Vanessa C. Hew
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 692 1062
Fax: +1 212 202 6151
Email: VCHew@duanemorris.com

Vanessa C. Hew concentrates her practice in the area of intellectual property litigation. Ms. Hew has handled complex litigation for Fortune 500 and other leading companies involving a broad range of claims, including copyright infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, counterfeiting, false advertising, misappropriation of trade secrets and federal and common law unfair competition. She has extensive experience representing clients in intellectual property disputes relating to the computer and technology, fashion, music, personal care products, food, and publishing industries in federal litigations throughout the United States.

Ms. Hew also has extensive experience representing and counseling clients in various matters involving media and entertainment law. Ms. Hew has represented clients in numerous entertainment and media related transactions, such as software licensing, brand integration agreements, joint marketing agreements, celebrity spokesperson agreements, sponsorship agreements, television, film and webisode production agreements, publishing agreements, and music licensing agreements. Ms. Hew has also counseled clients on broad range of issues related to media and entertainment law, including music licensing issues, podcasting and webcasting issues, rights of publicity and privacy issues, and issues related to copyright and trademark law. Ms. Hew has also conducted legal reviews and/or clearances of various internet websites, television shows, commercials, and print advertisements.

Ms. Hew currently serves on the Copyright Law and Practice Committee of the Intellecual Property Owners Association and the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Committee of the International Trademark Association.

Ms. Hew is a 2000 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a graduate of Georgetown University.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Law
• Commercial Litigation

Representative Matters

• Representing Apollo Group, Inc. and University of Phoenix, Inc. as plaintiffs in litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning allegations of copyright infringement of copyrighted educational materials.
• Obtained on behalf of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York an order granting a motion to dismiss a complaint which alleged a breach of a settlement agreement, copyright infringement and false advertising under the Lanham Act. Klauber Brothers, Inc. v. Russell-Newman, Inc. and The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

Admissions

• New York

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2000

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2009-present
  - Associate, 2001-2008
  - Law Clerk, 2000-2001

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "2012 USA Yearbook," World Trademark Review, August 6, 2012
• Quoted in "Duane Morris Convinces Court to Slice Potential Damages Against MP3tunes" by Nate Raymond, AmLaw Daily, August 24, 2011
• Co-Author, Word Trademark Review Yearbook: United States Section, 2009-2010

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, "New Music Services Push the Legal Envelope," Copyright and Technology 2011 Conference, New York City, November 30, 2011
• Panelist, "Lions, and Tigers, and Friends: Social Media Through the IP Lens!," Georgetown University Law Center, October 17, 2009