Biography

Tony Falzone is the Executive Director of the Fair Use Project and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. As an intellectual property litigator, he has defended writers, publishers, filmmakers, musicians and video game makers against copyright, trademark, rights of publicity and other intellectual property claims.

Most recently, he represented RDR Books in copyright litigation against J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers, and the producers and distributors of the film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in litigation against Yoko Ono Lennon and EMI Record. In addition to litigating, Tony teaches Fair Use in Film, and Advanced Topics in Cyberlaw and Fair Use at Stanford Law School. He also advises documentary filmmakers, writers, musicians, artists and other content creators on fair use and other intellectual property issues.

Tony has been recognized by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California” and one of the “50 Leading IP Litigators in California.”

Key Works

• Anthony Falzone, Diddy Could Save Sampling, Slate, November 1, 2007

In the News

• Artist Admits Using Other Photo For ‘Hope’ Poster
  The New York Times, October 18, 2009
• James Joyce Estate Agrees To Pay Plaintiff's Fees In Fair Use Dispute
  Law.com, September 30, 2009
• Talking To The Chicago College Student Who May Be Behind Obama-As-Joker Poster
  Chicago Tribune, August 19, 2009
• Photographer Stakes Claim To Obama Poster
  USA Today, July 15, 2009

Publications & Cases

• Anthony Falzone, Julie A. Ahrens, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson, Mark Lemley, et. al., Brief of Amici Curiae The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Andy Warhol Museum, Thomas Lawson, Barbara Kruger, Jonathan Monk, Allen Ruppersberg and Eleven Professors of Law in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Urging Affirmance: Gaylord v. United States, No. 2009-5044 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (July 15, 2009).
• Anthony Falzone, Julie A. Ahrens, Sarah H. Pearson, et. al., Brief of Amici Curiae American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, The Organization for Transformative Works and the Right to Write Fund in Support of Defendants-Appellants and Urging Reversal: Salinger v. Colting, No. 09-2878 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (August 3, 2009).
• Anthony Falzone, Diddy Could Save Sampling, Slate, November 1, 2007