Background
Fifer, Samuel was born on May 5, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Zipporah (Berkowicz) Fifer.
Fifer, Samuel was born on May 5, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Zipporah (Berkowicz) Fifer.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1971). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974). Managing Editor, De Paul University Law Review, 1973-1974.
Worked at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Defamation, Entertainment, Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Illinois. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
Managing Editor, De Paul University Law Review, 1973-1974.
Company-Author: "Non-Compete Clauses Protect Trade Secrets," The National Law Journal, October 31, 1994. "Courts Continue to Face Delicate Fair-Use Issues," National Law Journal, May 8, 1995.
"Internet"s Global Marketplace of Ideas Faces Challenge from United States. Defamation Law," Intellectual Property Worldwide, March, 1996.
"The Acquisition and Disposition of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions: The United States., Perspective," in The New Role of Intellectual Property in Commercial Transactions--Developing Trends in the Valuation, Exploitation and Protection of Intellectual Property, John Wiley & Sons (1994).
Contributor: State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Clark Boardman Company, Limited. Author: "On Trying to Protect Too Much," Remarks: Trademark News for Business," Volume 4, Number. 2, 1991; "Decision Backing Press Freedom Has Ominous Undertone," Chicago Tribune, August 17, 1990.
Note, "United States v.
Midwest Video, Cable Television and the Program Origination Rule," 22 De Paul Law Review 461, 1972. Comment, "Musical Expression and First Amendment Considerations," 23 De Paul Law Review 143, 1974.
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1992, (Entertainment Law). Member, Cyberlaw Committee, Libel Defense Resource Center, Defense Counsel Section.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Chair, Copyright Committee, Intellectual Property Section Council, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law.
Vice Chairman, Committee on Media Law and Defamation Torts of the Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1990-1991) Bar Associations. International Trademark Association.
Member, Cyberlaw Committee, Libel Defense Resource Center, Defense Counsel Section. Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Chair, Copyright Committee, Intellectual Property Section Council, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law. Vice Chairman, Committee on Media Law and Defamation Torts of the Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1990-1991) Bar Associations.
International Trademark Association.
Married Barabara Lee Brown, April 8,1980. Children: Jessica, Max.