Jeffrey P. Thennisch is an American Intellectual Property Attorney, founder of the Thennisch Law Group, and the principal architect of Redemption Music Media.
The vision of Redemption Music Media is to promote an egalitarian and socially conscious musical portfolio monetization platform which advocates for individual artists and their families.
Over his 30 year legal career, Jeffrey has been named a “Super Lawyer” in the United States, a “Top Lawyer” in the field of intellectual property law as published in The New York Times, and is a Recipient of the “Super Lawyers 5-Year Milestone Award” as an intellectual property attorney.
Jeffrey has authored numerous publications in the field of music rights and intellectual property law. He is a frequent presenter and advocate for content creators and served as a panelist at the 42nd Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, DC in the forum: “Unsung, Unshaken, and Uncompensated: The Plight of African American Musicians” with the late Shock G p/k/a "Humpty Hump" of the Digital Underground.
Restoration Of Legal Rights Under The U.S. Copyright Act
Jeffrey Thennisch is a longtime practitioner and supporter of the termination provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act, especially Section 203 and Section 304 of Title 17 of the United States Code. These provisions allow individual creators, songwriters, and/or their heirs to recapture and reclaim the “legal title” to their past creative subject matter.
Jeffrey represents numerous Grammy-Award winning musical artists, members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in their efforts to reclaim their music publishing catalogs through the “termination” provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act.
His legal work has resulted in the redemption and return of copyright interests and music publishing rights for some of the most iconic pop music songs of the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s, including “The Tears Of A Clown” by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, “The Way You Do The Things You Do” by the Temptations, “My Cherie Amour” by Stevie Wonder, “Fingertips” by Stevie Wonder, “I Was Made To Love Her” by Stevie Wonder, Uptight (Everything’s Alright) by Stevie Wonder, “Ain’t That Peculiar” by Marvin Gaye, “I’ll Be Doggone” by Marvin Gaye,
“Going To A Go-Go” by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, and the Motown classic “What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted?” by Jimmy Ruffin.
Representation Of “Godfather Of Funk” George Clinton
Jeffrey has represented George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic and exercised the copyright termination process to restore the U.S. music publishing rights for some of Clinton’s most iconic songs, including “Atomic Dog,” “Do Fries Go With That Shake,” and “Nubian Nut.” For his efforts, George Clinton has referred to Jeffrey as “the lawyer from heaven.”
