Detroit, MI | Milwaukee, WI | Utica, MI
Also known as: bdwassom
Brian D. Wassom litigates disputes and counsels clients concerning copyright, trademark, publicity rights, and related intellectual property and advertising issues. In particular, Brian focuses his practice on social media and other emerging forms of digital communication. He has several years experience assisting media companies in exercising their freedom of the press, obtaining access to information, and defending claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, and eavesdropping. Brian chairs his Firms Social, Mobile and Emerging Media Practice Group. He also authors a popular blog on this topic, as well as the online treatises Wassom on Social Media Law and Augmented Legality, which examines the law governing augmented reality technologies. He is also a highly sought-after public speaker, and presents regularly to industry groups, legal education seminars, and conferences across the country on social media, augmented reality, and related topics. Specialties Focus areas include copyright, trademark, unfair competition, domain names, right of publicity, social media, media entertainment, access to courts, reporter's privilege, First Amendment, augmented reality.
