Roger M. Milgrim
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Roger M. Milgrim is a leading intellectual property lawyer, and the author of two four-volume law treatises widely used in the legal profession: Milgrim on Trade Secrets (published in 1967 and updated three times per year: in early 2011, in its 95th edition) and Milgrim on Licensing (published in 1990 and updated semiannually: in 2011 in its 33rd edition). These works are companions to other major intellectual property treatises in the LexisNexis
IP series, which includes Chisum on Patents and Nimmer on Copyright, which treatises are considered the leading treatise in their respective field, and are routinely cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and virtually all other courts.
Milgrim was a Root-Tilden Scholar at NYU School of Law, and won the National First Prize in the Nathan Burkan competition, awarded by the American Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers (ASCAP) for his essay on territoriality of copyright.[1] He did graduate comparative law studies at NYU and the University of Paris
School of Law as a Ford Foundation Fellow
and a Fulbright Scholar.[2]* He was the first American associate in the Paris office of Baker & McKenzie
, then the largest international law firm, and entered practice in New York as an associate in Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Mitchell, where he served as a personal attorney to Richard Nixon
, later the 37th president of the United States, and as the senior associate in the case that Mr. Nixon argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Hill v. Time, Inc., 385 U.S. 374 (1967). That case explored the relationship of the First Amendment and the Right of Privacy.
In 1968 Milgrim co-founded the firm of Milgrim Thomajan & Lee, which was soon listed in The American Lawyer first as one or the 25 leading small, and later, one of the 25 leading midsized law firms in the United States. By 1992 it had grown from two to 160 lawyers in five cities (NY, Boston, Austin (Texas), Washington, DC, and Los Angeles). In 1992 Milgrim and his firm’s intellectual property group joined the New York office of the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
, a prominent international law firm, where he served as a senior partner and held such positions as the head of the Firm’s intellectual property group and the Firm’s litigation department.
In addition to practice, Milgrim taught trade secret and intellectual property law at NYU School of Law for over two decades, and has also lectured at numerous law schools, including Columbia
, Fordham
, Kansas
, Loyola (Chicago), Stanford, Texas
and Yale
. He has been a principal speaker before many bar associations, including those of California, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Texas. He was one of four speakers at the Tokyo Press Club where the then new Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Law [3] was discussed before an audience of Japanese executives and lawyers; the other three speakers were the heads of the Japanese and U.S. patent offices and a professor from the Max Planck Institute (Japanese law is based on the German Civil Code). Milgrim was the first Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania
, which lecture, the following year, was given by Cass Sunstein
, professor of law (then at the University of Chicago) and currently the Advisor to the White House
for Information and Regulatory Affairs, advising president Barack Obama
.
Milgrim has also lectured to numerous legal departments, including AT&T
, Eastman Kodak
, Exxon
, PPG
, Procter & Gamble
and United Technologies. He has been listed in America’s Best Lawyers in every year since its inception in 1980, not only in the intellectual property category but also on occasion in the field of corporate law. In addition to an active transactional and litigation practice, he has been active as a lawyer’s lawyer, serving as an expert witness in the field of trade secret and intellectual property licensing practices in over 35 litigations, having been retained by a wide variety of law firms including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Gibson, Dunn
, Hogan & Hartson, Keker & Van Nest, Kirkland & Ellis
, Latham & Watkins
,
Quinn Emanuel, Skadden Arps, Sullivan & Cromwell
, White & Case
and Wilson Sonsini.
Milgrim has served on the boards of directors of Technip
(a Paris-based NYSE-Euronext major international engineering firm, which is one of the CAC 40
public companies, the French equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrials), Coflexip-Stenna, and on the boards of not for profits, such as The Fulbright Association
and The Brooklyn Hospital.[4]
[1] "Territoriality of Copyright: An Analysis of Assignability Under the Universal Copyright Convention," 12 ASCAP Copyright L. Symposium 1 (1962).
[2] Who's Who in the World (Marquis 2010).
[3] Japanese trade secrets
, Unfair Competition Prevention Law (1993)
[4] Who's Who in the World (Marquis 2010)
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IP series, which includes Chisum on Patents and Nimmer on Copyright, which treatises are considered the leading treatise in their respective field, and are routinely cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and virtually all other courts.
Milgrim was a Root-Tilden Scholar at NYU School of Law, and won the National First Prize in the Nathan Burkan competition, awarded by the American Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers (ASCAP) for his essay on territoriality of copyright.[1] He did graduate comparative law studies at NYU and the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
School of Law as a Ford Foundation Fellow
Ford Foundation
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and a Fulbright Scholar.[2]* He was the first American associate in the Paris office of Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,800 lawyers spread over 70 offices in 42 different countries....
, then the largest international law firm, and entered practice in New York as an associate in Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Mitchell, where he served as a personal attorney to Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
, later the 37th president of the United States, and as the senior associate in the case that Mr. Nixon argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Hill v. Time, Inc., 385 U.S. 374 (1967). That case explored the relationship of the First Amendment and the Right of Privacy.
In 1968 Milgrim co-founded the firm of Milgrim Thomajan & Lee, which was soon listed in The American Lawyer first as one or the 25 leading small, and later, one of the 25 leading midsized law firms in the United States. By 1992 it had grown from two to 160 lawyers in five cities (NY, Boston, Austin (Texas), Washington, DC, and Los Angeles). In 1992 Milgrim and his firm’s intellectual property group joined the New York office of the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Paul Hastings LLP, formerly known as Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, is a leading international law firm with 18 offices worldwide. Paul Hastings serves a diverse client base that includes many of the top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies....
, a prominent international law firm, where he served as a senior partner and held such positions as the head of the Firm’s intellectual property group and the Firm’s litigation department.
In addition to practice, Milgrim taught trade secret and intellectual property law at NYU School of Law for over two decades, and has also lectured at numerous law schools, including Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Fordham
Fordham
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, Kansas
University of Kansas
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, Loyola (Chicago), Stanford, Texas
University of Texas System
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and Yale
YALE
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. He has been a principal speaker before many bar associations, including those of California, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Texas. He was one of four speakers at the Tokyo Press Club where the then new Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Law [3] was discussed before an audience of Japanese executives and lawyers; the other three speakers were the heads of the Japanese and U.S. patent offices and a professor from the Max Planck Institute (Japanese law is based on the German Civil Code). Milgrim was the first Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania
Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
The Annenberg School for Communication is the communications school at the University of Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1958 by Wharton School's alum Walter Annenberg as "The Annenberg School of Communications." The name was changed to its current title in the late 1980's.Walter...
, which lecture, the following year, was given by Cass Sunstein
Cass Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who currently is the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration...
, professor of law (then at the University of Chicago) and currently the Advisor to the White House
White House
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for Information and Regulatory Affairs, advising president Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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.
Milgrim has also lectured to numerous legal departments, including AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational imaging and photographic equipment, materials and services company headquarted in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1892....
, Exxon
Exxon
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, PPG
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 60 countries around the globe. Sales in 2010 were $13.4 billion...
, Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
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and United Technologies. He has been listed in America’s Best Lawyers in every year since its inception in 1980, not only in the intellectual property category but also on occasion in the field of corporate law. In addition to an active transactional and litigation practice, he has been active as a lawyer’s lawyer, serving as an expert witness in the field of trade secret and intellectual property licensing practices in over 35 litigations, having been retained by a wide variety of law firms including Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Gibson, Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is a global law firm, founded in Los Angeles in 1890. The firm is one of the most prestigious and selective in the nation, and ranks among the most successful firms globally. Gibson Dunn has nearly 1,000 attorneys and over 2,000 staff located in 17 offices around the world,...
, Hogan & Hartson, Keker & Van Nest, Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an international law firm with headquarters in Chicago, known for its profitability and its litigation, bankruptcy, intellectual property and private equity departments. Kirkland & Ellis is currently ranked as the ninth most prestigious law firm in the United States by...
, Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP is a global law firm, one of the largest in the world. Latham currently employs approximately 2,000 attorneys in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm was started in Los Angeles in 1934 and has extensive Californian roots, but its largest office is now...
,
Quinn Emanuel, Skadden Arps, Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is an international law firm headquartered in New York. The firm has approximately 800 lawyers in 12 offices, located in financial centers in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe. Sullivan & Cromwell was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson...
, White & Case
White & Case
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and Wilson Sonsini.
Milgrim has served on the boards of directors of Technip
Technip
Technip is a provider of project management, engineering, and construction services for the oil and gas industry, headquartered in Paris, France....
(a Paris-based NYSE-Euronext major international engineering firm, which is one of the CAC 40
CAC 40
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public companies, the French equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrials), Coflexip-Stenna, and on the boards of not for profits, such as The Fulbright Association
Fulbright Association
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and The Brooklyn Hospital.[4]
[1] "Territoriality of Copyright: An Analysis of Assignability Under the Universal Copyright Convention," 12 ASCAP Copyright L. Symposium 1 (1962).
[2] Who's Who in the World (Marquis 2010).
[3] Japanese trade secrets
Japanese trade secrets
In Japan, on June 15, 1991, an amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention Law came into effect to include measures for the protection of qualified secret "technical or business information"...
, Unfair Competition Prevention Law (1993)
[4] Who's Who in the World (Marquis 2010)