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about sheila j. levine
Sheila J. Levine is a practicing attorney for 40 years in New York City, representing published, self-publishing and non-agented authors, literary agents and publishers. Sheila is a member of the New York State Bar. She has an MBA from New York University and J.D from Fordham Law School. She began her publishing career in Subsidiary Rights at Doubleday and then became Contracts and Copyright Manager at Popular Library, a paperback imprint owned by CBS. She has had her own practice in publishing and intellectual property law for over twenty years, representing authors, literary agents, and publishers. She specializes in preparing, analyzing and negotiating contracts, reviewing manuscripts for defamation and privacy, advising on copyright and trademark matters, and counseling on a diverse range of publishing and intellectual property law and business issues. Sheila is co-founder of “Writers, Readers and Publishers,” a monthly Special Interest Group that ran for several years at the Princeton Club of New York. Speakers included insiders from the publishing industry, literary agents, writers, editors and consultants.
about Gerald M. Levine
Gerald M. Levine is a member of the New York bar, admitted in 1976. Before earning a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School he received a Ph.D in English Literature from New York University (recipient of Founders Day Achievement Award) and taught for several years at Queens College, City University of New York. His practice is divided between counseling on publishing, copyright and trademark matters for authors and entrepreneurs, acting as a mediator and arbitrator and litigating commercial and real estate disputes, He is a neutral arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association; on the roster of neutrals for FINRA; ), and for disputes determined under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP): World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); the Forum, the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), and the Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC) He is the author of numerous articles on a range of legal topics in various law reviews and journals, including the Dispute Resolution Journal of the American Arbitration Association, the New York Law Journal and law school law journals. He is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes and cybersquatting arbitrated under the UDRP and URS implemented by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and analyzing the jurisprudence that has developed in that area of the law. Gerald was also co-founder of “Writers, Readers and Publishers,” a monthly Special Interest Group at the Princeton Club of New York, inviting speakers from the publishing industry including literary agents, writers, editors and consultants. For Full listing of publications go to Resume.
Gerald M. Levine resume
Levine Samuel, LLP.
Managing Partner,
Telephone (917) 325-2852
E-mail: gmlevine@researchtheworld.com.
Website address: https://www.iplegalcorner.com
Managing Partner,
Telephone (917) 325-2852
E-mail: gmlevine@researchtheworld.com.
Website address: https://www.iplegalcorner.com
Born: London, England.
US Air Force (1956-1960)
Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1962); City University of the City of New York (M.A., 1965); New York University (Ph.D., 1968, Founders Day Scholar); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1975).
US Air Force (1956-1960)
Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1962); City University of the City of New York (M.A., 1965); New York University (Ph.D., 1968, Founders Day Scholar); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1975).
Teaching: New York University (Teaching Fellow, 1967-68); Queens College of the City University of New York (Asst Professor English, 1968-1971),
Admitted to bar New York State, 1976: U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1976.
Represents domain name investors, trademark owners, authors, literary agents, small publishers; and entrepreneurs. Focus of practice, Intellectual Property transactions and rights management, contracts, strategic counseling on copyright and trademark registrations; domain name and Internet law, cybersquatting claims; defamation and privacy reviews of manuscripts.
Commercial litigation and trial experience; Panel of neutral arbitrators American Arbitration Association (Commercial),
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and for disputes determined under the Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP): World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
the Forum, the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), and the Canadian International Internet Dispute
Resolution Centre (CIIDRC)