An experienced transactional lawyer, Amanda’s practice encompasses a wide range of fields and industries. She represents a variety of media and technology clients in connection with content creation and licensing, marketing and advertising, and intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Entertainment and Media
- Digital content development and cross-platform distribution
- Content licensing and rights clearances
- Mobile apps, podcasts, video games, book publishing, film, and television
- Rights option/purchase agreements
- Pre-publication review
Advertising and Marketing
- Digital advertising
- Influencer marketing
- Sweepstakes and contest rules and regulations
- Sponsored content and native advertising
- FTC endorsement and disclosure requirements
- Product claims
Technology
- Software development agreements
- Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform agreements
- Technology licensing
- End user license agreements (EULA) and terms of service (ToS)
- Data use and licensing
- E-commerce
Copyright, Trademark, Licensing
- Brand merchandising and licensing
- Trademark prosecution
- Intellectual property enforcement
- Fair use opinions
- Chain of title review and opinions
- Negotiated settlements and litigation avoidance
Prior to joining Morse, Amanda practiced in the intellectual property group of an Am Law 200 firm, and at a well-known boutique entertainment firm. She has served as an adjunct professor of trademark law at Suffolk University Law School and currently teaches entertainment law at Boston University School of Law. She is a frequent speaker on digital media, intellectual property, and doing business online at conferences around the country.
Outside the Office
Amanda is a former varsity collegiate sailor, and continues to enjoy sailing with her family out of Marblehead and in Narragansett Bay.
Publications
Quoted: Social Media Stars Lock Down IP Rights to Cash in on Virality, Bloomberg Law
Quoted: When Superman and Batman Copyrights Expire in a Decade, Will It Be Kryptonite for DC?, Variety
Quoted: A TikToker with over 3 million followers is being sued by a car wash after a rant about his Tesla went viral, Business Insider
Quoted: Influencer Contracting in 2020 & the Rise of Career Creators, Collectively
Quoted: Influencer ‘Usage Rights’ in Brand Contracts Explained by a Lawyer, Business Insider
Quoted: Authenticity is the Biggest Challenge of the Influencer World, Quartz
Quoted: The 2-Year-Old Instagram Influencers Who Make More Than You, Fast Company
Beyond Buzzwords: Sponsored Content, Native Advertising, and Consumer Protection, Landslide Magazine
Disclosure: Are You Doing It Right?, AltitudeSummit.com
An Overview of Legal Protection for Fictional Characters: Balancing Public and Private Interests, Cybaris, An Intellectual Property Law Review. Republished in the Thomson Reuters treatise, Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 2016 ed.
There Are Legal Issues in Blogging?, Mom2Summit.com
Misrepresentation Under the DMCA: The State of the Law, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Journal
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, Copyrights and Fictional Characters, BIPLA 4th Annual Symposium, 2024
Speaker, Negotiating NIL Contracts, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024
Speaker, IP Protection and Limitations for Fictional Characters: Trademark, Copyright and Contract Rights, Strafford, 2020 & 2024
Speaker, The Legal Side of Doing Business Online, ALT Summit, 2023
Panelist, Pitchfest, Boston University’s Media Ventures Program, 2021-2023
Guest Lecturer, Babson Business Law, 2022 & 2023
Guest Lecturer, BU Media Ventures, 2022 & 2023
Presenter, Effective Contract Drafting and Negotiation to Close Deals Quickly, Morse Women Attorneys Webinar Series, 2022
Panelist, Influencer and Celebrity Marketing Partnerships: Sponsored Content for Brand Growth, Strafford, 2022
Speaker, Copyright and Trademark Licensing, 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference 2021
Speaker, Sports Media in a Digital World, Boston Bar Association, 2021
Chair, MCLE Doing Business Online Conference 2021
Panelist, Influencer and Celebrity Marketing Partnerships: Sponsored Content for Brand Growth, Strafford
Speaker, Trends and Developments IP Counsel, Business Lawyers, and Litigators Must Know, 23rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference 2020
Presenter, IP Considerations in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Boston Bar Association
Speaker, Legal Matters for Creative Entrepreneurs, Alt Summit
Speaker, Doing Business Online: Anticipating and handling the evolving and unique challenges in the internet age, MCLE
Speaker, Trends and Developments IP Counsel, Business Lawyers and Litigators Must Know, 21st Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference 2018
Panelist, Social Influencers: Copyright, Publicity and Social Media Contracting, The Copyright Society of the USA
Panelist, Practicing TM, Copyright, IP & Related Areas of Law, Boston Patent Law Association
Presenter, Intellectual Property Protection and Exploitation of Fictional Characters, Boston Bar Association
Presenter, Know Thy Guidelines: FTC Compliance for Influencer Marketing in 2017, TapInfluence
Presenter, Legal Issues for Digital Media Influencers, Dad 2.0 Summit
Presenter, Ask An Expert: Business and Legal Matters in Creative Entrepreneurship, Altitude Summit
Panelist, The Future of the Music Industry, Berklee College of Music
Panelist, And Now a Word from Our Sponsors, University of New Hampshire School of Law
Presenter, New Media and Old Metaphors, Shepard Broad College of Law – Nova Southeastern University
Panelist, The Future of Fashion: Fashion Law in the Digital Age, New England Law
News & Insights
Morse Women Attorneys Webinar Series
ICYMI WEBINAR RECAP: Effective Contract Drafting and Negotiation
Morse’s Amanda E. Schreyer Named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Women of Law for 2021
Morse Announces 2021 Attorney Elevations
IP News: 6(b) Orders Issued
IP News: DMCA Safe Harbor Protections
Data Privacy Bell Ringers
Client Alert – Happy Halloween!
Amanda Schreyer Joins Morse as Counsel
WISP – Written Information Security Program
- Top Women of Law for 2021 – Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- MA Super Lawyers 2023-2024
