Background
Levy, Mark was born on October 25, 1948 in New York City. Son of Leon and Elsi (Kovacs) Levy.
Levy, Mark was born on October 25, 1948 in New York City. Son of Leon and Elsi (Kovacs) Levy.
Polytechnic University (Bachelor of Science, 1970). New England School of Law. New York Law School (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Salzman & Levy (Binghamton, NY) specializing in Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Florida. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1984, United States. Supreme Court. 1988, New York; 1990, United States. District Court, Northern District of New York.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Irreproducible Results.
Author: "Document Classification as a Form of Censorship," Pollution Control Journal, Volume 2, No. 3, June, 1972; "Space Exploration," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume XXIX, No. 3, March, 1973; Trademark Manual, United States Surgical Corporation, July, 1983.
"Medical Malpractice," Analog, Volume CV, No. 1, January, 1985; "Left-handed Patent Attorneys," Lefthander, Volume 10, No. 6, November/December 1985.
"Patenting Orchids," American Orchid Society Bulletin, Volume 56, No. 10, October, 1987; "Movie Making and the Law," Society of Amateur Cinematographers News, April/May 1988. "Value Billing for Legal Services," The Florida Bar News, Volume 16, No.
19, October 1, 1989; "The Issue of Freedom," New York State Bar Journal, Volume 62, No. 4, May 1990; "Works Made for Hire," Videomaker, Volume V, No. 11, January 1991; "Videomakers and the First Amendment," Videomaker, Volume X, No.
6, December, 1995; "Proliferation of Traffic Signals," Journal of Irreproducible Results, Volume 40, No. 3, August, 1995; "Morality," Baker Street Journal, Volume 21, No. 1, March, 1971; The Pentatette, Mensa Special Interest Group, August, 1993.
"Visualize This," Symphony, Volume 44, No. 5, September, 1993. Adjunct Professor: Binghamton University. Broome County Community College.
Lecturer, Small Business Development Center, Binghamton University. Who's Who in Intellectual Property. President, Broome County Coalition for Free Choice, 1989.
Director, Planned Parenthood. Eastern Vice President, Society of Amateur Videomakers and Cinematographers. Member, Connecticut Patent Law Association, 1977-1982.
Member: Broome County (Lawyer Referral Service) and New York State (Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Computer Law Committee). Computer Law Association.
Central New York Patent Law Association (President, 1987-1988. 1993-1994); New York Alliance for Arts Education (Chairperson, Student Invention Program, Imagination Celebration).
President Broome County Coalition for Free Choice, Binghamton, since 1983. Board of directors Planned Parenthood, since 1992. Chairman Imagination Celebration Student Inventor Program, since 1985.
With Air National Guard, 1970-1976. Member Center New York Patent Law Association (president 1988-1990), Computer Law Association, Society of America Indiana Inventors (board directors since 1989).
Married Lillian Haimann, January 24, 1971. Children: Lora, Lisa.