Doron Goldstein’s practice primarily deals with intellectual property, information technology and advertising, marketing and branded entertainment transactions and counseling, including privacy and information security, trademark, copyright, software and technology matters.
Mr. Goldstein regularly advises on various aspects of integrated marketing campaigns, including talent and production agreements, advertising agency relationships, user-generated content, Internet distribution, brand and product integration, sponsorships and promotions. In addition, he provides advice on trademarks and branding, including with respect to certification marks and geographical indications.
Mr. Goldstein has worked extensively with companies in licensing and establishing joint ventures and strategic alliances to exploit intellectual property and technology, including the consumer electronics, chemical manufacturing, information technology and biotechnology fields. He has also advised clients in complex royalty sales and intellectual property and whole business securitizations, as well as with respect to intellectual property concerns in bankruptcy.
In 1995, Mr. Goldstein worked with the Information Highway Advisory Council of the Government of Canada (Industry Canada) regarding crown copyright and the publication of federal statutes on the Internet. He has been a member of the Electronic Commerce Working Group of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, and was involved in drafting the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act.
Mr. Goldstein was a founder and a managing partner of Drummer Associates, a computer consulting and Internet marketing firm that counted among its clients SmithKline Beecham and UNESCO. He has also been active with respect to free speech on the Internet, and has been interviewed for
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and France’s
Envoyé Spécial, among others. In addition, Mr. Goldstein has been recognized by
Legal 500 in the Marketing and Advertising category.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Goldstein is the chair of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and a member of the American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section), the New York State Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section) and the International Technology Law Association. He is an associate editor of
Nanotechnology Law & Business.
Publications
- Quoted, "International - Positive outcomes for brands that rally to a cause," World Trademark Review (November 16, 2011)
- “Protect Your IP Agreement” (with Stanton J. Lovenworth), Executive Counsel (November/December 2009)
- “To Preserve a Tradition, Shrimpers Make Their Mark,” The Snail, Slow Food USA Quarterly (Winter 2008)
- “Reverse Mergers & Nanotechnology” (with David M. Smith & Joshua Heideman), Nanotechnology Law & Business Issue 4.1 (2007)
- “Due Diligence for .coms” (with Jeanette Chan), E-Commerce Asia: Cyberstrategies for Asia's Multi-Jurisdictional Environment (1999)
Speeches and Presentations
- “American Origin Products (AOP): Economic and Legal Perspectives,” OriGIn (Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network), Washington, D.C. (June 2010)
- “Patent Strategies for a Challenging Environment,” New York Technology Council (February 2010)
- “Avoiding Pitfalls in Electronic Transactions, Storage of Electronic Data and ‘Going Paperless,’” International Underwriting Association, London, UK (February 2010)
- “Bankruptcy Aspects of Due Diligence for Intellectual Property,” Association of the Bar of the City of New York (February 2010)
- “The Impact of the Civil Law on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice in Quebec or Whose Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act is it Anyway?” (with Yoine Goldstein), Meredith Lecture, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Les Éditions Yvon Blais Inc. (1999)
- “Internet Use in the Legal and Academic Worlds,” Association Québécoise pour le Développement de l'Informatique Juridique (Quebec Computer Law Association) (November 1995)
Education and Bar Admissions
Mr. Goldstein received his Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1994, and his Bachelor of Civil Law and his Bachelor of Laws degrees, with high distinction, from McGill University Faculty of Law in 1998. He is admitted to practice in New York.