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Evan Brown
I can help you with contracts, trademarks, copyright, domain names and other issues involving the internet, new media, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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About me
I am an attorney in the Chicago area – a partner at Neal & McDevitt. I am also a law professor – I teach a class on negotiations at Chicago-Kent College of Law. And I serve as an arbitrator with the World Intellectual Property Organization, deciding domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
I got my law degree in 2000 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Before that, I graduated from Wabash College with a degree in philosophy.
Let’s work together to:
- Develop strategy
- Negotiate, draft and review key contracts
- Implement artificial intelligence (AI) into business practices
- Understand and manage risk
- Protect confidentiality
- Secure and enforce copyrights
- Register and maintain trademarks
- Handle domain name disputes
- Manage rights of publicity
- Defend against claims of infringement
- Settle disputes and creatively solve other marketplace problems
My clients include:
- Software developers and vendors
- Marketing and advertising agencies
- Content providers
- Information technology solution providers
- Web developers
- Online retailers
- Publishers
- Authors
- Photographers
- Artists
- Data and analytics providers
- Musicians, actors and other celebrities
- Companies in a wide variety of industries with technology or intellectual property issues
Most recent posts from my blog
- When the machine gets you in trouble: from Usenet to AI agents September 4, 2026
- Reddit DMCA anticircumvention decision strengthens the value of structured data licensing August 15, 2026
- Nudified deepfake victims in suit against xAI can remain anonymous July 31, 2026
- Defendant’s obvious bias helped her win a defamation case July 29, 2026
- Social media use of competitor product photos supported unfair competition claim July 27, 2026