Allison S. Lovelady

Allison Lovelady focuses primarily on intellectual property, content, defamation, and privacy disputes. Allison’s vast intellectual property knowledge arises from copyright and trademark litigation experience and management of client IP portfolios. She advises clients on trademark and copyright prosecution strategies, including through USPTO and Copyright Office filings and in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board disputes. Allison’s clients include music distributors, media companies, content creators, artists, food trucks, entertainment websites, and commercial businesses. As part of her daily practice, she negotiates creative solutions and contracts regarding use of client name, likeness, and intellectual property online and in motion pictures, reality television, music videos, and commercials. She also handles public performance licensing for commercial businesses and has previously secured licensing for large scale festivals like the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida.

In her media practice, Allison routinely handles subpoenas seeking footage held by media outlets and advises clients on obtaining public records and ensuring access to court proceedings. She also has extensive experience defending defamation and privacy-related claims.

Allison has appeared in the United States Supreme Court on internet defamation issues, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court and Florida Appellate Courts on trademark and copyright infringement and media access issues. Allison is a board member of the Craig S. Barnard American Inn of Court and is proud to have served as legal counsel for the non-profit Art & Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida.

Education

• JD, Dean’s list, Nova Southeastern University, 2009
• BS, cum laude, University of Florida, 2005

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Recognition

• Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
• Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2012-2019)
• Florida Super Lawyers (2021-2023)

Speaking & Media

• Speaker “Trademark Law for Paralegals,” Lorman Education Services (September 2020, September 2023)
• Speaker, “Intellectual Property Trends” University of Miami School of Communication; Media Management Association (January 2022)
• Speaker “Copyright Law in the Digital World for Paralegals,” Lorman Education Services (February 2021).
• Moderator, “What are Media Insurer’s Really Thinking?” roundtable; ABA Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference (January 2021)
• Speaker, “South Florida Chapter’s Eleventh Circuit Roundup,” Copyright Society of the USA (November 2020)
• Speaker, “Trademark Fair Use in the Digital World”, American Bar Association Landslide Webinar (June 2019)
• Panel Speaker, Public Records after Parkland Tragedy; ABA Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference (Miami, FL, February 2019)
• Panel Speaker, Copyright and Digital Media, National Association of Hispanic Journalists Conference (Miami, FL, July 2018)
• Moderator, “Online Piracy in Latin America,” Media Law Resource Center conference on Legal Issues Concerning Hispanic and Latin American Media (2017).
• Panelist, “Festivals and Touring,” 5th Annual NSU Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium (2012).
• Speaker, “Demystifying Copyright, Trademark and Patents,” Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (2012).
• Speaker, NSU Intellectual Property Law Society (2011, 2016).
• Allison has been quoted in several publications for her knowledge on media access and intellectual property issues, such as the Palm Beach Post, Gainesville Sun, First Coast News, and others.

Publications

• Author, What’s in a [Business] Name? Trademark Fair use in Today’s Digital Climate, American Bar Association Landslide Magazine (2019).
• Co-Author, Florida Open Courts Compendium, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (2015).
• Contributor, Chapter II Access to Exhibits, Media Law Resource Center Panic Book (2015).
• Co-Author, Cameras in the Courtroom, Reporter’s Handbook (2012-present).