Writings

  • Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law with Robert Osterberg, treatise with annual updates published by the Practising Law Institute, 2003-Present
  • Copyright Infringement: Analyzing Substantial Similarity, Practical Law Company, 2013-Present
  • AIPLA Model Patent Jury Instructions, 2015
  • “Copyright and Contract Law on the Internet,” Connecticut Law Tribune, April 20, 2015
  • “Copyright Fair Use Uncertainty Continues, Should Copyright Litigants Be Forum Shopping?,” Connecticut Law Tribune, October 20, 2014
  • “Injunctions, Sunset Royalties and Future Royalty Rates,” Connecticut Law Tribune, October 5, 2012
  • ABA Model Jury Instructions: Copyright, Trademark and Trade Dress Litigation, 2008
  • “Potential New Hazards for Patent Licensors,” Connecticut Law Tribune Intellectual Property Supplement, April 2007
  • “Should Sound Recordings Really Be Treated Differently Than Other Copyrighted Works? The Illogic of Bridgeport v. Dimension Films,” 53 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 619, Spring 2006-Summer 2006
  • “Secondary Liability after MGM v. Grokster,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vo. 13, No. 9, Sept. 2005
  • “How to Evaluate Copyright Infringement Claims Involving Computer Programs: An Explanation of the Abstraction/Filtration/Comparison Test,” Journal of Internet Law, Vol. 8 No. 4, Oct. 2004
  • “A Primer on IP Insurance Options,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 10 No. 9, June 2004
  • “Copyright Infringement of Computer Programs,” IP Litigation Quarterly, June 2004
  • “A Primer on Intellectual Property Risk Management and Insurance,” published in Les Nouvelles, June 2003; republished in The Licensing Journal, Vol. 23, No. 10, November/December 2003.
  • “What Napster Means for Copyright Infringement Litigation,” originally published in ABA IPL Newsletter, Spring 2001; republished in The Best Articles Published by the ABA, March 2002
  • “Insurance and Management of Intellectual Property Risks,” with Melvin Simensky, 16 Entertainment and Sports Lawyer No. 2 at 3, Summer 1998; republished in 17 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal No. 2 at 321, Spring 1999
  • “Insurance and Management of Intellectual Property Risks,” with Melvin Simensky, chapter in Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999
  • “The Management of Intellectual Property Risks,” with Melvin Simensky, chapter in Handbook of Business Strategy, Faulkner & Gray, 1999

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