Cydney Tune leads Pillsbury's Copyrights practice and Media & Entertainment industry team. She handles a wide variety of intellectual property and entertainment matters, including copyrights and trademarks, and a broad array of licensing, digital media, rights enforcement, and the convergence of entertainment and technology. Ms. Tune has extensive experience with issues in a wide variety of types of content including book and e-book publishing, television programs, motion pictures including documentaries and trailers, video games, performing arts including music, dance, and both virtual and live performances, visual arts including fine art, graphic arts, and photography, online and social media content of all kinds, and NFTs.

The Daily Journal has named Ms. Tune one of the Top 10 Copyright Lawyers in California and listed her among California's top "25 licensing specialists". She is a "Best Lawyers in America" in Entertainment Law—in both the Music and Media Law categories. She is also a “Super Lawyer” in intellectual property. She is a frequent speaker and author on topics pertaining to intellectual property, entertainment, licensing and the convergence of entertainment and technology.

Affiliations

Past Vice Chair, ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, and Immediate Past Chair of the Licensing, Branding and Merchandise Division for that organization
Past Chair, Copyright Interest Group, State Bar of California IP Section, former Executive Committee member
Editorial Board, International Entertainment Law Journal
Advisory Board, Copyright World
Advisory Board, Internet Law & Strategy
Executive Committee and Northern California Chapter Chair, Emeritus, Copyright Society of the U.S.A.