Attorney Profiles – Hodgson Law
Cheryl Hodgson
Hodgson Law Group
Today’s increasingly complex business environment and an Internet-centric world make it more and more challenging to protect a brand or other intellectual property. Cheryl Hodgson is uniquely qualified to help clients meet that challenge.
With more than 25 years of experience in trademark and copyright legal matters, Hodgson offers a unique combination of legal expertise and practical business experience gained prior to beginning her career as an attorney. Her practice focuses primarily on the registration, licensing, and enforcement of agreements pertaining to trademark and copyright properties, helping clients to protect their valuable intellectual property. Hodgson has participated in several landmark cases related to trademark and music related matters, including one case resulting in the largest jury verdict in trademark law history on behalf of a major international corporation. She also draws on her prior experience in the music industry – as a former licensed talent agent and artist manager – to assist clients in the entertainment business with trademark and agreement-related issues.
Ryan Segarra Blaney
Bilingual Intellectual Property Specialist
An attorney with Hodgson Law Group, Ryan Segarra Blaney draws on a unique background that combines intellectual property law experience, an in-depth understanding of the entertainment industry, and expertise working with global companies. Fluent in Spanish and Catalan, Blaney works with U.S.-based and international clients to help them protect valuable brands that often have a global reach. He regularly handles U.S. and global trademark filings, is well-versed in prosecuting European Union filings, maintains intellectual property portfolios, and provides consultation on online monitoring and enforcement of intellectual property assets. Blaney also provides legal counsel to clients in the entertainment industry, developing and defending distribution agreements, production agreements, mechanical licenses, and marketing contracts.
Blaney previously served as an intellectual property attorney with J. Isern Trademarks & Patents S.L. in Barcelona, Spain, where he helped maintain trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 clients in the entertainment, music, apparel, and pharmaceutical fields. As a legal intern for a London firm specializing in entertainment and media-related litigation and as a litigation support clerk for a Beverly Hills entertainment law firm, he advised clients on copyright and trademark issues, drafted contracts for media productions in the U.K. and Spain, and developed talent, production, licensing and royalty agreements.
Blaney has been admitted to practice law in California and is a pending member of the Barcelona Provincial Bar. He holds a J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College, and an LLM in international intellectual property and competition law from the prestigious ESADE School of Law in Spain.
