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Erika S. Koster

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Overview

  • Advises startups to Fortune 100 clients on trademark selection and enforcement, with special emphasis on internet-related issues

  • Member of Computer & Internet Lawyer’s Editorial Board

  • Co-founder of New York City-based computer consulting company

 

Representative Experience

  • Advises the Travelers insurance company regarding enforcement of its various trademarks—including its world-famous red umbrella logo

  • Assisted Lifescience Alley in selection of its current name

  • Registered Hamline University’s name as a federal trademark after more than 100 years of unregistered use

  • Supervises the registration and maintenance of Wilson Learning Worldwide’s trademarks in more than 46 countries

Education

University of Chicago Law School  »  J.D.    
Williams College  »  B.A.  »  Mathematics  »  cum laude

Areas of Practice
TrademarksCopyrightsPrivacy
Internet
Associations & Pro Bono
International Trademark Association
Publications & Presentations

"Billboards, Menus or What? Getting a Handle on Keyword Advertising"  »  The Computer & Internet Lawyer (May 2010)

"Data Encryption and Breach Notification for In-House Counsel", Oppenheimer's Privacy & Data Protection Seminar, February 2010

Breach and tell: security breach notification laws”  »  The Computer & Internet Lawyer  »  Vol. 23, p.1-11 (March 2006)

Will It Get Quieter in Cyberspace? Trespass on the Internet”  »  21 The Computer and Internet Lawyer (January 2004)

Beyond Copyright”  »  San Francisco Daily Journal (September 26, 2000)

Zero Privacy: Personal Data on the Internet”  »  16 Computer Lawyer 7 (May 1999)

Co-Author of “Set Phasers on Stun: Handling Internet Fan Sites”  »  15 Computer Lawyer18 (Jan 1998)
Reprinted in Century City Lawyer (June 1998) 

"Copyright Rules Govern Web Content”  »  Off-Line (Winter 1996)
Reprinted in Corporate Counsel News, Corporate Counsel Association of Minnesota (April 1997)