Background
Nimmer, David was born on January 14, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Nimmer, David was born on January 14, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1980). Spoken languages: French and Italian.
Worked at Irell & Manella Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1979-1980.
Author: Nimmer on Copyright, 1985. "Brains and Other Paraphernalia of the Digital Age," 10 Harvard
J.L. & Technology 1 (1996).
"The End of Copyright," 48 Vanderbilt L. Rev 1385 (1995). "United States," in Nimmer & Geller, International Copyright Law and Practice. "Nation, Duration, Violation, Harmonization: An International Copyright Proposal for the United States," 55 Law & Contemp.
Probs.
211 (1992); "Refracting the Window"s Light: Stewart v. Abend in Myth and in Fact," 39 Journal of the Copyright Society of the United States of America 18 (1991). "The Impact of Berne on United States Copyright Law," 8 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 27, 1989.
"Le Droit Doctorate"Auteur en Droit American," Droit des Affaires, 1989.
"Copyright Ownership by the Marital Community: Evaluating Worth," 36 U.C.L.A.L. Review 383 (1988); "Arbitration and Number-Contest Clauses in Copyright Contracts," 9 Entertainment Law Reporter, Number.
9, 1988. "Criminal Copyright and Trademark Law: The Importance of Criminal Sanctions to Civil Practitioners," 9 Entertainment Law Reporter, Number.
1, 1987; "Criminal Copyright and Criminal Contempt," The Law of Gray and Counterfeit Goods, P.L.I., 1987. "A Structured Approach to Analyzing the Substantial Similarity of Computer Software in Copyright Infringement Cases," 20 Arizona State Law Journal 625, 1988 (with Richard L. Bernacchi and Gary North. Frischling).
"Cases and Materials on Copyright and Other Aspects of Entertainment Litigation Including Unfair Competition, Defamation, Privacy," Fourth Edition (with Melville B. Nimmer, Paul Marcus and David A. Myers). Managing Editor, The Multimedia Law Reporter, 1995.
Law Clerk to Honorary Warren Ferguson, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-1981.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Central District of California, 1983-1987. Member: State Bar of California.
American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Intellectual Properties Litigation, Section of Litigation, 1989-1992).
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Intellectual Properties Litigation, Section of Litigation, 1989-1992).