Morton David Goldberg

Cases

Mort has been counsel for parties or amici, or otherwise involved, in numerous intellectual property cases, including:

Latin American Music Co., Inc. v. Archdiocese of San Juan, U.S.D.C. for D.P.R., No. 96-CV-2312 (PG)  - served as Special Master in 2003-2005 in consolidated music copyright cases

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)  - Napster service on the Internet held a violation of copyright rights of record companies and music publishers

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corp., 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 871 (2000)  - applicability of fair use defense to intermediate copying of computer software for reverse engineering

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros., Inc., 120 S. Ct. 1339 (2000)  - infringement of unregistered trade dress, secondary meaning required for distinctiveness and protectibility

Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc., 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995); aff'd by an equally divided court, 516 U.S. 233 (1996)  - application of idea/expression dichotomy to computer programs

ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)  - shrink-wrap licenses not preempted by copyright law; licensor's rights enforceable under general contract principles

Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., 514 U.S. 159 (1995)  - registration of a color as a trademark

Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chem. Indus., 9 F.3d 823 (10th Cir. 1993)  - proper test for filtration of protectible elements of computer software; non-preemption of trade secret protection by copyright law

Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F.3d 1510 (9th Cir. 1993)  - applicability of fair use defense to intermediate copying of computer programming for reverse engineering

Whelan Assocs. v. Jaslow Dental Lab, Inc., 797 F.2d 1222 (3d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1031 (1987) (non-literal copying of computer programs established as copyright infringement)

International Business Machines Corp. v. NCR Comten, Inc. and NCR Corp., (C.D. Cal. 83-0563-KN) (settled)  - IBM's claims of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation with respect to its computer programs

Building Officials  & Code Adm. v. Code Technology, Inc., 628 F.2d 730 (1st Cir. 1980) (due process issue in enforcement of copyright on administrative regulations adopted by Commonwealth of Mass.)

Prior Experience

Schwab Goldberg Price & Dannay (1960 - 97)

Articles & Speeches

'Barbara Ringer and Copyright History'  Journal of The Copyright Society (June 2009)

'Gimme Some Music: The Place of Napster in Copyright History,' World Licensing Law Report (BNA) (Nov. 2000)

'The New WIPO Copyright Treaty,' 11 World Intellectual Property Report 166 (1997)

'Technology, Software and Copyright: the GII's Sombrero de Tres Picos,' World Intellectual Property Organization Worldwide Symposium on Copyright in the Global Information Infrastructure (WIPO Publication No. 746 (E/S) 277 1995)

'Copyright and Technology: The Analog, the Digital and the Analogy,' World Intellectual Property Organization Symposium on the Impact of Digital Technology on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (WIPO Publication No. 723(E) 37 1993)

'Copyright Protection for Artificial Intelligence Systems,' World Intellectual Property Organization Worldwide Symposium on the Intellectual Property Aspects of Artificial Intelligence (WIPO Publication No. 698(E)) 55 (1991)

Lectured extensively in the U.S. and internationally: Columbia, Harvard, New York University, Stanford and University of Michigan Law Schools; U.S. Copyright Office International Copyright Institute; World Intellectual Property Organization Geneva Academy; and in foreign countries for WIPO, including China, Mexico, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Honors & Awards

Named in 'The Best Lawyers in New York' (New York Magazine, 3/20/95); 'The Best Lawyers in New York' (Information Technology Law; Intellectual Property Law) (id., 8/1/05); The Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Law (American Lawyer Media, Inc. 2004, 2006, 2007), reprinted in New York magazine (July 2007, July 2006); 'The Best Lawyers in America 2005 - 2006 (Cyber Law; Intellectual Property Law) (11th ed., Woodward/White, Inc.); New York 'Super Lawyers' 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Affiliations

Trade and Professional Association Boards-
Formerly: Computer Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; and International Trademark Association (Past Counsel)
Presently: American Group of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle); The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.  - Honorary Trustee, Past President; and American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law  - Parliamentarian, Past Section Chair, Past Section Delegate to House of Delegates

Software and Information Industry Association  - Distinguished Professional Membership Award, Hall of Fame Award for contributions in the field of proprietary rights; Honorary Member

Editorial Boards: Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal; World Intellectual Property Law Report; World Licensing Law Report; The Computer Lawyer; The Internet Lawyer

U.S. Governmental advisory positions: U.S. State Department Copyright Panel (and its Working Group on the Berne Convention); Advisory Panels of the Office of Technology Assessment on information technology and intellectual property; ITAC-15 Intellectual Property Advisory Committee for the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative; U.S. Copyright Office 'ACCORD' Advisory Committee on Registration and Deposit, and Panel of Consultants on Revision of the Copyright Law

World Intellectual Property Organization: Private sector advisor/representative at WIPO Diplomatic Conference for adoption of WIPO Treaties on copyright and neighboring rights (1996), and at numerous meetings of WIPO Committees of Experts

Founding Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American Intellectual Property Law Association