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Cynthia Arato

Partner at Shapiro Arato Bach LLP

About

Cynthia is an experienced litigator with a practice focusing on intellectual property, media and entertainment, and commercial litigation. Cynthia has successfully represented major corporations and prominent individuals in copyright, trademark, defamation, right of publicity, false advertising, employment, contract, fraud, fiduciary duty, and royalty actions. Cynthia regularly advises clients on a wide range of intellectual property matters, including trademark and right of publicity issues related to advertisements and products. She authored an amicus brief in Cox Communications, Inc.  v. Sony Music Entertainment on behalf of the News/Media Alliance and the Association of American Publishers. She recently co-authored the White Paper for the News/Media Alliance on “How the Pervasive Copying of Expressive Works to Train and Fuel Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems Is Copyright Infringement And Not a Fair Use.”

Areas of Expertise


Data (computer programs, cybersecurity, privacy);Literary works (Book Publishing);Music and Lyrics