Josh represents intellectual property rightsholders, licensees and users before tribunals in New York, New Jersey and California.
In copyright infringement matters, he has represented:
- several classes of musical rightsholders in multi-million-dollar class action lawsuits;
- several European recording artists in a sound recording sampling dispute;
- a UK celebrity in a photography infringement dispute;
- an independent Canadian record label in a licensing dispute with American licensors.
Josh also represents artists and creators in disputes with their agents, managers or employers, such as:
- a Chinese photographer in actions in New York trial court and before the California Labor Commissioner;
- an established theatrical performer in a dispute with his agents;
- a minor stage actor in a dispute with the producers of a major Broadway show.
In transactional matters, Josh’s practice focuses on copyright and intellectual property, and particularly those matters with significant cross-border aspects. In recent years, he has advised:
- a US-based video streaming service seeking to license music for public performance in domestic and foreign jurisdictions;
- a boutique cosmetics firm in connection with its acquisition by a UK-based multinational;
- a Canadian online content rightsholder seeking US copyright protection for its portfolio;
- American cinema producers seeking rights to remake a celebrated Japanese film.
In addition, Josh guides advertisers and marketers, including:
- a well-known American fitness personality through sponsorship negotiations with a Fortune 500 retail chain
- a top-tier pharmaceutical enterprise with management of their original music portfolio
- a leading US biotech firm negotiate fresh advertising and marketing contracts;
- a prominent European advertiser in securing endorsement deals with a high-profile American musician;
Josh serves on the executive committee of the US member organization the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI), the leading international organization on cross-border authors’ rights law. He also chairs the website and media library committee at the Copyright Society, and sits on the Intellectual Property Council of the New York City Bar Association. He has been a trustee of the British nonprofit organization, IAFAR Ltd., devoted to neighboring rights education, and formerly chaired the Information Technology and Cyberlaw Committee at the New York City Bar Association.
From 2009 until 2022, Josh was Of Counsel to a boutique New York entertainment and litigation firm. He began his career in commercial litigation at in the New York offices of two global law firms.
Outside the office, Josh is an alpine skier, kayaker and hiker in and around upstate New York, and travels extensively for work and pleasure. For several years after university, he taught English as a second language to middle-schoolers in rural Japan, and later studied Japanese legal history in the US and the UK. While a law student, he clerked with two Tokyo law offices, and is conversant in Japanese.
