David Wittenstein

David Wittenstein joined Dow Lohnes in 1981 and serves as Practice Group Leader of the Firm's Media and Information Technologies practice. He specializes in intellectual property and related issues for broad range of industries. He negotiates numerous content licensing, acquisition and distribution agreements across all media and regularly counsels clients on the full range of copyright and trademark issues, ranging from fair use analyses, music licensing and right of publicity issues to broader issues relating to traditional media’s transition to new media. He has participated in several copyright cases of first impression, as well as in other intellectual property litigation. In recent years, Mr. Wittenstein has focused increasingly on issues relating to the Internet and new media. Mr. Wittenstein was an Adjunct Professor at Howard Law School for a number of years, teaching the law school's copyright law course. Mr. Wittenstein also has published articles and has given numerous speeches and seminars on media and intellectual property subjects.