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Randy Lipsitz

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(New York Co.)

Telephone: 212-715-9100
Cable Address: "Nickral" TWX: 710 581-5340 Telex: 645041 Telecopier: 212-715-8000
http://www.kramerlevin.com

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Experience & Credentials

Practice Areas	Patent Law; Trademark Law; Copyright Law; Unfair Competition Law; Right of Publicity Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Technology Law; Internet Law; New Media Law; Electronic Commerce

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Education	Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1980, Boston University, B.A., with distinction, summa cum laude, 1977

Admitted	1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Federal Circuits; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships	New York State (Co-Chair, Patent Law Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1994-1998; Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1998-2000) and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Professional Programs Committee, 1996—); New York Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association (INTA) (Co-Chair, Website Policy and Oversight Committee, 1999-2000; Member, Communications Committee, 2000-2002); Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Born	Baltimore, Maryland, July 19, 1955

Biography	Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Co-Author: "Pre-2000 Y2K Class Actions Not Getting Far," The National Law Journal, May 1999, Year/2000 Journal, May 1999; "Final Software Patent Guidelines Clarify PTO Examination Process," Computer Law Strategist, May 1996; "Markman: "The Supreme Court Levels Playing Field in Patent Cases," Computer Law Strategist, July 1996; "Doctrine of Equivalents Gets a Boost from the Supreme Court," Computer Law Strategist, March 1997; "Enforcing the Post-Mortem Right of Publicity: The Personas of Princess Diana and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," AIPLA Meeting Papers, Spring 1998. Author: "Judging by Appearance: How the Lanham Act Protects Product Shapes," N.Y. Law Journal, December 2, 1996, Special Issue; "When are Companies on 'Actual Notice' of Patent Infringement?," Start-Up and Emerging Companies Strategist, April 2001. Speaker: "Welcome to the World of Multimedia—Overview of Legal Issues," 1995 Mid-year meeting, International Trademark Association; "Licensing Celebrity Rights of Publicity," ACI Character, Merchandise & Toy Licensing Seminar, 1995; "Trade Secrets—Reverse Engineering and International Protection," Law Journal Seminars—Press, 1996; "Enforcing the Post-Mortem Right of Publicity," Spring Meeting, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1998, International Meeting, The Institute of Trademark Attorneys, London, 1999.

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Articles by this firm on Martindale.com Another Reason for Clarity in IP Agreements -- You Could Lose the Right to Use Your Own Name Randy Lipsitz, Richard L. Moss, Aaron M. Frankel, July 10, 2008 Joseph Abboud is a world-renowned menswear fashion designer, so much so that JA Apparel Corp. paid Mr. Abboud some $65 million for the exclusive right to use the Joseph Abboud name as a trademark. Supreme Court Tackles Patent Cases Randy Lipsitz, Richard L. Moss, Aaron M. Frankel, March 13, 2008 We usually think of the Supreme Court as deciding cases involving life or death, civil rights or constitutional issues. But since Chief Justice John Roberts was elevated to the Court in September 2005, his interest in cases involving technology issues and intellectual property has influenced...