Mark Bradford, P.C.
Park Slope · Brooklyn · NYC

OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & LITIGATION;
CREATIVE LEGAL SOLUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS, START-UPS & CORPORATIONS

Mark Bradford, P.C. Mark Bradford began his legal career with Owen & Davis, P.C., a hot-house litigation boutique that was acquired by Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. in 2002, where he was a commercial and IP litigator for six years. Mark Bradford, P.C. was incorporated in February 2009.

As a litigator, Mark Bradford has successfully handled commercial and real estate disputes, entertainment, RICO, securities fraud, contract and employment disputes, and copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement litigation. He has also negotiated and drafted television and recording contracts, motion picture option contracts, licensing agreements, shareholder agreements, partnerships, dissolution agreements and estate documents.

He is admitted to practice in New York State and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the Copyright & Literary Property Committee of the New York City Bar.

He is a graduate of Fordham Law School (J.D. 1998), Brown University (A.B. 1987) and Phillips Exeter Academy (1982).

Before law school he worked for the Artists’ Fellowships program of the New York Foundation for the Arts, the second largest individual artists’ grants program in the country. He is also the Executor of the Estate of the late performance and mixed-media artist, Stuart Sherman.

Most recently, Mark Bradford has…

  • Crafted a codicil to an artist’s will creating a trust ensuring the immediate safety and preservation of all the artist’s extant works at the time of his death;

  • Successfully negotiated a personal management contract for a hip hop artist;

  • Registered trademarks and consulted on EU regulations for a manufacturer of fireproofing chemicals;

  • Successfully negotiated a motion picture option contract for a screenwriter and playwright;

  • Registered trademarks and crafted a long-term partnership and profit-sharing agreement for a new heavy metal band;

  • Delivered a presentation to the NYC Bar Copyright & Literary Property Committee on the landmark Second Circuit decision in Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc., governing licensing for streaming digital radio (An essay based on this presentation is viewable here, and the decision it discusses is viewable here.);

  • Successfully negotiated a six-year television contract with the Walt Disney Company on behalf on an individual client;

  • Successfully litigated and settled a critical copyright matter for the developer of a multi-million dollar application for iPhones;

  • Negotiated and crafted a series of innovative purchase-license agreement between a major NY art video distributor and several prominent museums and institutions around the world;

  • Crafted by-laws and model artist’s contract for a jazz record label and download service; also obtained and negotiating key capital investment for the company;

  • Co-briefed summary judgment and pre-trial motions in concurrent major trade dress and trademark actions by national pharmaceuticals company against two makers and marketers of private label knock-off products; actions settled favorably; and

  • Won default judgment and award of all damages and attorney’s fees for major record label in its contract and copyright infringement action against hip hop artist who sold proprietary recordings to a competing label.