FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 2007

Davis Wright Tremaine Partner Eric Stahl Appointed Copyright Society National Trustee

SEATTLE, WA, AUG. 2, 2007—Davis Wright Tremaine partner Eric M. Stahl has been elected a national trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (CSUSA). One of seven newly elected Copyright Society trustees, Stahl was a founding member and original chair of the society’s Pacific Northwest chapter.

Stahl represents copyright owners and users in key industries including motion pictures, newspaper publishing, music publishing and recording, and advertising as an advisor and litigator. In addition to copyright matters, Stahl regularly advises media clients on defamation, access and other content-related issues, and works with advertisers and other businesses on regulatory and litigation matters.

CSUSA is a center of the U.S. copyright community for business people, lawyers in private practice and in-house, law professors and law students who share a common interest in copyright and related intellectual property rights. A not-for-profit corporation founded in 1953, the Society works to advance the study and understanding of copyright law and related rights, the scope of rights in literature, music, art, theater, motion picture, television, computer software, architecture, and other works of authorship, and their distribution via both traditional and new media.

About Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a national business and litigation law firm with more than 480 attorneys in nine offices: Seattle and Bellevue (Wash.), Portland (Ore.), Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C., Anchorage (Alaska) and Shanghai, China.

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