Stan Soocher joins co-hosts Tamera Bennett and Gordon Firemark in this special "live before a studio audience" episode of Entertainment Law Update.

Roundup of Recent Entertainment Industry Cases

Tamera Bennett and Gordon Firemark join Stan Soocher in his annual roundup of Entertainment Law Cases.

Intellectual property issues within the show development process are fraught with pitfalls for the unwary. Even the most sophisticated producers and production companies find themselves at risk for lack of a fundamental understanding of the varied intellectual property issues that arise within the idea generation, concept development, production, rehearsal, and performance phases of live entertainment. 

This webinar will examine some useful legal strategies that entertainment manager could adopt during the show development process. 

Speakers: 
Tamera H. Bennett, Attorney & Mediator, Bennett Law Office, PC

A question and answer session will follow the presentation.