Levine Samuel, LLP is a Boutique Intellectual Property Law Firm located In New York City and serving clients throughout the U.S.
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We have two principal areas of expertise. The first is on Internet issues relating to the intersection of trademarks and domain names (cybersquatting); the second is on commercial and self-publshing projects. Our services include book readings for defamation and other publishing related matters: copyright, trademark, and publishing contracts.
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Sheila J. Levine
Is a publishing attorney with deep experience in the publishing field. Her legal services include reviewing and negotiating publishing contracts, representing clients as a consulting publishing attorney for book projects, counseling on copyright issues, and reading manuscripts for invasion of privacy and defamation. She is a co-author of numerous blogs on publishing, contract and copyright law available on her own website at sheilajlevine.com . Her bio can be viewed under the Partners tab. Sheila can be reached at (212) 866-5353 and by email at sheila@iplegalcorner.com
Gerald M. Levine
Is a consulting attorney on matters relating to intellectual property rights management, trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting; he is a commercial and intellectual property litigator and arbitrator. He is the author of a treatise on trademarks, domain names & cybersquatting (2015), Revised Second Edition (2019); and a forthcoming book Clash of Trademarks & Domain Names on the Internet (Scheduled for publication Fall 2023). He has published widely in print and online magazines and journals. Gerald can be reached at 917.325.2852 or email at gmlevine@researchtheworld.com
We believe that attorneys should listen carefully to their clients’ issues and offer reasoned counsel and advice for internet and intellectual property law, and much more
You will always be working with one of the principals of the Firm, and your matters will always receive our attention. We invite you to read our essays and find out more about us. We represent agented and un-agented authors, literary agents, publishers, Internet entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, start-ups, and individuals.
Nothing is more important than understanding rights and protecting interests
Traditional and self-publishing authors uncertain about their rights and small businesses, and considering entering the cyber marketplace, are at risk if they do not understand the contracts put before them or the laws applicable to their work. If you are considering engaging an author’s rights representative to represent or assist you in your publishing endeavors and copyright or advising about cyber issues and trademark we look forward to hearing from you. You expect engaged principals when you retain counsel. This is what we offer at reasonable legal fees.
Gerald is on the National Roster of commercial and IP neutrals for the American Arbitration Association; an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). For domain name disputes, he is on the roster of panelists for the Forum, the Czech Arbitration Court, and The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC). He has also sat on three-member Panels for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
His treatise DOMAIN NAME ARBITRATION with a Foreword by The Hon. Neil A. Brown QC. 2015 (Revised 2nd Edition 2019) is described at the publisher’s website legalcornerpress.com. Notices and Reviews can be found under the Media Kit tab on that website. Hear Mr. Levine’s talk with Andrew Allemann, Domain Name Wire. https://domainnamewire.com/2018/09/10/udrp-podcast/
Commentaries on trademarks and cybersquatting that originally appeared on http://www.udrpcommentaries.com are now incorporated on this website as are Blogs jointly authored with Sheila on publishing law, contracts, and copyright. Gerald’s online essays on trademarks, domain names and cybersquatting are republished on Circleid.com. A full list of Gerald’s publications is available on my Resume.
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Thank you, again, Gerry for generously offering access to this masterwork! I look forward to citing to it once it's…
Under U.S. law, proof of distinctiveness is a prerequisite for registration on the Principal Register only for terms that are…
First, please accept my thanks for the commentaries which I find informative and useful, (especially when they set me on…
Adele and Kal. Simply luck of the draw.
Respondent asked whether I agree or not with the decision in the most recent Atlantic Station decision. Based on the…
Thank you, again, Gerry for generously offering access to this masterwork! I look forward to citing to it once it's…