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Legal Innovators Interview Series - Assistant GC At World Wrestling Entertainment On Legal Challenges Of Broadcasting Live And The Sale Of Counterfeit Memorabilia - Corporate Counsel (Podcast)
19 August 2021
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
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In this episode of Legal Innovators Interview Series,
Buchanan's Mark Kornfeld talks with Lauren Dienes-Middlen, a
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Intellectual
Property Lead at World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Lauren has been with WWE in various roles for coming up on 20
years. And throughout that time, she has specialized in protecting
WWE's IP, negotiating product agreements, fighting
counterfeiting, and everything in between.
The two discuss the legal challenges of broadcasting live
entertainment, the issues with fighting counterfeits in
memorabilia, and how Lauren even has a say in some of the content
WWE fans see on a weekly basis.
Listen to the episode here.
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