Jennifer D. Silverman - New York, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Member

Past Positions

• Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY (Partner, Intellectual Property and Technology Group and Head of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice)
• Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY - Partner, October 2007 – December 2009
• Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, New York, NY - Partner, Intellectual Property, August 2004 – October 2007
• Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY - Associate, Intellectual Property, September 1997 – July 2004
• Litman Law Offices, LLP, Arlington, VA - Associate, Intellectual Property, September 1996 – August 1997

Classes and Seminars

• LES Panel Annual Meeting - Moderator, PLI January 2022, PLI January 2023, PLI January 2024
  
• Panelist: Is Your Hospitality Business a Target for Cyber Crime? HUB International Northeast Limited Nonprofit Executives’ Workshop (July 16, 2019)
  
• Speaker: Data Privacy and Cyber Security, ABA Side of the National Conference of Lawyers and CPAs, the official liaison body between the ABA and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) (June 24, 2019)
  
• Panelist: “State of the Industry Legal Briefing" High Performance Counsel #ThinkTank (April 12, 2019)
  
• Discussion Leader: “Managing Social Media Risk” HUB International Northeast Limited Nonprofit Executives’ Workshop (October 7, 2016)
  
• Panelist: “The Unique Challenges of Technology Company Exits” Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) Philadelphia (April 20, 2016)
  
• Roundtable Leader: “The Office Action: A Challenge or a Cinch?” International Trademark Association (September 2, 2014)
  
• Roundtable Leader: “Trademark Investigations” International Trademark Association (May 2009)
  
• Panelist: “Negotiating Coexistence Agreements When the Trademark Search Reveals a Potential Conflict During the USPTO Trademark Registration Process” USPTO Boot Camp Trademark Edition, American Conference Institute (September 24, 2008)
  
• Speaker: “Trademarks: Practical Skills- Basics of Intellectual Property Law” New York State Bar Association CLE (May 8, 2008)
  
• Panel Moderator: “How to Build a Winning Management Team” Funding Post’s Perfect Venture Conference II (April 6, 2006)
  
• Speaker: “Enforcement of Trademarks and Copyrights” Licensing International Show (June 2005)
  
• Speaker: “Copyright: Originality in Canada, U.S. and Europe” and “Fair Dealing, or Fair Use, in Canada, U.S. and Europe” 78th Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) Annual Meeting (October 14-16, 2004)
  
• Panel Moderator: “Alternative Resources for the Entrepreneur” Fashion Group International Regional Director's Conference (2003)
  
• Speaker: “Modern Resources for Searching and Selecting Trademarks,” New York University Center for Continuing Legal Education (November 1, 2002)
  
• Roundtable Leader: “Common Concerns and Practical Solutions for Trademark Administrators and Paralegals” International Trademark Association’s 124th Annual Meeting (2002)
  
• Speaker: “Copyright and Publishing Law: A Primer” Reed Smith internal CLE (February 28, 2002)
  
• Speaker: “An In-House Lawyer’s Guide to Recent Changes in IP Laws and IP Asset Management” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association’s Intellectual Property Committee (2001)
  
• Speaker: “The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act” Reed Smith Internal CLE (January 25, 2001)
  
• Licensing Executives' Society Podcast - In this 5 Minute Update (Or Maybe Longer) from the Licensing Executives' Society, Jennifer Silverman chats with David Powsner, Stephen Kabakoff and Sanjay Prasad about data privacy and licensing (https://apple.co/3ytptXB)

Published Works

Articles

• Celebrity Sexually Explicit Home Video Tape Protected by Copyright Law - Halted Distribution Not a First Amendment Violation, Intellectual Property Today, Sept., 1998
  
• The Evolution of the New York Anti-Dilutioin Act, New York State Bar Association, 1997
  
• It's Not a Mission Impossible - What Every Attorney Should Know About Intellectual Property, Arlington County Bar Association CLE materials, 1996
  
• Author, Trademark Protection for Color: Basking in the Warmth of Sun Glow, 12 Touro L. Rev. 186, 1995
  
• Author, Unlocking Victoria’s Secret, New Jersey Lawyer, 12 NJL 1244, p. 4A, June, 2003
  
• Author, Making Sense of Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., NYIPLA Bulletin, 2003
• Co-author, The Evolution of the Federal Dilution Statute, New York State Bar Association Trademark Committee lecture materials, 1997
• Author, Glendora v. Kofalt, 11 Touro L. Rev. 944, 1995

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1997
• New Jersey, 1996
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2003
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2003

Specialties and Certifications

• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) US Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) since 2012

Other Affiliations

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member)
• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• International Trademark Association (INTA), Member
• Treaty Analysis Committee, APEC Subcommittee (Member)
• Pacific/Canada TMO Relations of the Trademark Office Practices Committee, Member (2007-2009)
• INTA’s Legislation and Regulation Committee, US Subcommittee (2012-2014)
• Trademark Office Practices Committee
• US Patent and Trademark Office Subcommittee (2010-2012)
• Co-Chair, Data Privacy and Cyber Security Subcommittee of the High Tech Sector of the Licensing Executives Society
• Chair, Privacy and Publicity Rights Committee, Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association
• UJA Federation New York, Past Chair of a Task Force
• Member, Advisory Board of High Performance Counsel, a media company focusing on innovation in the legal industry