Robert C. Harris

Background

Harris, Robert C. was born on February 24, 1952 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1978).

Career

Worked at Leavy Rosensweig & Hyman (New York, New York) specializing in Entertainment, Communications, Trademark, Copyright, Literary Property, Advertising, Corporate, Trusts and Estates, Constitutional, Real Estate, Employment Discrimination, Matrimonial and Non-profit Organizations Law. Civil Litigation and Criminal Defense. Trials and Appeals.

Admitted to the bar, 1979, New New York

Phi Beta Kappa.

Order of the Coif. Recipient, Walter J. Derenberg Copyright Fellowship. Research Editor, Annual Survey of American Law, 1977-1978.

Author: "Home Video Case Jolts the Motion Picture Industry," The Independent, August/September, 1988. "The Limits of Copyright-Moral Rights and the Berne Convention," The Independent, May, 1988.

"Are You Entitled? Title Protection and Title Reports," The Independent, April, 1988.

"Products Liability," Annual Survey of American Law, Issue 1, 1977. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Entertainment Law Committee, 1996—. Committee on Copyright and Literary Property, 1992-1996).

New York State (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, Committee on Copyrights, 1990—.

Chairman, Subcommittee on Formalities, 1996—) and American Bar Associations. Leavy Rosensweig & Hyman is a law firm specializing in the entertainment and communications industries.

The firm blends personalized service with up-to-the-minute advice in a rapidly changing marketplace. LR&H is a leader in the field of one of the most challenging and increasingly significant branches of the law-intellectual property-with clients, many longstanding, active in all facets of the entertainment world, spanning theatre, television, film, publishing and music

Our communications attorneys represent companies involved in the cable television, cellular telephone and wireless communications industries.

The firm also includes specialists in litigation, employment law, copyright, trademark, licensing, advertising, trusts and estates, real estate, and corporate and non-profit organization matters.

Achievements

• Robert C. Harris has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Home Video Case Jolts the Motion Picture Industry," The Independent, August/September, 1988. "The Limits of Copyright-Moral Rights and the Berne Convention," The Independent, May, 1988. "Are You Entitled? Title Protection and Title Reports," The Independent, April, 1988.
    
    "Products Liability," Annual Survey of American Law, Issue 1, 1977.

Membership

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Entertainment Law Committee, 1996—. Committee on Copyright and Literary Property, 1992-1996). New York State (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, Committee on Copyrights, 1990—.

Chairman, Subcommittee on Formalities, 1996—) and American Bar Associations.