Hi, I’m Christine-Marie Lauture. I’m an award-winning intellectual property and litigation attorney whose main priority is to help safeguard the ownership and value of creators like you. Based in NYC and Long Island, I have years of experience in intellectual property, litigation, entertainment, and contracts, serving clients throughout the United States and internationally.
I bring a breadth of knowledge in intellectual property law with experience counseling clients across various entertainment and technology-related industries, including digital media, music, photography, podcasting, tech, fashion, consumer goods, e-sports and gaming, sports, performing arts, and publishing. Growing up engulfed in the arts, dance and choreography, theater, music, sports, you name it was my destiny to fulfill my passion of protecting and serving the very spaces and communities that helped nurture my creativity.
After pursuing my legal education with a focus in intellectual property, media, and information law, and later servicing a wide range of clients from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, I realized that IP remains a foreign area of law for most creatives and business owners. In an ever-evolving field, and looking to help translate its respective IP vernacular, I founded Lauture IP to bridge the knowledge gap.
As a business owner myself, I know first-hand what comes with being an entrepreneur and how to legally protect your business while ensuring it thrives. Whether the task at hand is on the lighter end, performing IP searches, filing, portfolio management, or reviewing entertainment contracts, or on the more complex end, IP prosecution, oppositions, takedowns, and infringement, my focus is to provide practical advice to help you focus on bringing your visions to life and perfecting your business. I am also the Intellectual Property Specialist at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Acknowledgements & Affiliations
National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2020–2023, New York)
LI Herald's 2022 Top Lawyer of Long Island in Intellectual Property
Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property for New York Metro area (2020–2022)
Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation for New York Metro area (2019)
Speaker: Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Sports & Entertainment Law Society's 2022 Entertainment Law Symposium
Speaker: The Copyright Society of the USA’s “Line Drawing: Advanced Topics in Deciphering Fair Use” Roundtable (2020)
Speaker: Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s “Breaking into the Entertainment Industry”; hosted by Davis & Gilbert, LLP (2019)
Executive Committee Trademark and Copyright Co-Chair: New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (2020–present)
Executive Committee Member and Diversity Committee Member: New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (2018–present)
Communications Co-Chair and Young Lawyer Division Member: Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (“BESLA”; 2014–present)
New York Chapter Member: The Copyright Society of the USA (2014–present)
Bar Admissions: New York
Education:
J.D., Brooklyn Law School – Intellectual Property, Media & Information Law Certificate; Moot Court Honor Society; Trial Advocacy Division; Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic; Silver Brooklyn Law School Pro Bono Award
B.A., Hofstra University – Phi Sigma Tau, Philosophy Honor Society; Phi Alpha Delta
