Cheryl L Hodgson
Founder at Hodgson Legal and BrandaideCheryl Hodgson offers a unique combination of legal expertise and practical business experience based upon years of experience in the music industry at a manager, agent, and music publisher. Expert in litigation of matters pertaining to contractual disputes, artist rights, trademarks, copyrights, Cheryl uses her courtroom expertise not only as a litigator but as a mediator in cases involving trademarks copyrights and entertainment related matters. Years in the courtroom provide her clients with strong advocacy for in business transactions, calculated to seal the deal, while minimizing future risks. Hodgson has been certified for arbitration and mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes and Advanced Workshops for the Uniform Resolution of Domain Disputes at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She is licensed in California, New York, and Tennessee and has served as Professor of Music Law at Loyola University School of Law. Cheryl Hodgson is the founder of Hodgson Legal and an entrepreneur in her own right, founding the successful online publication BrandAide.com, focused on providing brand owners with expert insights and advice in brand building. She is the author of the book Brandaide and has been a featured speaker in many professional groups including the California Copyright Conference, eMarketing Association, the ABA Sports & Entertainment Forum, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Cheryl is a certified yoga instructor and practitioner.
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- California
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- New York
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- Tennessee
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- English
- French
- Founder
- Brandaide
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- Founder
- Canto Novo Music
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- Founder
- Hodgson Legal
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- General Counsel
- Probstein Weiner & Hodgson
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- Louisiana Tech University
- B.A. | English and Business
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- University of Santa Monica
- M.A. (2013) | Spiritual Psychology
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- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
- J.D. (1976) | Law
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 Los Angeles Attorneys
- Los Angeles Magazine
- California Copyright Conference
- Past President and Board Member
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- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member
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- Los Angeles Copyright Society
- Member
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- State Bar of California
- Intellectual Property Section Member
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- Loyola University School of Law
- Former Professor of Music Law
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- State Bar of California # 141275
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- 5 Steps to Trademark Monitoring
- Brandaide
- A Brand with Three Legs
- Brandaide
- Domains Are Not Trademarks
- Brandaide
- When Enforcement Becomes Bullying
- World Trademark Review
- Protecting & Sustaining the Wine Brand, Trademarks for Wineries
- Royalty Divide, Dividing copyrights in Divorce
- And the Brand Played On, Branded Entertainment
Do local businesses need a trademark?
Do local businesses need a trademark?
Learn Affiliate Marketing from Hay House
Learn Affiliate Marketing from Hay House
Conversation: Kyle Hermans (Synecticsworld) and Cheryl Hodgson (Hodgson Law)
Conversation: Kyle Hermans (Synecticsworld) and Cheryl Hodgson (Hodgson Legal)
