Jon M. Garon

Of Counsel

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Jon Garon works closely with entertainment and business clients to develop and expand opportunities using the Internet and electronic commerce. He regularly provides financing, production and distribution counseling for independent filmmakers, musicians, artists and entrepreneurs. He assists business clients with technology, privacy and security compliance, intellectual property protection, licensing arrangements, employment agreements, strategic business development, and general corporate matters.

Jon is a professor of Law at Hamline University law School (St. Paul, Minnesota), having served as Dean from 2003-2008. He was previously professor of law at Franklin Pierce Law Center (Concord, New Hampshire) and professor of law and associate dean for academic affairs at Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, California). His courses primarily focus on entertainment, copyright, and intellectual property. He has also taught corporations, nonprofit organizations, federal income tax, contracts and torts.

Jon has written numerous books and articles, including:

• The Independent Filmmaker’s Law & Business Guide to Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films (A Cappella Books, 2d Ed. 2009).
• Own It – The Law & Business Guide to Launching a New Business through Innovation, Exclusivity and Relevance (Carolina Academic Press 2007).
• Entertainment Law & Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2005) (supplement 2007).
• Theater Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2004) (co-author).

Jon is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Columbia University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire, California and Minnesota.

 

Recent articles by Jon M. Garon:

Music as a Business: How To Make a Career Out of It
April 2009

Copyright Basics for Musicians
March 2009

Filmmaking 2.0
A monthly column updated starting in August 2009

Start-ups 101
A monthly column starting in November 2007