Leader of Manatt’s Entertainment Litigation practice Robert Jacobs was named to Daily Journal’s 2022 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers list. This list recognizes California’s leading lawyers handling intellectual property and patent litigation matters.
In his profile, Daily Journal reviewed Jacobs’s success in obtaining three summary judgement motions for his representation of Marshmello and others in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Russian electronic DJ Artem Stoliarov who claimed Marshmello’s record “Happier” improperly copied from his remix of the OneRepublic record “I Lived.” His profile also detailed his work representing Roger Hodgson in two ongoing cases regarding the singer’s copyright ownership of certain songwriting royalties, as well as his work for the band Fall Out Boy.
Daily Journal subscribers can read Jacobs’ full profile here.