Gili Karev
Gili Karev is a litigator and transactional media attorney at Klaris, advising clients at the intersection of copyright, technology, and creative industries. As technology reshapes how content, data, and creative expression are produced, distributed, and monetized, Gili helps clients navigate the full lifecycle of copyright—from ownership, licensing, and rights acquisitions to enforcement, litigation, and strategic counseling—particularly in the context of new technologies and AI.
She also represents publishers, production companies, news organizations, authors and authors’ estates, and individual content creators in a wide range of intellectual property, First Amendment, and media matters. Her practice focuses on copyright ownership and terminations, licensing and rights dispositions, and emerging issues involving data-driven works, evolving theories of authorship, and the application of legacy copyright frameworks to digital and AI-enabled products.
Prior to law school, Gili worked in the international art market as Global Curator of Opera Gallery Group and as a specialized provenance researcher. She earned her degrees from Tel Aviv University, City University of London Law School, and Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and recipient of the Michael D. Remer Award for copyright law. Gili is an active member of the New York City Bar Association Copyright and Literary Property Committee and the Copyright Society, and serves as co-chair of the Numerical and Business Information Copyright Subcommittee.
Representative Matters
Litigation
- Ziff Davis v. OpenAI et al (ongoing)
- Tolkien Estate v. Polychron, (C.D. Cal) (copyright infringement claim against author of unauthorized sequel to The Lord of the Rings) (summary judgement for plaintiff, Dec. 2023)
- Lacrosse Unlimited v. US Lacrosse, (S.D.N.Y.) (representing governing body of lacrosse in the U.S. in connection with trademark claims) (ongoing)
- Abosch et al v. Scholastic, Inc., (S.D.N.Y.) (copyright and related claims by authors in connection with the dramatic work GOOSEBUMPS: The Musical) (ongoing)
- Kevin Mills v. Stitch Industries, Inc. (C.D. Cal) (copyright infringement claim against Joybird furniture)
News
- Deep Cover S4 and Ripple from Pushkin and Western Sound nominated by NYT as best podcast of the year for 2024
- Tolkien Estate Sues Over Unauthorized ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sequel, Bloomberg Law (2023)
- Judge Rules Identities of 2 Parties Who Backed Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250M Bond Can Be Revealed, CoinDesk (2023)
- Joshua Malina joins as co-host of Unorthodox, Tablet Magazine’s flagship podcast,
- Pushkin Industries and Stephen Marche Team Up for Groundbreaking AI-Crafted Meta-Mystery
- Award-Winning Former Investigative Reporter Maya Lau Launches New Podcast About Other People’s Finances