Eric J. Stenshoel

estenshoel@curtis.com
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New York Office

Practice

As Counsel to the Firm, Mr. Stenshoel focuses on intellectual property issues arising in a broad variety of contexts, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, research and development agreements, private equity transactions involving emerging technologies, and complex licensing arrangements, as well as intellectual property litigation. He also assists clients in developing and protecting international portfolios of trademark rights.

Education

• Ph.D., Linguistics, The City University of New York, 2008
• J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 1980
• A.B., Harvard College, 1975

Associations

• New York City Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association

Representative Matters

• Development and licensing agreements for emerging manufacturing technology
• Intellectual property counseling for parties in cross border mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
• Complex cross-licensing of technology
• Software development agreements
• Automation and systems integration agreements
• e-Business agreements
• Technology outsourcing
• Trademark and trade name licenses
• Complex international copyright analysis
• Trademark and trade dress infringement litigation
• Trademark and copyright registration
  

Publications

• Co-written with Marie-Thérèse Allen, “Distribution and Licensing Client Alert, April 2004: Changes on EU Competition Law and the Effect on Technology Licensing in the European Union.”
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 140kb
• “Intellectual Property Client Alert, March 2004: Recent U.S. Participation in the Madrid Protocol - the Impact On Securing International Protection For Your Trademarks.”
  Please click here to view the article - PDF, 133kb
• Co-author, “Between Berne and Madrid: Movement of the United States Toward International Copyright and Trademark Protection,” in Festschrift für Karlheinz Quack (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1991)

Languages
English, German, Swedish, Norwegian