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Robert J. deBrauwere

Robert J. deBrauwere specializes in the areas of digital media, intellectual property, trademarks, copyrights, entertainment, publishing, pre-publication counseling, video gaming and licensing. He regularly lectures attorneys, insurance underwriters and claims personnel, as well as law school students, in the areas of digital media, trademark law, defamation and publishing law.

Mr. deBrauwere is a 1993 cum laude graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as Senior Managing Editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal.

Before attending law school, Mr. deBrauwere was a senior logistics analyst and did computer programming for Unisys Corporation. He also worked in the areas of concert and theater sound and lighting production.

Previous Positions

• Jacobs deBrauwere LLP, Partner (1998-2009)
• Jacobs & Conklin, Associate (1995-98)
• Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz & Curtin, Associate (1993-95)

Speaking Engagements 

• Panelist, Piracy:  High Seas to High Tech, discussing Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc. and implications for Google and other search engines of the court’s finding that Google’s AdWords and Keyword Suggestion Tool programs may constitute a “use in commerce” of trademarks that is actionable under the federal trademark act (Lanham Act) (September 2009)
• Guest Lecturer, Defamation, Privacy and Digital Media Law Issues, SUNY Stony Brook School of Journalism (October 2009)
• Lecturer, Media Defense Seminar – Defamation, Privacy and Related Issues, Trends and Developments, Chubb Specialty Insurance seminar for insurance underwriters on understanding and managing risks concerning defamation, privacy and related matters (February 2009)
• Lecturer, Digital Media International LLC seminar on publishing issues facing digital media publishers, including protections afforded by Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act (March 2008)
• Lecturer, Managing Risk in the Blogosphere, Chubb Specialty Insurance seminar on blogging and insurance-related risks (October 2006)
• Lecturer, Chubb Specialty Insurance seminar for insurance claims handlers on efficiently analyzing and dealing with claims brought against policy holders for intellectual property, defamation and privacy matters (March 2004)
• Lecturer, providing semi-annual seminars for publishing clients’ Editorial, Advertising, Marketing, Photography and Online departments concerning legal issues and practice guidelines related to their respective areas (1994-present)
• Lecturer, Career Paths of Experts in Entertainment, Art, Trademark and Copyright Law, New York Law School (October 2003)
• Lecturer and Organizer, The Nuts and Bolts of Magazine Publishing, New York County Lawyers’ Association CLE course (September 2003)
• Panel Moderator and Organizer, Protection of Designs: Building Your Arsenal Using Trade Dress and Design Patent, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (February 1997)
• Lecturer, The Status of Domain Names on the Internet, Injunctive Relief for Unfair Competition, New York State Bar Association  Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Meeting (October 1996)
• Panel Moderator and Organizer, The Value of Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications After Warnervision, Fordham University School of Law (June 1996)
• Program Chairperson, New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, Committee on Trademark Law (1995-97)

Professional Affiliations

• Magazine Publishers of America Legal Affairs Committee
• Media Law Resource Center – Internet Law Committee
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• New York State Bar Association (Sections on Entertainment, Art and Sports Law and Intellectual Property Law)
• State University of New York at Stony Brook – Dean’s Council, College of Arts and Sciences
• Diabetes Training Camp, Inc. – Board of Advisors

Other Activities

• Endurance Athlete – marathons, road races and cycling
• Work with foundations to generate scholarship funding and support for clinical research regarding diabetes and exercise
• Work with Type-1 diabetics to maximize health and blood sugar control through fitness and exercise
• Drummer
• Video Gamer