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Doctors sometimes receive this warning: “Prepare to be sued for copyright infringement.” They dismiss these warnings, assuming they are scams. Some of these notices are scams. But many others signal real litigious intent. Minor infringement can add up to an expensive and disruptive payment. It is critical doctors understand how to qualify and de-escalate claims of copyright infringement. We spoke with copyright and intellectual property attorney Steve Vondran at length. He understands these domains viscerally. His insights are invaluable. Listen to Part 2 of our podcast.

Meet Your Hosts

Vondran Legal is a boutique intellectual property law firm with offices in California and Arizona. They focus on copyright infringement including cases involving photo infringement, BitTorrent file-sharing, software audits, boxing piracy, fair use opinions and YouTube DMCA law.

Established in 2004, Vondran Legal has been in business counseling corporate and individual clients for over 15 years and have appeared in over 280 federal court litigation cases. They were recently identified as the #1 copyright litigation defense firm in the United States in 2020 according to UniCourt.

Attorney Steve Vondran graduated from Whittier Law School with a passion for entertainment and copyright law. In addition to being an accomplished attorney, Steve is also a member of the Fresno State Baseball Hall of Fame and played three years in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Steve is also the Founder and CEO of the Copyright Policy Institute, a Washington D.C. based think-tank that focuses on copyright research, policy, and advocacy.

Jeff Segal, MD, JD