law: Faculty

Marc Greenberg
Titles:
  • Professor of Law
  • Co-Director, IP Law Center
Department:
Law
Campus:
San Francisco

  • 415-442-6611

Founding Director, IP Law Program, Golden Gate University School of Law

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Business Associations
  • Civil Procedure I & II
  • Content Licensing
  • Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property Law Survey
  • Internet and Software Law
  • Legal Methods
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Riding the IP Wave: Legal and Technical Skills Needed for New Technology Issues
  • Solo and Small Firm Law Practice

    • RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Business Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Law, including Copyright, Trademark, Entertainment, High Technology and Internet law
  • Law and Society
  • Legal Ethics
  • Solo and Small Firm Practice

    • EDUCATION

    • JD, University of California Hastings College of the Law

    • AB, University of California, Berkeley

    PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Visiting Professor, William Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, spring 2013 (teaching Proeprty Law).
  • Successful Plaintiff's Counsel in groundbreaking ERISA case, Meagher v. IAM, 856 F. 2d 1418 (9th Cir. 1988)
  • Managing Partner, Nelson & Greenberg; Founding Partner, Law Offices of Marc H. Greenberg, and associate attorney in Bay Area litigation and IP law firms from 1979 to present, 20 years full-time practice before joining the GGU faculty in 2000
  • Chair, Art Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools, 2009-10; Member, Executive Board, Art Law Section, 2009-2012
  • Visiting Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2009-2010 (teaching Civil Procedure)
  • Lecturer, Presenter and Panelist for IP-related programs and conferences for the American Bar Association's Copyright, and Sports and Entertainment Law Sections; The San Francisco IP Law Association; The GGU International Law Fulbright Conference; The Comic Arts Conference; The Philadelphia Bar Institute; and Comic Book Law School at the San Diego International ComicCon

    • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

    • Co-Chair - Copyright Section, San Francisco IP Law Association
    • Member and Mediator for California Lawyers for the Arts
    • Member, State Bar of California, U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, Eastern District of California, Central District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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    HONORS AND AWARDS

    • 2001 Instructor of the Year, Golden Gate University School of Law
    • AV Preeminent Rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell 2010

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