Mr. Weisz also represents clients on a wide range of intellectual property issues, with particular emphasis on copyright and trademark litigation and licensing. He has extensive experience with issues relating to the Internet, new media technologies and e-commerce.

Relevant Experience

• Advised clients on implementation of enterprise-wide data privacy and security programs.
• Advised e-commerce clients on compliance with laws and regulations governing the privacy of telephone service subscribers.
• Advised clients on instant messaging and email marketing strategies and compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act.
• Advised multinational retailer on the privacy and information security issues associated with the development and distribution of mobile commerce application.
• Developed strategies for domestic and international companies to minimize liability for user-generated online content and implement advantageous copyright licenses in Web 2.0 applications.
• Advised clients on responding to information security breaches and compliance with state security breach notification laws, including the development of notification strategies.
• Drafted privacy policies, procedures and notices for multiple online and offline consumer goods retailers and service providers.
• Drafted numerous website terms of use.
• Drafted software license and end-user license agreement (EULA) for m-commerce application.
• Assisted in comprehensive company-wide privacy and information security assessment including reviews of use, disclosure, storage and disposal of personal information.
• Assisted multinational retail company with the development and implementation of a company-wide information management program.
• Counseled m-commerce clients on provision of requisite notices and opt-out mechanisms and compliance with federal regulation of direct marketing to mobile devices.
• Advised major utility on legal implications of web analytics technologies, including web beacons / web bugs.
• Drafted privacy and data security amendments and certifications for clients' contracts with service providers.
• Negotiated advantageous settlement of numerous litigations involving allegations of unfair competition and deceptive trade practices.
• Represented numerous clients in Internet, publishing, media, television, film, music, art and fashion industries in state and federal courts.
• Represented international software developer in connection with successful effort to obtain federal court order voiding an arbitration subpoena that had sought disclosure of its trade secrets.
• Represented major publisher in successful defense of litigation alleging that it had fraudulently manipulated its search engine ranking and that of alleged competitors.
• Represented theater production company in successful defense of litigation alleging that use of plaintiff's trademark in the metadata of the company’s website constituted an unfair and deceptive trade practice.
• Represented trade association and its members in successful anticounterfeiting litigation campaign.
• Represented major world music record label in successful defense of litigation alleging copyright, unfair competition and antitrust violations.

• Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, 2005-2008
• Law Extern, New York State Attorney General, Internet Bureau, 2003-2004

• New York State Bar
• State Bar of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
• Information Technology Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2005-2008

• J.D., New York University School of Law, Founding Member and Articles Editor of New York University Journal of Law & Business, 2005
  
• B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Spanish with minor in French, 2001
  

• Spanish, French