Jeanne Hamburg

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Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Entertainment Law
• Internet Law

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Connecticut
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court
  
  
  • Southern District of New York
  • Eastern District of New York

Education

• Columbia University School of Law
  • J.D., 1990
  • Editor, Columbia Law Review
• Wellesley College
  • B.A., magna cum laude, English & Psychology, 1987
  • With Honors, English
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations

• International Trademark Association

News

• Jeanne Hamburg Speaks on Intersection of Copyright Law and Social Media
• Jeanne Hamburg Earns Place in AVENUE Magazine’s Legal Elite, Top Women Lawyers in NYC
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Wins Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case for COINTREAU
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Participates in 2012 InfraGard Security Summit

Publications

• Quoted, "New Web Domain Names: Should You Pass?," InformationWeek, March 22, 2013
• "Corporate Social Media: Marketing Opportunities, IP Challenges," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2012
• "Why Does My Company Need Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy For Its Web Site?", NMM Internet Law Alert, April 2012
• Interview, "Raise Your IP IQ: Tips from Jeanne M. Hamburg, New York 'Super Lawyer'," SURTEX’s On The Surface eNewsletter, March 2012
• Quoted, "Volunteer Spotlight: Jeanne Hamburg," INTA Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 5, March 1, 2012

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Presentations

• "Safeguarding Trademarks and Copyrights On the Web," SURTEX 2013, May 20, 2013
• "Look Before You Tweet (or Post, or Pin): Copyright Enforcement (or not) in Social Media," The Copyright Society of the U.S.A., New York, NY, January 22, 2013
• "Trademark & Copyright Issues in Social Media and the Web," Beanstalk, New York, NY, December 12, 2012
• "2012 InfraGard Security Summit," New York, NY, Septmeber 12, 2012
• "Opportunities & Challenges in the Expanding Digital World: Trademark & Copyright Issues on the Web," SURTEX 2012, May 22, 2012

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Jeanne Hamburg, a member of the firm, has expertise in all aspect of copyright and trademark law, both in litigation and in the transactional area. Resident in the New York City Office, she assists clients in a broad range of industries with their IP needs. In each year since 2009, Jeanne has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer® for Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation. Only five percent of New York attorneys are given this honor.

Jeanne litigates copyright, trademark and cybersquatting cases through trial. Additionally, she has recovered domain names for clients in many Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Proceedings, and prosecuted and defended numerous opposition and cancellation proceedings and ex parte appeals in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

In the transactional area, Jeanne is experienced in trademark and copyright licensing, traditional print and online publishing, software development, web site development, content licenses and electronic subscriptions. She counsels clients on intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She is expert in copyright and trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement and has particular expertise with contentious and transactional issues arising from the Internet. She is Chair of the firm's Internet Law Group.

Jeanne is a frequent speaker and writer on intellectual property topics. Jeanne is active in many trade groups in industries whose clients she serves. Jeanne has been appointed to serve as a Board Member of the Women's Jewelry Association (WJA), Metropolitan Chapter. She is also a member of the Women's National Book Association and the International Furnishings and Design Association.

Jeanne is a member of the International Trademark Association, where she was nominated and serves as Vice Chair of the Law Firm Committee. In the past she served on INTA's Membership Committee and was a Contributing Editor, INTA's Trademark Basics E-Learning Program and Webinar and INTA's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board E-Learning Program; and Chairman and Contributing Editor, INTA's Legal Ethics and Professionalism for Trademark Practitioners, as well as a Speaker, INTA's Trademark Basics live and webinar program and Trademark Ethics webinar.

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News

• Jeanne Hamburg Earns Place in AVENUE Magazine’s Legal Elite, Top Women Lawyers in NYC
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Wins Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case for COINTREAU
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Participates in 2012 InfraGard Security Summit
• Volunteer Spotlight: Jeanne Hamburg
• Norris McLaughlin Represents Lombard Risk $4.25 Million Acquisition of SOFGEN Regulatory Reporting Business
• Jeanne Hamburg Appointed as Vice Chair of Law Firm Committee of International Trademark Association
• Jeanne Hamburg Discusses Ethics Issues on International Trademark Association Webcast
• Jeanne Hamburg To Speak on Trademark and Copyright Issues on the Web at Hudson Valley Bank
• Jeanne Hamburg Named Among New York Super Lawyers
• Jeanne Hamburg to Serve as INTA Faculty Member for Trademark Basics Course
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Presents Seminar on Intellectual Property on the Web
• Jeanne Hamburg to Participate in SURTEX Legal Workshop on Intellectual Property
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Introduces New Internet Law Section
• Jeanne Hamburg to Participate in Panel at NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section’s Annual Meeting
• Jeanne Hamburg Named Among New York Super Lawyers
• Jeanne Hamburg To Serve as INTA Faculty Member for Trademark Basics Course
• Jeanne Hamburg Speaks To IFDA - NY Chapter About Intellectual Property Issues
• Jeanne Hamburg Speaks To Women’s National Book Association About Copyright Issues
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Wins Precedential Third Circuit Dismissal of Trademark Case Brought Against Its Client Cococare Products, Inc.
• Jeanne Hamburg Published in Casual Connect Magazine
• Jeanne Hamburg Appointed to Board of Women’s Jewelry Association, Metro Chapter
• Jeanne Hamburg Published in Colored Stone Magazine
• Jeanne Hamburg Published in GameDaily Web Site

Publications

• "Final Rules For Implementing The America Invents Act (AIA)," NM&M Intellectual Property Law Alert, September 2012
• "Corporate Social Media: Marketing Opportunities, IP Challenges," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2012
• "Why Does My Company Need Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy For Its Web Site?", NMM Internet Law Alert, April 2012
• Interview, "Raise Your IP IQ: Tips from Jeanne M. Hamburg, New York 'Super Lawyer'," SURTEX’s On The Surface eNewsletter, March 2012
• Quoted, "Volunteer Spotlight: Jeanne Hamburg," INTA Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 5, March 1, 2012
• Quoted, "Brewers settle trademark dispute," The Morning Call, December 7, 2011
• Quoted, "Ignoring requests for software audits can prove to be costly," Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, July 4, 2011
• Co-Author, "Branding to the Right of the Dot: New Generic Top-Level Domain Names Are About to Change the Face of the Internet. Is Your Company Ready?" NM&M Internet Law Alert, July 2011
• Author, "Email Solicitation: Are You Complying with the CAN-SPAM Act?" NM&M Internet Law Alert, April 2011
• Author, "A Giant Step Forward for Design Protection," International Furnishings and Design Association Newsletter, Network Fall 2010, Page 5
• Author, "What is a Keyword Purchase of Your Trademark from an Internet Search Engine and How Does It Affect Me or My Company?" NM&M Internet Law Alert, November 2010
• Author, "What is a Keyword Purchase of Your Trademark from an Internet Search Engine and How Does It Affect Me or My Company? (Part 2)," WNBA-NYC Newsletter, October 2010
• Author, "What is a Key Purchase of Your Trademark from an Internet Search Engine and How Does It Affect Me or My Company? (Part 1), WNBA-NYC Newsletter, September 2010
• Interviewed, "Attorney Jeanne Hamburg talks to Rhona Whitty about the Agency Model," WNBA-NYC Newsletter, June 2010
• Author, "What To Do When Someone Steals Your Web Site Content and You Do Not Know Who Did It," NM&M Internet Law Alert, May 2010
• Author, "What To Do If Someone Steals Your Website's Name or One Like It," NM&M Internet Law Alert, April 2010
• Author, "Copyright and Trademark Law in the United States," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Taylor & Francis, 2010
• Author, "Pending 'Orphan Works' Bill Will Impact Authors and Publishers, WNBA-NYC Newsletter, December 2008
• Author, "Pending 'Orphan Works' Bill May Imperil Your Design Rights," IFDA Network, News-Magazine of International Furnishings and Design, Fall 2008
• Compiler, "For Jewelry Industry Executive Association, Phyllis Bergman, Business Success Has Familiar 'Ring' To It," Commerce Magazine, October 2008
• Author, "Copyright Conveyances: Work Made for Hire vs. Assignments," Women's National Book Association-NYC Newsletter, September 2008
• Author, "Copyrights and Trademarks: Almost Everything You Need to Know," Casual Connect Magazine, July 2008
• Author, "Copyright and Trademark Protection in the Gaming World," GameDaily web site, November 13, 2007
• Author,"Marking Your Turf," Colored Stone Magazine, July/August 2007 and Women's Jewelry Association Newsletter, October 2007 and Jewerly Design Professional Network Online Newsletter, Winter 2007
• Quoted, “Reaping the Benefits of Your Copyright Assets,” New Jersey Business Magazine, June 2005
• Co-author with Eric Slater, Esq., American Chemical Society, “3 Crucial Questions—and Answers—for Protecting IP in a Deal,” American Corporate Counsel Association’s (ACC’s) Docket Magazine, March 2005
• Author, “High Court Rules Trademark Use May Be Confusing, But Still Fair ,” New York Law Journal, February 2, 2005
• Author, “Intellectual Property Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions: What Every Attorney Should Know,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2005
• Editor, “Trademark Basics,” International Trademark Association On-Line CLE Accredited Course Offering (launched September 2004; offered September 2005 and on continuous basis at periodic intervals)
• Author, “Intellectual Property Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions: Part I of II—Conducting Due Diligence,” August 2004; “Part II of II—Documenting the Transaction,” October 2004
• Interviewed, “Depth and Diversity Enhance IP Practice at Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus ,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2004
• Author, “Life Plus Seventy: Trademarks Won't Extend Duration of Copyright,” World Trademark Law Report, September 24, 2003
• Author, "Trademark Law and the 'Bodily Appropriation' of a Creative Work," Outside Counsel column in New York Law Journal, March 19, 2003 (versions of article also appeared in The Intellectual Property Strategist (April 2003) and IP Law & Business (April 2003))
• Author, "Protecting Publishers' Rights to Terminate," The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 8, No. 10, July 2002. Section on copyright and trademark law, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003
• Co-author, "Will Mickey Mouse Get a New Lease on Life? Constitutional Questions on the Extension of the Copyright Term," The Licensing Journal, June/July 2002
• Co-author, "U.S. Copyright Law Digest," Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest, 2002
• Author, “Negotiating Across Cultures in the New Millennium” and co-author, “International Negotiations, A Cultural Perspective,” The ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations, American Bar Association, 2000
• Co-author, “Streetwise and the Duty to Perform Trademark Searches,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 5, No. 3 at p. 1, December 1998
• Co-author, “When Protecting the Parodist Means Diluting A Trademark: The Tension Between the Parodist’s Right of Free Expression and the Trademark Owner’s Right Against Dilution,” Intellectual Property Litigation, Summer 1997
• Author, “Who ‘Framed’ CNN and Reuters?,” New York New Media Association News, May 1997 (lead article); The Internet Newsletter: Legal & Business Aspects, May 1997
• Co-author, “Who Owns the Skyline? A Trademark, Copyright and First Amendment Conundrum,” Intellectual Property Litigation, Fall 1996
• Co-author, “Are Net Providers Liable for Users’ Infringement?,” The National Law Journal, at p. C4, February 12, 1996
• Author, “False Attributions: Where Copyright and Trademark Law Meet,” American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Selected Legal Papers (dated February 1996, published in 1997) (based upon presentation at annual meeting attended by 2,000 attorneys)
• Author, “Application of Trademark Law to Copyrightable Works,” Intellectual Property Litigation, at p. 1, Summer 1995
• Co-author, “‘Reverse Passing Off’ May Apply to Literary Works,” The National Law Journal, at p. C26, May 8, 1995
• Co-author, “The ‘New’ Doctrine of Subliminal Confusion,” New York Law Journal, at p. 1, April 13, 1995
• Co-author, “Fabric For the Future: Courts Should Apply the Supreme Court’s Decision in Feist to Cases Involving Copyright Infringement of Fabric Designs,” Intellectual Property Litigation, at p. 8, September 1994
• Co-author, “Deduction of Income Taxes From Awards of Profits Attributable to Innocent Copyright and Patent Infringement,” Intellectual Property Litigation, at p. 5, March 1994
• Co-author, “International Negotiations: A Cultural Perspective,” The ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations, American Bar Association, 1994, at p. 5, adapted in 40 The Practical Lawyer 53, July 1994
• Author, Note, “When Prior Pay Isn’t Equal Pay: A Proposed Standard for the Identification of ‘Factors Other than Sex’ Under the Equal Pay Act,” 89 Colum. L. Rev. 1085 (1989) (cited in Aldrich v. Randolph Central School District, 963 F.2d 520, 525 (2d Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 440 (1992) and Christiana v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 839 F.Supp. 248, 254 (S.D.N.Y. 1993))

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Presentations

• "Trademark & Copyright Issues in Social Media and the Web," Beanstalk, New York, NY, December 12, 2012
• "2012 InfraGard Security Summit," New York, NY, Septmeber 12, 2012
• "Opportunities & Challenges in the Expanding Digital World: Trademark & Copyrighs Issues on the Web," SURTEX, May 22, 2012
• "Intellectual Property for the General Practitioner: Patents and Trade Secrets," Bar Association of Lehigh County, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2011
• "Hot Topics in Internet Law," NM&M, Bridgewater, NJ, January 19, 2011
• "Hot Topics in Internet Law," NM&M, New York, NY, January 20, 2011
• "Intellectual Property on the Web: Trademark, Copyright and Patent Issues That Impact All Companies in the Internet Age," Bridgewater, New Jersey, June 17, 2010
• Speaker, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Hilton New York, January 26, 2010
• Speaker, "International Trademark Association’s (“INTA’s”) U.S. Trademark Basics Crash Course Program," October 9, 2009
• Speaker, "Trademarks in Designs, Product Shapes, Logos and Brands," International Furnishings Design Association, New York Chapter, Better Business Boot Camp Series, September 10, 2009
• Speaker, "Copyrights in Creative Designs," International Furnishings Design Association, New York Chapter, Better Business Boot Camp Series, July 16, 2009
• Speaker, "Hot Property: Copyright Basics for Publishers and Authors," Women's National Book Association, New York Public Library, Jefferson Market Branch, New York, New York, January 21, 2009
• Speaker, "Electronic Copyright Transfer ," Professionals/Rights and Permissions Advisory Committee, Professional Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, Annual Conference, May 8, 2006
• Prepared and delivered Trademarks presentation to executives of leading manufacturing company (Firm client), April 4, 2006
• Speaker, "Trademarks," Yorktown Bar Association, March 29, 2006
• Project Chair and Contributing Editor, “Legal Ethics and Professionalism for Trademark Practitioners,” E-Learning Program, International Trademark Association On-Line CLE Accredited Course Program (launched October 22, 2006 and offered on continuous basis at periodic intervals)
• Speaker, "Trademarks," Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Client Seminar, Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater NJ , October 18, 2005
• Project Team Manager, (Session One) and Facilitator (On-Line Chat), “TTAB Basics,” International Trademark Association On-Line CLE Accredited Course Offering (launched June 2005 and offered on continuous basis at periodic intervals)
• Project Team Manager, “Work/Life Balance—Caring for Family While Working,” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, Women’s Networking Committee Reception, June 15, 2005
• Prepared and delivered Trademarks Seminar to executives of leading financial services company (Firm client), May 19, 2005
• Speaker, “Political Parody: IP Owners Aren’t Laughing,” 20th Annual Intellectual Property Conference, Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association (April 14, 2005). Similar presentations also delivered to New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association (February 17, 2005), New York Intellectual Property Law Association (November 19, 2004) and Copyright and Trademark Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section (November 9, 2004)
• Speaker, “Trademark and Copyright Year in Review ,” 5th Annual CLE Expo, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, March 8, 2005
• Speaker, “Copyright from the Corporate Perspective ,” Norris McLaughlin & Marcus In-House Seminar, January 11, 2005 and June 22, 2004
• Speaker, “Copyright and Trademark from the Corporate Perspective,” Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Client Seminar, Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater NJ, September 28, 2004
• Speaker, “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Its Promise and Pitfalls ,” Association of American Publishers, Rights and Permissions Committee Annual Conference, May 19, 2004
• Speaker, “Intellectual Property Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions: A Case Study ,” "Advanced Topics in Copyright Law," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 6, 2004
• Speaker, “The Madrid Protocol,” Baker Botts Intellectual Property Retreat, 2003
• Moderator, “A Roundtable Discussion of the Supreme Court's Decision in Moseley dba Victor's Little Secret v. V. Secret Catalogue, Inc.,” hosted by New York Intellectual Property Law Association, April 10, 2003
• Speaker, “DMCA: Highlighted Provisions and Recent Proposed Legislation,” "Copyright in the Digital Age," Seminar sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. and Society for Scholarly Publishing, April 3, 2003
• Speaker, “Enforcing Trademark Rights on the Wild, Wild Web,” Baker Botts Intellectual Property Retreat (2001)
• Prepared and conducted Publishing Seminar focusing on new media rights for large medical publisher, February 1999
• Invited Speaker, “Applying Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act to Copyrightable Works,” 1995 Annual Meeting, American Intellectual Property Law Association, speech published in Intellectual Property Litigation, Winter 1995

   

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