King & Spalding adds Steinthal and Wetzel to West Coast IP practice

Law firm King & Spalding has recruited Kenneth Steinthal [left] as partner and Joseph Wetzel as counsel in its San Francisco office.

Steinthal and Wetzel join from Greenberg Traurig LLP's San Francisco office, where Steinthal was co-head and Wetzel was a founding attorney. Before joining Greenberg, both practiced at Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, where Steinthal was co-head of the firm’s IP and media practice.

Steinthal’s practice focuses on IP matters related to the distribution of audio and audio-visual content. He also counsels clients on copyright, music rights and Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbour issues.

Wetzel specialises in media licensing, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret and false advertising litigation.