Dori Hanswirth co-leads Arnold & Porter's Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry group and is a litigator in the firm's Media & Entertainment practice, bringing more than 20 years' experience for clients in the news, technology, and entertainment industries, with a focus on First Amendment, trademark, defamation, right of publicity, and copyright law/fair use.
Ms. Hanswirth advises individual clients and organizations on issues related to reputation, brand protection, and media, copyright, and trademark in a range of other industries, including fintech, internet services, non-profits and social media.
Perspectives
October 21, 2020
Accessibility Considerations for Websites and Digital Media
Arnold & Porter Webinar
October 14, 2020
Using One's Image and Personality, Part II: The Boundaries of the Right of Publicity (pdf)
International Trademark Association (inta.org)
September 30, 2020
Using One's Image and Personality, Part I: Free Speech or Right of Publicity Violation? (pdf)
International Trademark Association (inta.org)
April 29, 2020
Trademark Users Watch Your Step: No Willfulness Necessary for Awarding an Infringer's Profits
Advisory
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Recognition
New York Super Lawyers
Media & Advertising, Intellectual Property Litigation (2011-2020)
The National Law Journal
"Trailblazer"–Intellectual Property (2020)
Best Lawyers
Trademark Law (2020-2021)
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Credentials
Education
- JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, cum laude
- BA, University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, with distinction
Admissions
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- US District Court, District of Colorado
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Western District of New York
Activities
- Member, International Trademark Association, Right of Publicity Committee (2020-2021)
- Member, International Trademark Association, Public and Media Relations Committee (2018 - 2020)
- Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Media Law (2014 - present)
- Member, Media Law Resource Center (1994- present)
- Co-chair, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee American Bar Association (2011-2014)
- Co-chair, Programming Subcommittee, Litigation Section Pre-Trial Practice Committee and Business Torts Committee, American Bar Association (2004-2008)
- Co-chair, Trial Practice Committee, American Bar Association (2008-2011)
- Member, ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege (2010-present)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Copyright Society of the USA