Gerald M Levine

September 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine analyzes two lawsuits that sought to hold GoDaddy.com, the largest registrar in the United States with more than 60 million domain names under management, liable for contributory or secondary infringement rather than "direct" cybersquatting under the under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

By Gerald M. Levine

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September 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine analyzes two lawsuits that sought to hold GoDaddy.com, the largest registrar in the United States with more than 60 million domain names under management, liable for contributory or secondary infringement rather than "direct" cybersquatting under the under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

By Gerald M. Levine

13 minute read

April 08, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine writes: It is obvious that domain names play two different roles in the Internet ecology. If they are simply and no more than contracts for services enabling Internet connections, they would not be garnishable. But if they are property, they are. The role that elevates them to property results from their range of economic activity in that ecology.

By Gerald M. Levine

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April 08, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine writes: It is obvious that domain names play two different roles in the Internet ecology. If they are simply and no more than contracts for services enabling Internet connections, they would not be garnishable. But if they are property, they are. The role that elevates them to property results from their range of economic activity in that ecology.

By Gerald M. Levine

11 minute read

December 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine writes: The value of trademarks in modern times accrues through use. They do not have to be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have statutory protection under the Lanham Act but there are distinct advantages to registration by small businesses and entrepreneurs when it comes to protecting and enforcing rights. These advantages are not well enough known or clearly understood.

By Gerald M. Levine

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July 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Gerald M. Levine, a partner at Levine Samuel writes that - in a case in which he represented one of the parties - the Appellate Division, First Department recently handed down a split decision upholding an incoming tenant's claim against a prior tenant for failing to vacate premises at the expiration of its lease; the case, he writes, has generated substantial comment and bewilderment in the real estate bar.

By Gerald M. Levine

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