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Jeffrey H. EpsteinPartnerjhe@cll.com212.790.9209 |
Jeff concentrates on domestic and international trademark law, including practicing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Jeff handles the worldwide intellectual property portfolios of a number of multinational corporations based in the United States, as well as the interests of an ever-increasing number of foreign corporations and individuals doing business in the United States. He regularly counsels clients on the acquisition, clearance and maintenance, licensing and franchising, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including anti-counterfeiting and litigation.
Worldwide Trademark Transfers (author and contributing editor of eight chapters, International Trademark Association)
'Acceptable Use in the United States and Canada' (INTA 2009)
'A Tale of Two Trademarks: Trademarks Under Common Law and Civil Law Systems' (INTA 2008)
'Made in _________ Claims: A North American Perspective' (Marques 2004)
'How to Protect Trademarks Internationally' (Intellectual Property Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1997)
'Limits of the Madrid Protocol for U.S. Companies' (387 Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law 257, Practising Law Institute, 1994)
Institute of Trademark Agents - Panel of experts on Madrid Protocol and CTM
Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada - Speaker on 'Limitations of the Madrid Protocol for U.S. and Canadian Companies'
Columbia University School of Law, New York University School of Law, Cardozo University School of Law - Guest lecturer on International Trademark Protection
Named in The 2006 -2009 Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners (published by Managing Intellectual Property)
Named in The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd. 2001-09)
Named in Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners (Euromoney Legal Media Group 2000-04)
Named by Mondaq Professional Surveys, 'World's Leading Professional Advisors,' Trademarks (2000)
International Trademark Association
Member, Madrid Protocol Task Force (1996-97)
Editor, Information Resources Group (1995-96)
Member, New Laws Task Force (1993-94)
Chair, Task Force on Alphanumeric Marks (1992-93)
Chair, Taiwan Task Force (1991-92)
MARQUES: Delegate
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD 1986, magna cum laude; Managing Editor, Cardozo Law Review)
New York University (MFA 1975, cum laude)
Boston University (BFA 1973, magna cum laude)
New York
United States District Courts - Southern District of New York