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Katz, Ronald S. was born in 1945 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Ronald S. Katz
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New York University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1967). Oxford University, England (Master of Arts, 1969, Rhodes Scholar). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Spoken languages: Indonesian and Spanish.
Career
Worked at Coudert Brothers. Admitted to the bar, 1972, District of Columbia. 1979, California.
Phi Beta Kappa.
International Legal Fellow to Indonesia, 1970-1972.
Author: "Ninth Circuit Eliminates Difference Between Software Copyright Use and Proliferation," The Computer Lawyer, December 1995. "ISOs Win Big Antitrust Verdict Against Kodak," R&R News, November 1995.
"If Kodak Is Just A "Summary Judgment Case," Why Are We Still Discussing lieutenant Three Years Later?" The Computer Lawyer, October 1995. "Turning On and Turning Office," The Recorder Intellectual Property Supplement, Autumn 1995.
"Judge Sporkin: Microsoft"s Unwitting Ally?" The Computer Lawyer, March 1995.
"Recent Cases Reveal Gaps in Draft Antitrust/Intellectual Property Guidelines" The Computer Lawyer, November 1994. "Precedents and Pioneers" The Recorder, November 11, 1994. (Review of Rugged Justice: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the American West, 1881-1941).
"Markets and Antitrust" The Recorder Intellectual Property Roundtable Supplement, Autumn 1994.
"International Business Machines Corporation"s New Bid for Monopoly" Service & Support Management, September 1994. "Access for Antitrust" The Recorder, July 21, 1994;"Markets and Monarchies" The Recorder, July 18, 1994.
"Fair Use of Operating System Software: Square Pegs in Round Holes?" The Computer Lawyer, May 1994. "Alternative Dispute Resolution Abroad" The Recorder, April 18, 1994.
"Legal Drawbacks to Certifications," Service News, January 1994.
"Water Marketing/Transfers and the Antitrust Laws," California Water Law & Policy Reporter, October 1993. "Sixth Circuit Gives First Detailed Appellate Consideration to Supreme Court"s Kodak Ruling," The Computer Lawyer, September 1993. "Differing Perspectives on Kodak," The Computer Lawyer, July 1993.
"The Legal Battleground.
Manufacturers vs ISOs, Round II," Service & Support Management, July 1993. "What Trust in Antitrust," The Recorder, July 26, 1993.
"MAI v. Peak: An Unprecedented Opinion with Sparse Analysis," The Computer Lawyer, May 1993.
"Turned on, Turned Office," The Recorder, April 29, 1993. "Are Extended Warranties Legal?" Service News, April 1993.
"The Benefits and Burdens of Kodak from a Litigant"s Perspective," Antitrust, Fall/Winter 1992. "Is Antitrust Law Coming Alive?" The California Lawyer, December 1992 (interview of William Baxter of Stanford Law School).
"High Court Follows Up on Kodak," The Computer Lawyer, November 1992.
"The Servicing of Precedent," The Recorder, October 30, 1992. "Eastman Kodak v. Institute of Transportation Studies: The Downfall of the Chicago School," The Computer Lawyer, July 1992. "Debunking the Free Market Assumptions of the Chicago School," The Recorder, June 24, 1992.
"Global Circuits," The Recorder, Intellectual Property Supplement, May 1992.
"Monopolization and Trying Cases in the Nineties," American Law Institute/American Bar Association Course of Study, December 12-13, 1991 (chaired this seminar and a follow-up seminar -- "New Directions in Antitrust Law" -- for American Language Institute -American Bar Association in January, 1993). "The Kodak Case: Setting the Antitrust Agenda for the Nineties," American Language Institute -American Bar Association Course of Study, December 12-13, 1991.
"Comparative Antitrust," The Recorder, December 10, 1991. "The Squeeze Factor," The Recorder, August 19, 1991.
"Independent Computer Maintainers Win Antitrust Verdicts Against Two Computer Manufacturers," The Computer Lawyer, June 1991.
"Second Trial of Antitrust Issues Between Independent Service Organizations and Computer Manufacturers Results in Verdict for ISOs," International Computer Law Adviser, April 1991. "Renewed Antitrust Vigor," The Recorder, August 27, 1990. "First Trial of Antitrust Issues between Independent Service Organizations and Computer Manufacturers Results in Verdict for ISOs," International Computer Law Adviser, August 1990.
"Legal Issues Between Equipment Manufacturers and Maintainers of that Equipment," International Computer Law Adviser, June 1989.
"A Method for Evaluating the Deep Seabed Mining Provisions of the Law of the Sea Treaty," 7 Yale Journal of World Public Order, 114 (1980). "Financial Arrangements for Seabed Mining Companies: An NIEO Case Study," 13 Journal of World Trade Law, 209 (1979).
"Law Reform in Post-Sukarno Indonesia," 10 International Lawyer, 335 (1976), co-author "Indonesia"s National Law Development Centre: A Potential Model for Developing Countries," 12 The International Lawyer 443, (1978), co-author
Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice and International Antitrust, Santa Clara Law School, 1983-1986.
Prosecutor, United States. Justice Department, Antitrust Division, 1975-1977. Deputy Director, Office of the Law of the Sea Negotiations, United States.
Department of State, 1977-1979.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. Council on Foreign Relations.
American Law Institute.
(Managing Partner of California Offices).
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Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Council on Foreign Relations.
American Law Institute. (Managing Partner of California Offices).
