Elisabeth Moriarty has significant entertainment and commercial litigation experience.  She has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of high-profile matters involving copyright, trademark and trade dress infringement, unfair competition, the licensing of intellectual property rights and complicated partnership and shareholder disputes. 

• Represents Marvel, owner of the copyrights in Spider-Man, Iron Man and numerous other iconic characters in various matters involving intellectual property disputes, profit participation rights and general litigation
• Represented the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien in a landmark profit participation case against New Line Cinema for the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy
• Currently representing best-selling author Clive Cussler in his dispute regarding the motion picture version of the novel, “Sahara”
• Represented Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer in a multi-faceted dispute with his long-time business partner
• Represented the owners of merchandising and other rights in the Winnie the Pooh characters, in their breach of contract and fraud dispute against a major entertainment company for failure to pay royalties
• Member of the team that successfully represented Jeffrey Katzenberg in his suit to obtain profit participation against The Walt Disney Company
• Represented an international film and television producer and distributor in a dispute involving a purported finders’ fee to be paid in connection with a well-known television miniseries; a very favorable arbitration award was achieved for the Firm’s client in an arbitration before the United States District Court
• Represented an international superstar recording artist and his various entities in claims and counterclaims concerning endorsement contracts and the use of his name, likeness and identity
• Represented a leading video post production house in a matter involving the use of our client’s post production equipment and services
• Represented a well-known Broadway composer in litigation concerning rights and royalties to songs composed for Broadway production
• Represented Roland Corporation, a leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and accessories, in various litigation to protect its copyright, trademark and trade dress rights in various products, and in a case of first impression involving copyright and trademark infringement; the case established the validity of the manufacturer’s copyrights in sound recordings contained in various Roland musical instruments

• "Do They Serve Damn Fine Coffee in a Breastaurant?" IP Frontline, October 13, 2011 
• "A Trademark Claim Only Mr. Whipple Could Love," Law Law Land, August 3, 2011
• "Copyright: More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys," IP Frontline, July 21, 2011
• "Six Degrees of Sun Tzu: Fair Use and the Art of War," Law Law Land, August 25, 2011
• "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Privilege," Law Law Land, February 23, 2011
• "Ask Yourself: What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and...Popcorn?" IP Frontline, February 15, 2011
• "All in All It's Just Another Band Selling Out," Law Law Land, January 10, 2011
• "Danger, Will Robinson: Here Comes Miku," Law Law Land, December 6, 2010
• "The Doctrine Formerly Known as Fair Use," Law Law Land, November 1, 2010
• "Edvard Munch Aside, Is a Scream Copyrightable?" Law Law Land, September 8, 2010
• ""Grease" Isn't the Word - "Copyright" Is," Law Law Land, August 18, 2010
• "Stranger Than Fiction," Law Law Land, July 19, 2010
• "Is Their "Labor" in Labor?" Law Law Land, May 17, 2010
• "Can You Copyright It? Would You Want To?" Law Law Land, March 5, 2010

• Listed, Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Arts/Entertainment) 2005, 2006

• State Bar of California
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association