Paul Fakler

Practice Areas

Paul Fakler is a partner in Mayer Brown's New York office and a member of the Intellectual Property practice. He works at the intersection of music, technology, and business. He draws upon over two decades of experience litigating some of the seminal cases applying copyright and related law to new media and technologies to help streaming, broadcasting, media and software companies advance their business objectives. One of the few attorneys in the country with extensive first-chair experience before the Copyright Royalty Board and other royalty rate setting venues, his experience also spans many other issues, including music licensing, royalty audits and payment disputes, copyright infringement, fair use and other defenses, the DMCA and its safe harbor for internet service providers, copyright issues relating to artificial intelligence, copyright policy matters, and government affairs.