
Law Professor and Director, High Tech Law Institute
San Francisco Bay Area

Law Professor and Director, High Tech Law Institute
San Francisco Bay Area
Internet law--search engines, spam, adware/pop-up advertising // Intellectual property law--copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, rights of publicity and privacy // Software and computer law // Contracts--commercial transactions and licensing // Professional responsibility--legal ethics, particularly for licensing and transactional practices // Private company formation, financing and operations--corporate formation, private financing, strategic plans, managing operational issues
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
I teach Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property. My research focuses on Internet law, particularly copyright, trademark and marketing law applied to the Internet. Recent articles have focused on search engines and trademark law, adware/spyware and spam.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2002 — June 2006 (4 years)
Taught Cyberspace Law, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property, Software Licensing, Contracts and Professional Responsibility
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 4 months)
Chief legal officer and member of executive management team for venture-backed start-up company.
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Legal Services industry)
September 1994 — February 2000 (5 years 6 months)
I practiced Internet law, software licensing and other technology transactions.
MBA, 1991 — 1994
JD, 1990 — 1994
BA, Economics/Business, September 1985 — June 1988
Hiking, vegetarian food, slinkies
American Law Institute