E.F. Stone

Current

• Manager of Brand Protection and Rights Enforcement at FUNimation Entertainment
• Legal Research Assistant at Texas Wesleyan University

Past

• Operations Analyst at Grande Communications
• Data Coordinator at Grande Communications
• Marketing Analyst at Grande Communications

• Trivia Host / Manager at Quizmasters (Sole Proprietorship)
• Reporting Assistant at CheckFree
• Guest Teacher at AISD
• Assistant to Data Coordinator at pcOrder.com
• Producer at corduroyred
• Technician at Moore Works (Sole Proprietorship)
• Freelance 3D Animator at University of Southern California
• Music Video Intern at Squeak Pictures, Inc.
• Computer Graphics Tutor / 3D Animator at University of North Texas

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Education

• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
• University of North Texas
• California State University-Los Angeles

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E.F. Stone’s Summary

I'm an Intellectual Property enthusiast, and recently finished my J.D. at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, where I was the President of the Intellectual Property & E-Commerce Society for two years. My background is in filmmaking and database development. I plan to continue working in various capacities of Entertainment Law while occasionally revisiting my role as producer of short films or music videos.

E.F. Stone’s Specialties:

copyright, trademark and entertainment law; database application development; web development; film production/editing

E.F. Stone’s Experience

• Manager of Brand Protection and Rights Enforcement

  FUNimation Entertainment

  (Public Company; NAVR; Entertainment industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  -Investigating copyright and trademark infringement
  -Drafting Cease & Desist letters and Digital Millennium Copyright Act "Takedown" Notices
  -Creating a toolset and procedures to predominantly manage and automate the aforementioned tasks
  -Legal Research

• Legal Research Assistant

  Texas Wesleyan University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  -Research and analysis of specific issues in Intellectual Property Law

• Operations Analyst

  Grande Communications

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 3 months)

  -Database application development and database administration
  -Complex report development and analysis spanning all seven company markets
  -New system/process development and implementation
  -Authoring/updating technical manuals for internally developed systems

• Data Coordinator

  Grande Communications

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  -Implemented paperless faxing procedures and independently developed a document management application [in Visual Basic] to organize faxes and expedite customer acquisition
  -Maintained and upgraded internal and external websites
  -Coordinated a comprehensive facilities audit, tying data across Facilities, Engineering and Billing systems on large Oracle, MS SQL and MySQL databases

• Marketing Analyst

  Grande Communications

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 2002 — February 2003 (8 months)

  -Developed marketing strategies for Phone/Cable/DSL services in the Dallas/F.W. region
  -Designed marketing materials for print and electronic media using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Dreamweaver
  -Designed comprehensive sales queries with Oracle SQL and analyzed results to devise marketing strategies

• Trivia Host / Manager

  Quizmasters (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  July 2001 — October 2001 (4 months)

  -Managed scheduling, invoicing and equipment rental
  -Oversaw hiring of Quizmasters Trivia Hosts
  -Hosted Quizmasters “Live Trivia Face-offs” in the Austin region

• Reporting Assistant

  CheckFree

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)

  May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

  -Designed and wrote software scripts to automate daily faxing of reports
  -Troubleshot anomalies in wire-transfer reports; report verification
  -Handled printing, sorting and archiving of bank reports

• Guest Teacher

  AISD

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)

  March 2001 — May 2001 (3 months)

  -Taught English to Spanish-speaking students
  -Developed and implemented new lesson plans
  -Instructed fellow teachers in the transition to new grading software

• Assistant to Data Coordinator

  pcOrder.com

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; PCOR; Computer Software industry)

  October 2000 — March 2001 (6 months)

  -Research and analysis of new tech manufacturers
  -Database updating and correction
  -Minor application development

• Producer

  corduroyred

  (Law Practice industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

• Technician

  Moore Works (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2000 — August 2000 (7 months)

  -Updated and maintained custom databases designed by Moore Works
  -Handled software/OS installation and tutoring, for Windows and Linux
  -Repaired and maintained customer’s personal computers

• Freelance 3D Animator

  University of Southern California

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; USC; Higher Education industry)

  April 1998 — April 1998 (1 month)

  -Created the animated logo for the Research and Technology Transfer Center

• Music Video Intern

  Squeak Pictures, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

  May 1997 — August 1997 (4 months)

  -Prepared and delivered music video treatments.
  -Screened prospective music video director’s reels.
  -Dubbed and delivered music video director’s reels.
  -Office upkeep and filing.

• Computer Graphics Tutor / 3D Animator

  University of North Texas

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1996 — May 1997 (9 months)

  -Taught conceptual and technical aspects of creating 3-D animation with TrueSpace and 3D Studio Max
  -Assisted students with Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Director
  -Created animated Station ID for NTTV, Channel. 22, Denton, TX
  -Created animated intro for “NT Sports” television show

E.F. Stone’s Education

• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

  JD , Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law , 2004 — 2008

  2nd Place Winner in the National Entertainment Law Competition of 2007, Advocacy Coach to winning team of 2007 Teen Court Competition, Selected Competitor in the 2007 National Trial Competition

  Activities and Societies:

  Intellectual Property & E-Commerce Society (President--2yrs; Outstanding Member--1yr), Moot Court Honor Society, Elected Representative of Student Bar Association, Intellectual Property Research Assistant

• University of North Texas

  ba , Radio/TV/Film , 1995 — 2004

• California State University-Los Angeles

Additional Information

E.F. Stone’s Groups:

Intellectual Property & E-Commerce at Texas Wesleyan School of Law

•    Animation, Media & Entertainment

E.F. Stone’s Contact Settings

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