•Copyright litigation and counseling
•Intellectual Property & Technology
•Internet and Computer Software
•The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's service provider liability limitations and
anti-circumvention provisions
•Trade secret litigation and counseling
•Secondary copyright and trademark liability
•Trademark and domain name infringement and dilution litigation
•Litigation and counseling regarding social networks, blogs and user generated content
•Litigation and counseling related to sponsored links
•Database protection and litigation
•Internet advertising and unfair competition litigation (including claims for wrongful diversion
of Internet traffic)
•Idea submission and right of publicity litigation and counseling
•Privacy and security litigation and counseling
•Spamming, phishing and identity theft litigation
•Suing anonymous and pseudonymous Internet infringers and tortfeasors
•Copyright and Internet class action suits
•Service provider liability limitations and exemptions (including the Communications
Decency Act
•Technology, media and entertainment litigation
•Software performance and licensing litigation
•Internet litigation and counseling
•User generated content
•Advisory Board, Stanford University Law School's Program in Law, Science and Technology, 2007 to present
•Executive Director, Stanford University Law School Center for E-Commerce, 2002 to present
•Advisor, American Law Institute International Jurisdiction Project, 2002 to 2007
•Council Member (and previously Computer and E-Commerce Division Co-Chair), American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, 2003 to 2005
•Member and contributing author, American Bar Association Cyberspace Jurisdiction Project. The committee's "Report on Global Jurisdictional Issues Created By Information Technology Networks" and proposals for new international standards were published in London, England in July 2000
•Co-Chair, Internet Subcommittee, ABA Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee,
1997 to 2000
•Programs Chair, ABA Section of Litigation, Computer and Online Litigation Committee, 1995 to 2001
•Member, GRAMMY® Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Advisory Committee, 2005 to present
•Editorial Board, The Cyberspace Lawyer
•Editorial Board, The Journal of Internet Law
•Editorial Board, Privacy and Information Law Report
•Editorial Board, E-Commerce Law Report
•Executive Director, Stanford University Law School Center for E-Commerce, 2002 to present
•Advisor, American Law Institute International Jurisdiction Project, 2002 to 2007
•Council Member (and previously Computer and E-Commerce Division Co-Chair), American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, 2003 to 2005
•Member and contributing author, American Bar Association Cyberspace Jurisdiction Project. The committee's "Report on Global Jurisdictional Issues Created By Information Technology Networks" and proposals for new international standards were published in London, England in July 2000
•Co-Chair, Internet Subcommittee, ABA Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee,
1997 to 2000
•Programs Chair, ABA Section of Litigation, Computer and Online Litigation Committee, 1995 to 2001
•Member, GRAMMY® Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Advisory Committee, 2005 to present
•Editorial Board, The Cyberspace Lawyer
•Editorial Board, The Journal of Internet Law
•Editorial Board, Privacy and Information Law Report
•Editorial Board, E-Commerce Law Report
E-Commerce & Internet Law
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