Bio/Lecture Information

Dave Faux practices Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Art, and Business/Commercial Law. His past and present clients include individuals and organizations involved in the fashion, sports & fitness, fine arts, photography, and graphic design industries.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Dave spent several years as a music journalist and, then, a publicist in the Northwest. He holds both a Master of Science and Master of Arts degree. He also spent a year in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar. His years in the music and fine arts industries as an entrepreneur, scholar, and international traveler inform his approach to the law, giving him an insight not achieved by most other lawyers.

Memberships

~ Copyright Society of the United States of America

~ New York State Bar Association ("NYSBA")

• New York City Bar Association -Brooklyn Bar Association
• Eleventh District Representative, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law ("EASL") Section.
• Alternate to House of Delegates, EASL Section.
• Fashion Law Co-Chair, EASL Section.
• Section Membership: EASL Section; Intellectual Property Law Section ("IP Law"), Business Law Section.
• Committee Membership: EASL Executive Committee; EASL Copyright and Trademark Committee; EASL Theater and Performing Arts Committee; Phil Cowan/BMI Memorial Scholarship Committee; IP Law Committee on Copyright Law; IP Law Committee on Internet and Technology Law; IP Law Committee on Trademark Law.
  

~ New Jersey State Bar Association

Recent News and Press Releases

Arts, Entertainment, and Fashion Attorney Helps with Pro Bono Clinic in New York City – 06-18-2010

New York Fashion Lawyer Gives Three Speeches in Six Days on Fashion, Copyright, Licensing, and Trademark – 04-18-2010

Parsons Hosts New York Fashion Lawyer to Lecture in New York City on Copyright, Licensing, and other Protection for Fashion Designs - 02-28-2010

Fashion Designers Use Law Article to
Understand Intellectual Property 01-20-2010

Speaking Engagements

• “Copyright Basics,” Lecturer, Parsons The New School of Designer, New York, NY, October 5, 2010.
• “DIY Correspondence with the USPTO,” Publication, Ezine Articles, October 1, 2010, available at http://ezinearticles.com/?DIY-Correspondence-With-the-USPTO&id=5078042.
• “Fashion Industry Seminar,” Fashion Law Consultant, Parsons The New School of Designer, New York, NY, Fall Semester 2010.
• “Holding Our Tongues,” Panelist, Dramatists Guild and Cleveland Public Theatre (Sponsored by Cleveland State University and The Cleveland Foundation), Cleveland, OH, September 25, 2010
• “Color and Trademark,” Publication, Ezine Articles, September 7, 2010, available at http://ezinearticles.com/?Color-and-Trademarks&id=4965473.
• “They’re Not Taking it Down!” Publication, Ezine Articles, September 7, 2010, available at http://ezinearticles.com/?Theyre-Not-Taking-It-Down!&id=4965037. ·
• EASL/Dramatists Guild Pro Bono Clinic, Co-organizer, Dramatists Guild of America, New York, NY, June 11, 2010. ·
• “Trade Dress for Fashion: An Embarrassment of Riches?” Panelist, New York Law School, New York, NY, April 16, 2010.
• “What the New Playwright Must Know About Contracts,” Lecturer, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, April 14, 2010. ·
• “Writing Plays about Real People,” Lecturer/Panelist, hosted by Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference and Bookfair, Denver, CO, April 9, 2010.
• “An IP Lookbook for Designers,” Lecturer, hosted by Parsons New School of Design, New York, NY, February 24, 2010.
• “Elite Knockoffs and Nascent Designers,” Publication, The IP and Entertainment Law Ledger, New York University School of Law, December 2, 2009, available at http://ledger.nyu-ipels.org/2009/12/02/elite-knockoffs-and-nascent-designers/. ·
• “Author as a CEO,” Lecturer, Stageworks Hudson, Hudson Valley, NY, October 3, 2009.
• “Film and Theater Financing,” Panel Moderator, hosted by New York Law School, March 13, 2009.
• “Author as a CEO,” Lecturer, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR, January 31, 2009; Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA, January 30, 2009. · “Punch/Counterpunch: Boxing and the Law,” Program Chair, hosted by EASL Fine Arts Committee, Brooklyn, New York, September 10, 2008. ·
• “Stage to Screen,” Panel Chair, hosted by the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., New York, NY, April 10, 2008.
• “Bound for Broadway,” Panelist, hosted by New York County Law Association, Entertainment Law Committee, New York, NY, October 31, 2007.
• “The Basics of Fine Arts and the Law,” Program Chair, hosted by EASL Fine Arts Committee, Brooklyn, New York, June 7, 2007.
• “Obtaining Underlying Rights,” Panel Chair, hosted by the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., New York, NY, April 30, 2007.