Corporate, copyright and trademark attorney
Greater New York City Area
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- Charles B. Kramer, Attorney at Law Office of Charles B. Kramer
- Past
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- General Counsel at OSS Nokalva, Inc.
- Speaker (Game Developers Conf. and Digital Video Conf. and columnist for InterActivity Magazine) at Miller Freeman
- Associate attorney at Lord, Day & Lord
- Education
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- Gotham Writers' Workshop
- New York University School of Law
- The John Marshall Law School
- State University of New York at Binghamton
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Charles Kramer’s Summary
My over 15 years of experience as a corporate and
intellectual property attorney includes:
- working as General Counsel of a software company
in New Jersey where I:
-- I negotiated and drafted all of their contracts,
including toolkit, enterprise, and other complex
licenses to customers around the world, and long
-term, milestone-based services agreements. The work
required frequent interaction with the company's sales
department and management; and
-- was responsible for basic corporate and employment
matters.
- Managing a private law practice where I:
-- negotiated and drafted many agreements involving
computer games (including publishing agreements,
engine licenses, shareware licenses, and agreements
providing for the exploitation of fictional characters)
during a time when the technology and related legal
issues were new;
-- filed and prosecuted many trademark applications;
and
-- led a successful royalty audit against a major game
publisher.
My background also includes:
- obtaining an LL.M. (post-JD graduate law degree)
that required study of intellectual property and
antitrust law;
- publishing Articles on copyright, trademark, and licensing
issues, including in Miller Freeman's InterActivity
Magazine;
- speaking at conferences on legal issues, including at the
Game Developers' Conference, the U. of Texas School of
Law's Computer Law Conference, and Miller Freeman's Digital
Video Conference;
- Contributing to CSC Consulting's Leading Edge
Forum paper "Open Source: Open for Business."
www.csc.com/features/2004/uploads/LEF_OPENSOURCE.pdf;
and
- Forming and representing trade associations including
STAR ("Shareware Trade Association and Resources"),
IGDN ("International Game Developers' Network") and
The ASN.1 Consortium.
Charles Kramer’s Specialties:
Licensing, with particular experience in connection with software generally and computer games and ASN.1 in particular.
Charles Kramer’s Experience
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Charles B. Kramer, Attorney
Law Office of Charles B. Kramer
(Law Practice industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
Corporate, trademark and copyright attorney, with particular experience with software licensing, and in the computer game industry.
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General Counsel
OSS Nokalva, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — July 2005 (6 years 7 months)
In-house counsel providing legal services at software products and services company specializing in telecommunications and biometrics.
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Speaker (Game Developers Conf. and Digital Video Conf. and columnist for InterActivity Magazine)
Miller Freeman
(Legal Services industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years)
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Associate attorney
Lord, Day & Lord
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Legal Services industry)
December 1983 — October 1986 (2 years 11 months)
Associate attorney in antitrust and corporate departments
Charles Kramer’s Education
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Gotham Writers' Workshop
1996 — 2005
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New York University School of Law
LL.M. , Intellectual property law; antitrust law , 1983 — 1984
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The John Marshall Law School
JD , Law , 1978 — 1981
- Activities and Societies:
- Law Review -- Published Comment: "New Media Techniques" (14 J.Mar.L.Rev. 733)
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State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A. , English , 1970 — 1975
Additional Information
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Charles Kramer’s Interests:
* Member of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Roebling Chapter * Avid bicyclist -- Did the New York Transportation Alternatives "Century" (100+ mile rides) in 2002 and 2003 -- My bicycles include a wildly improbable souped-up 1976 Viscount. Here are pix taken by Bikecult's Dave Perry: http://bikecult.com/works/archive/04bicycles/viscountRCK.html
Charles Kramer’s Honors:
Published Law Review Comment, New Media Techniques, 14 J.M.Law Rev. 733 (1981).
Charles Kramer’s Contact Settings
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