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1 Stephen D. Wilsn Partner Steve is a Partner at Preti Flaherty, where he practices with the firm's Intellectual Prperty, Litigatin, Sprts & Entertainment, Fd & Beverage, Business, Financial Services, and Securities Grups. He is the Chair f the Sprts & Entertainment Law Grup, frmer Chair f the Intellectual Prperty Grup, and frmer Chair f the Recruitment Cmmittee. Intellectual Prperty Steve assists clients with intellectual prperty matters ranging frm litigatin t transactins, including trademark prsecutin, registratin, licensing, assignment, and litigatin, cpyright registratin, licensing, assignment, terminatin, and litigatin, patent infringement litigatin, anti-cybersquatting, dmain name disputes, Unifrm Dmain Name Dispute Reslutin Plicy (UDRP) prceedings, trade secret litigatin and prtectin, digital rights management (DRM), unfair cmpetitin, false advertising, unfair and deceptive trade practices, intellectual prperty audits and prtflis, rights f publicity, rights f privacy, nncmpete, nndisclsure, and nncircumventin agreements, wrk fr hire agreements, frmatin f intellectual prperty hlding cmpanies, cmpulsry licenses, mdel releases, reality televisin agreements, perfrmance cntract disputes, endrsement agreements, Digital Millennium Cpyright Act (DMCA) takedwn letters, sftware licenses, Trademark Trial and Appeal Bard (TTAB) prceedings, ICANN prceedings, Wrld Intellectual Prperty Organizatin (WIPO) prceedings, undevelped ideas, intellectual prperty estate planning, web user agreements, and ther intellectual prperty matters. Tel swilsn@preti.cm Litigatin, Appeals, and ADR Steve has successfully served as lead cunsel in well ver 100 lawsuits, with extensive experience in intellectual prperty litigatin, entertainment and sprts litigatin, prducts liability litigatin, securities and financial services litigatin, and business and cmmercial litigatin. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants as lead cunsel, lcal cunsel, and cunsel pr hac vice in litigatin and appeals in numerus state and federal curts, as well as alternative dispute reslutin (ADR) prceedings ranging frm mediatin t judicial settlement cnferences t arbitratin befre tribunals including the American Arbitratin Assciatin (AAA), WIPO, and the Internatinal Curt f Arbitratin f the Internatinal Chamber f Cmmerce (ICC). Steve has assisted clients in btaining favrable judgments, emergency relief, and settlements in a brad range f litigatin matters including trademark, cpyright, patent, trade secret, and publicity rights litigatin, cmplex cmmercial litigatin, entertainment and sprts industries litigatin, dmain name disputes, sharehlder derivative litigatin, securities litigatin, prducts liability, cnstructin litigatin, prfessinal negligence, trustee liability, insurance litigatin, real estate litigatin, cmmercial and residential evictins, and ther disputes. When litigatin becmes necessary t prtect a client's interests, r when lawsuits are

2 threatened r cmmenced against a client, Steve and the firm's experienced Litigatin Practice Grup prvide aggressive, efficient, creative, and effective representatin. Befre entering private practice, Steve served a Judicial Clerkship with the Hnrable Paul L. Rudman f the Maine Supreme Judicial Curt. While in law schl, he served a Judicial Internship with the Hnrable Jhn C. Cratsley f the Massachusetts Superir Curt. These experiences prvided invaluable insight int the litigatin, appellate, and judicial prcess behind the scenes at bth the trial and appellate stages. Sprts & Entertainment Law Steve represents athletes, entertainers, actrs, musicians, bands, authrs, publishers, reality televisin cntestants, and ther cmpanies and individuals in the sprts and entertainment industries. He assists sprts and entertainment industry clients in a brad variety f transactinal and litigatin matters, including frmatin f limited liability entities, hlding cmpanies, and nn-prfit rganizatins, intellectual prperty clearance, registratin, licensing, assignment, mnitring, and enfrcement, wrk fr hire agreements, mdel releases, endrsement agreements, publicity and privacy rights agreements and enfrcement, cybersquatting and UDRP dmain name disputes, celebrity estate planning, cntract negtiatins and disputes, nndisclsure, nncmpetitin, and nncircumventin agreements, trade secrets, undevelped idea prtectin, reality televisin agreements, publishing agreements, rights clearance and audits, sprts and entertainment litigatin and arbitratin, and ther matters. When representing talent, including athletes, entertainers, and celebrities, Steve wrks clsely with the client's team f trusted advisrs (including agents, accuntants, managers, investment representatives, and ther prfessinal advisrs) as needed t meet the client's shrt-term and lng-term interests. Business Law Steve serves as legal cunsel and trusted advisr fr a wide range f individual, fr-prfit, and nn-prfit clients, ranging frm entrepreneurs t publicly-traded cmpanies t franchisrs and franchisees t charitable rganizatins. Utilizing a multi-disciplinary team apprach tailred t meet each client's specific needs and gals, he marshals the firm's resurces t assist clients in frming, grwing, and selling limited liability entities and intellectual prperty hlding cmpanies, prtecting and expliting valuable intellectual prperty assets, minimizing liability risk expsure, and effectively aviding r reslving disputes thrugh strategic planning, negtiatin, alternative dispute reslutin, and litigatin. His extensive litigatin experience als infrms his practical business advice t clients n aviding pitfalls fr the unwary that lead t litigatin and strategically psitining clients when litigatin is n the hrizn. Securities and Financial Services In cnnectin with his securities and financial services practice, Steve has cunseled and represented clients in litigatin, arbitratin, securities investigatins (including FINRA and state securities ffice investigatins), and ther matters including sharehlder disputes, brker/dealer liability, emplyment terminatin matters, nncmpete agreements, sharehlder derivative litigatin, directr and fficer liability, majrity sharehlder liability, investr cmplaints, fiduciary liability, asset recvery, financial litigatin and dispute reslutin, and ther securities and financial services matters. Seminars and Publicatins Steve is regularly asked t teach seminars and cntinuing legal educatin curses, and t authr written materials fr legal and prfessinal publicatins. He has served as a faculty member fr seminars and CLE curses n a range f legal tpics such as intellectual prperty, music industry cntracts, scial media/web 2.0 issues affecting businesses, cmmercial and residential evictins, and landlrd/tenant law. He authred a chapter in the Thmsn Reuters bk Recent Trends In Trademark Prtectin, 2013 ed.: Leading Lawyers n Educating Clients, Understanding the Impact f Technlgy, and Navigating the Current Marketplace. The title f the chapter is Successfully Prtecting Trademarks and Aviding Litigatin in a Changing Marketplace."

3 Practice Areas Business Law Financial Industry Litigatin & Arbitratin Intellectual Prperty Litigatin Securities Sprts & Entertainment Law Fd & Beverage Educatin Lehigh University Advanced Placement Crew, Strke Psitin Classic Guitar Ensemble University f Maine (B.A., summa cum laude, with High Hnrs, 1995) Senir Skull Hnr Sciety, Vice President Sigma Tau Delta English Hnr Sciety, President Phi Kappa Phi Interdisciplinary Hnr Sciety Delta Tau Delta, Kershner Schlar, Directr f Academic Affairs Bstn University Schl f Law (J.D., 1998) Cncentratin in Intellectual Prperty Edward F. Hennessey Schlar, Tp 10% 3L American Jurnal f Law & Medicine, Third-Year Editr Cmmunicatins, Entertainment & Sprts Law Assciatin, Vice President Admissins Maine Massachusetts U.S. District Curt, District f Maine U.S. District Curt, District f Massachusetts U.S. Curt f Appeals, First Circuit U.S. Curt f Appeals, Federal Circuit U.S. Supreme Curt Prfessinal Affiliatins Cumberland Bar Assciatin (CBA) Immediate Past President ( ) President ( ) First Vice President ( ) General Cmmittee Member ( ) Internatinal Trademark Assciatin (INTA) Enfrcement Cmmittee Term

4 Term Judicial Administratin & Trademark Litigatin Subcmmittee Term Term U.S. Litigatrs Lcal Cunsel Grup American Bar Assciatin (ABA) Sectin f Intellectual Prperty Law Frum n Entertainment & Sprts Industries Litigatin Sectin Advisry Panel Maine Trial Lawyers Assciatin (MTLA) Maine State Bar Assciatin (MSBA) Intellectual Prperty Sectin Frmer Bard f Gvernrs Member Frmer Directr and Chair f Gverning Cuncil f New Lawyers Sectin Greater Prtland Chambers f Cmmerce Athletes & Executives Bard f Advisrs Ambassadr Hnrs & Awards Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating American Lawyer Media (ALM) and Martindale-Hubbell, 2016 Tp Rated Lawyer in IP Wh s Wh Legal Cmpendium Editin, Wrld s Leading Sprts Lawyers Wh s Wh Legal Cmpendium Editin, Wrld s Leading Entertainment Lawyers Martindale-Hubbell Tp Rated Lawyer in Litigatin 2015 Crprate America 2015 M&A Awards, Best fr Intellectual Prperty Transactins - Maine Wh s Wh Legal: Sprts & Entertainment 2015, Wrld s Leading Sprts Lawyers Wh s Wh Legal: Sprts & Entertainment 2015, Wrld s Leading Entertainment Lawyers American Lawyer Media (ALM) and Martindale-Hubbell, 2015 Tp Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Prperty Wh s Wh Legal Cmpendium Editin, Wrld s Leading Sprts & Entertainment Lawyers Benchmark Litigatin, Appellate 2015 Wh's Wh Legal: Sprts & Entertainment 2014, Wrld's Leading Sprts & Entertainment Lawyers Benchmark Litigatin, First Circuit Litigatin Star: Maine, Appellate 2013 Benchmark Appellate, Litigatin Star 2013 Super Lawyers, New England Rising Stars 2011 Tp Attrneys, New England's Outstanding Yung Lawyers: Business Litigatin 2011 Super Lawyers, New England Rising Stars 2010 Tp Attrneys, New England's Outstanding Yung Lawyers 2010 Super Lawyers, New England Rising Stars 2008

5 Civic Invlvement Junir Achievement f Maine, Incrprated (JA) Bard f Directrs Prgrams & Vlunteers Cmmittee Titan Challenge Cmmittee Titan Challenge Business Mentr Glf Cmmittee Fellwship f Christian Athletes (FCA): Chair f Lcal Advisry Bard Christian Leaders In Maine Business (C.L.I.M.B.): Bard f Directrs Maine Jazz Alliance: Frmer Vice President American Red Crss, Disaster Relief Services: 1994 Nrthridge, Califrnia Earthquake Disaster Relief Services Vlunteer (100 Hurs Vlunteer Pin Recipient) Ntewrthy Cntributins Judicial Clerkship: Maine Supreme Judicial Curt, Hn. Paul L. Rudman Judicial Internship: Massachusetts Superir Curt, Hn. Jhn C. Cratsley 1997 Grey Havens: Independent Film Actr 1997 Maine Department f Cnservatin: Ppham Beach State Park Lifeguard (25 cean rescues) Securities Bi Stephen D. Wilsn is a partner in Preti Flaherty's Litigatin, Intellectual Prperty, Sprts & Entertainment Law, Business Law, and Securities practice grups and is a past Chair f Preti Flaherty's Recruitment Cmmittee. His brad-based litigatin, ADR and appellate experience includes successful representatin f clients in numerus state and federal curts thrughut Maine and Massachusetts, as well as ther states. He has served as lead cunsel and lcal cunsel in a number f cases and alternative dispute reslutin prceedings, including mediatin, arbitratin, and judicial settlement cnferences. In cnnectin with his securities and financial services practice, Steve has cunseled and represented clients in litigatin, arbitratin, securities investigatins (including FINRA and state securities ffice investigatins), and ther matters including sharehlder disputes, brker/dealer liability, emplyment terminatin matters, nncmpete agreements, sharehlder derivative litigatin, directr and fficer liability, majrity sharehlder liability, investr cmplaints, fiduciary liability, asset recvery, financial litigatin and dispute reslutin, and ther securities and financial services matters. Steve is licensed t practice in bth Maine and Massachusetts, and is admitted befre the United States District Curt fr the District f Maine, the United States District Curt fr the District f Massachusetts, and the United States Curt f Appeals fr the First Circuit, the United States Curt f Appeals fr the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Curt. He has served as a presenter, panelist, and faculty member fr a number f seminars and cntinuing legal educatin curses. Befre jining Preti Flaherty, he served a Judicial Clerkship with the Hnrable Paul L. Rudman f the Maine Supreme Judicial Curt and a Judicial Internship with the Massachusetts Superir Curt.

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