As a registered patent attorney and partner with over 30 years of experience in all phases of intellectual property and technology law, including litigation, due diligence and technology transactions, Mr. Lipsitz represents clients in matters involving computer software and hardware, satellite, radio, television and Internet communications, financial services and business methods, advertising, entertainment and publishing.

Over the years, Mr. Lipsitz has handled successful litigation matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other forms of intellectual property. He has obtained and enforced numerous U.S. and foreign design and utility patents for clients, and has defended other clients against charges of infringement. Mr. Lipsitz represents clients in state and federal courts in bench and jury trials, in arbitration matters, and in cases before the International Trade Commission.

As examples of his work, he obtained summary judgment determinations of patent non-infringement for an international company; obtained favorable jury verdicts of patent invalidity for a world-wide company; obtained preliminary injunctions in design and utility patent infringement cases, as well as in trademark, copyright and trade secret cases; and protected the right of a famous high fashion designer to continue using his name professionally. Mr. Lipsitz represents clients in trade dress and right of publicity cases; and has been involved in high tech cases involving cutting-edge Internet and computer technologies.

Mr. Lipsitz has lectured on IP topics of interest both in the U.S. and overseas. He also supervises the department’s presentation of the popular KLIP (Kramer Levin Intellectual Property) Alerts. He is consistently recognized as a leader and innovator in the IP field, and has been voted a New York Super Lawyer.

J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1980
B.A., Physics and Philosophy, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University, 1977

New York, 1981
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 1978

U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1981
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1981
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 1992
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1996

Teaching
Fordham University School of Law - Guest Lecturer on Patent Law & Computer Law, 1996-1997

Intellectual Property Owners Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
International Trademark Association, Co-Chair, Web Site Policy Committee, 1998-2000
New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair, Patent Law Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1994-1998; Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1998-2000
American Bar Association, IP Law Section