Oscar S. Cisneros

Oscar Cisneros is an associate in the Entertainment, Media & Communications Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Cisneros' familiarity with technology and his experience as a journalist writing about technology allow him to take the most abstract subjects and explain them in simple terms. He is a self-taught technologist familiar with computer and Internet networking, a number of Internet and telecommunications protocols, and the operation of websites and web servers.

Areas of emphasis include:

Assisting clients in the registration of trademarks and copyrights;

Helping clients develop in-houses policies to maximize intellectual property protection through the registration of copyrights and trademarks, patent portfolio management and the development of trade secret protection policies;

Intellectual property transactions including the sale and licensing of intellectual property assets, domain names and technologies;

Internet transactions including Internet advertising, sponsorship and co-branding agreements;

Working with clients on website compliance issues;

Drafting end user license agreements and other contracts related to intellectual property and technology.

Education

• J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2001, Articles Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal
• B.A., English, (Minor: Mexican American Studies) University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1998, Exemplary Scholarly Achievement in Journalism

Admissions

• California, 2002

Languages

• Spanish

Memberships

• Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2004 - Present
• Member, Intellectual Property Section of California State Bar Association, 2005 - Present

Articles

• Fair Use: Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. v. Faber, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 15, 2000