Jack Russo

Intellectual Property, Mediation
401 Florence Street
Palo Alto, California 94301


Intellectual Property

Admitted

1980, California; 1981, New York; 1993, Washington, D.C.; 1994, Hawaii; 1999, Oregon; 1999, Washington

Law School

University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1980

Law School Graduation Year

1980

College

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, M.A.-B.A., magna cum laude, Urban Management/Co

Memberships

State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; Hawaii State, New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Science and Technology; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; International Trademark Association.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Member: UCLA Law Review, 1979-1980; UCLA Moot Court. Co-Author, Protection of Computer Software After the Copyright Act of 1980, Law & Business, 1981; Pre-Trial and Discovery in a Software Marketing Dispute, Law and Business, 1982; Copyright Law and Computer Software Disputes, Practising Law Institute, 1983; Microcomputer Software Marketing Agreement Disputes, Practising Law Institute, 1985; Copyright in the ‘Look and Feel’ of Computer Software, The Computer Lawyer, February, 1985. Co-Author: The Impact of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act on California Trade Secret Law, Trade Secret Law Reporter, May, 1985; Software Copyright Protection, 5 Software Publisher's Association News 3-4 (No. 1 January 1988); Developments in Copyright Protection of Computer Software, 2 International Computer Law Adviser 9-12 (No. 4 January 1988); Recent Developments in the Copyright Protection of the ‘Look and Feel’ of Computer Software: Apple Computer v. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, 6 Software Protection 1-15 (No. 10 March 1988); Copyright Protection of Virtual Reality, ABA Science and Technology 1992; New Frontiers: Copyright Protection in Virtual Reality Works, 15 The National Law Journal S1 (No. 6 October 12, 1992). Co-Author: Software 'Look and Feel' Protection in the 1990's, 15 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal 571-603 (1993); Virtual Reality-A Legal Overview Chapter 19 in Computer Software, Clark Boardman, 1994; Liability on the Internet, San Francisco Intellectual Property Association (March, 1995); Trade Dress Protection in the 'Look and Feel' of Computer Software and World Wide Web Sites, 2 Cyberspace Lawyer, (No. 8, Nov. 1997); Checklist for Trademark Litigation, Basic Trademark Law (PLI 1998). Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara Superior Court. Arbitrator, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association.

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