Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Copyright. Trademark.

Senior Counsel.  Bill has handled domestic and international trademark and copyright matters at the highest level for over 60 years.  He has counseled and represented clients on domestic and international trademark matters concerning clearance, registration, proper use, licensing, contested administrative proceedings and infringement claims.  He became Senior Counsel in January 2024 and is now focusing on providing guidance and advice to other lawyers within our firm and writing informative and engaging articles on intellectual property law developments.

Admissions: New York, United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Federal Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,  and United States Supreme Court.

Recognitions:

New York "Super Lawyers" Intellectual Property Law (2006 to present) The Best Lawyers in America for Copyright and Trademark Law (2003 to present) International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd. 2001 to present) Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners (Euromoney Legal Media Group 2000 to present) Who's Who in America  - Law (Marquis Who's Who 1989 to present) Who’s Who Legal, IP – Trademarks (Law Business Research Ltd.) (2002 to present, including Thought Leader – USA – IP – Trademarks, 2023)

American Law Institute, Continuing Legal Education, Intellectual Property Advisory Panel (2014 to 2018).

Columbia University School of Law  - Guest Lecturer, Trademark Licensing (1987-97).

The American Law Institute, Advisory Committee, Restatement (Third) of the Law of Unfair Competition (1986-92).

International Trademark Association-Legal Counsel (1988-91); The Trademark Reporter-Editor-in-Chief (1978-79), Advisory Board Member (1980-date), TMR Committee Member (2022-2023).

American Bar Association -Chairman of Copyright Division (1981-82) and Trademark Division (1984-85).

Columbia Law School (J.D. 1964; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Columbia Law Review), and Princeton University (B.A. 1960).