Dukanovic, Ivana

Ivana Dukanovic

Associate

ivana.dukanovic@lw.com
    Dukanovic, Ivana

    Ivana Dukanovic

    Associate

    ivana.dukanovic@lw.com

    Profile

    Ivana Dukanovic represents leading technology and media companies in high-stakes copyright and music rights litigation, including trials and proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Board. 

    Ivana has extensive experience managing large litigation teams, where she takes the lead on case strategy, all aspects of fact and expert discovery, motion practice, and pretrial preparations.

    She has significant trial experience and has litigated several music rights cases, including before the Copyright Royalty Board and in arbitration proceedings across the country. Ivana has examined witnesses at trial, prepared opening and closing statements, prepared dozens of witnesses for examination and/or deposition, and drafted significant portions of post-trial briefing.

    In addition to representing clients at all stages of litigation, Ivana advises both traditional and new media clients on novel copyright issues, such as: 

    • The Music Modernization Act (MMA)
    • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
    • Section 115 of the Copyright Act
    • Music licensing disputes with rights holders

    Ivana maintains an active pro bono practice, focused on representing clients in asylum proceedings. 

    Experience

    Ivana’s representative experience at and prior to joining Latham includes representing:

    • Spotify in industrywide Copyright Royalty Board proceedings against music publishers to set statutory license terms for interactive streaming services 
    • A global technology company in a copyright infringement litigation brought by a music rights administrator
    • National Association of Broadcasters, including as trial counsel, in industrywide proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Board to set rates for use of sound recordings by noninteractive streaming services 
    • The respondent, as trial counsel, in complete defense of arbitrated claims seeking over US$100 million in additional music license fees
    • Two leading streaming services in a series of putative class actions and appeals over the use of old sound recordings
    • A multinational technology company in an industrywide Copyright Royalty Board proceeding to set statutory license rates and terms for on-demand streaming and cloud locker music services under Section 115 of the Copyright Act
    • More than 7,000 commercial radio stations in the first rate-setting arbitration against a performing rights organization under the Radio Music License Committee antitrust settlement, resulting in radio license fees over 60% below the organization’s pre-settlement rate card

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2016
      magna cum laude
    • BA, University of Southern California, 2012
      magna cum laude

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