Admissions

• California

Memberships

• International Trademark Association
• South Bay Trademark Lawyer's Association; Founder
• Bar Association of San Francisco; former Chairman of the Computer Law Section

Publications

• "Here Comes the Sun," IP Law & Business, October/November 2009
• "The Best Things in Life Are Free - But Still Protected", Daily Journal, August 15, 2008
• Co-author, "Open Source, Open Legal Issues," New York Law Journal, January 29, 2007 (with James E. Nelson)
• "Open Source: Disrupting the Software Paradigm," SD Forum News, June/July 2006
• "Dealing with Potential Bankruptcy of a Licensor," The National Law Journal (coauthor Victoria Lee), December 2004
• "Red Tides and Choppy Waters: The Music Industry v. The World," Journal of Internet Law, October 2004
• "The Grokster Challenge," Daily Journal Supplement, September 2004
• "Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress," CIO Magazine, August 2003
• "Patents: Easily Fixed," CIO Magazine, February 2003
• "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: A Retrospective After Three Years," Practising Law Institute, July 2002
• “Repackaging the Past: Old Content in New Media Bottles,” National Law Journal, March 2001
• "New Media Convergence: Acquiring Rights to Existing Works for the Internet under US Law," European Intellectual Property Review, April 2001
• "The Name Game: New domain names threaten trademark chaos," House Counsel, January/February 2001
• Internet Law and Business Handbook: 2000
• Co-author, "Trademarks and Domain Names: New Weapons in the Battle Against Cybersquatting," Journal of Internet Law, June 2000
• "Convergence: Acquiring Rights to Existing Works for the Internet Under US Law," The Copyright Society of the USA, February 2000
• Co-author, "Trading on Your Brand Name," Legal Times, February 2000
• Co-author, "Domain Names: ICANN and New Remedies Against Cybersquatting," California Law Business, October 1999
• "The Technical Provisions of the DMCA," Copyright World, May 1999
• "Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Forging the Copyright Framework for the Internet: First Steps," Journal of Internet Law, March 1999
• "Congress Helps Resolve 'Net Copyright Issues," National Law Journal, February 1999
• "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act," CEB California Business Law Reporter, January 1999
• Co-author, "Rights in New Media Arise From Old Precedents," National Law Journal, October 1998
• Co-author, "The Internet: New Issues for Trademark Strategy," Trademark World, August 1997
• Trademark World: "Trademarks in Cyberspace," May 1996
• Copyright Ownership Issues, Practicing Law Institute, 1995
• "Security Interests in Copyright: The New Learning," The Computer Lawyer, September 1990

Seminars

• Speaker, "Critical Disputes," Stanford Directors College at Stanford University, June 21, 2010
• Speaker, "Managing the Use of Open Source Software," Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), San Francisco, March 25, 2010
• Speaker, "Virtualization, the Cloud and Open Source Software," Black Duck Software webinar series on open source legal issues, March 23, 2010
• Panelist, "Clean Tech in the US and the PRC," PriceWaterhouseCoopers panel, January 22, 2010
• Panel leader, "Open Source Software: Understanding the Law, the Licenses, the Risks and How to Manage its Use," California State Bar on Intellectual Property Section on Open Source Matters," December 7 and 9, 2009
• Presenter, "Top 10 Issues Confronting Users of Open Source" Webinar, October 29, 2009
• Presenter, "Term Sheets" Webinar, Kauffman Fellows program, October 22, 2009
• Presenter, “Principles of the Law of Software Contracts" Webinar, October 20, 2009
• Presenter, "Understanding the Complexities of the GPL and Its Obligations is Important for Proper Use," Black Duck webinar, October 14, 2009
• Speaker, "Open Source Software Emerging Issues for Attorneys," The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, August 25, 2009
• Speaker, "The Use of Term Sheets," Kauffman Fellows Program webinar, July 7, 2009
• Presenter, "Open Source Due Diligence in M&A and Financing," Black Duck webinar, May 20, 2009
• Presenter, "Open Source Issues," American Corporate Counsel Association eCommerce Committee, April 2, 2009
• Presenter, "Understanding Venture Funding in Cleantech," Palo Alto Research Center Forum, Palo Alto, March 2009
• Presenter, "Serving on the Board of a Private Technology Company," Kauffman Fellows Program, East Palo Alto, March 2009
• Speaker, "Matching Your IP Strategy to Your Open Source Strategy," Linuxworld, San Francisco, August 6, 2008
• Open Source Business Conference: San Francisco, March 2008
• Kauffman Fellows: February 2006
• Open Source Business Conference: San Francisco, March 2004
• Chair, State Bar of California Intellectual Property Section Open Source Presentation
• Investing in Open Source: Understanding the Opportunities and Managing the Challenges, SDForum
• Garage Technology Ventures
• Georgetown University Law Center
• National Incubation Association
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• American Association of Publishers
• Seybold San Francisco Conference
• National Association of Broadcasters' Multimedia World
• Game Developers' Workshop
• Internet World
• American Society of Magazine Editors
• PLI Representing the New Media Company: 2000 (Chairman)
• PLI Sixth Internet Law Institute: 2002

Prior Experience

• Associate, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, California, 1982-1986
• Law Clerk, Chief Judge of Southern District of California, 1981-1982

Civic and Charitable

• Computer Law Association; Board of Directors (former)
• Journal of Internet Law ; Editor in Chief
• BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report , Advisory Board
• Computer Lawyer ; Editorial Board
• Cyberspace Lawyer ; Editorial Board
• Electronic Commerce and Law Report Advisory Board
• Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report , Advisory Board
• General Counsel, Open Source Initiative