About
More than thirty years experience protecting the intellectual property rights of creators and users. Extensive experience in all facets of intellectual property protection, including copyright and trademark prosecution, and litigation, client counseling and transactional work involving non-patent intellectual property and related rights.
Specialties: Draft, review and negotiate content agreements across media. Rights clearance and related opinion letters. Non-patent intellectual property and related rights litigation and counseling.
Work history
Principal
Alderman Law Office
January 1994 – Present (21 years 8 months)
Advise clients on intellectual property and entertainment law issues; consult on matters involving multimedia, electronic publishing and other on-line environments.
* Litigate copyright, trademark and related intellectual property disputes; provide registration and enforcement advice, and prepare copyright and trademark applications.
* Negotiate and prepare contracts, licenses and other transactional documents, particularly involving entertainment, software licensing and technology transfer issues.
* Perform intellectual property audits.
U.S. Copyright Office, Office of the General Counsel
General Counsel
Tax Analysts
1999 – 2010 (11 years)
Supervised legal operations for 200 person new media publishing company of current awareness and research tax materials. Negotiated, drafted and reviewed agreements related to content licensing, ecommerce, technology, and corporate legal issues; administered company's intellectual property portfolio; and supervised outside counsel in varied litigation and transactional matters.
Senior Attorney
U.S. Copyright Office, Office of the General Counsel
January 1984 – 1993 (9 years)
Drafted policy decisions, rulemaking documents and legal memoranda on domestic and international copyright issues for the government and Congress; represented the Office in litigation; prepared and delivered speeches.
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, Civil Division
1991 – 1992 (1 year)
Briefed and argued a variety of cases defending the interests of the United States in actions under the Constitution, Title VII, FOIA, the Privacy Act, the FTCA and other statutes. Prosecuted fraud, environmental violations and other affirmative litigation.
Law Clerk to Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge
Office of Adminstrative Law Judges, US Department of Labor
1982 – 1984 (2 years)
Researched and drafted decision and orders involving a broad range of federal statutes, including the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the Black Lung Benefits Act, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Civil Service Reform Act.
