Previously litigator at several law firms, with several years in-house at a quantitative hedge fund. Moved to my own practice several years ago as an arbitrator and mediator.
Experience
Kim Landsman has more than 40 years of experience providing advice and litigating a wide variety of issues. He is best known for his work in intellectual property, where he has advised, negotiated licenses, and handled cases involving trademarks, false advertising, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. He has also litigated commercial, contractual, employment, and trusts/estates disputes. In the past twenty years, his practice has expanded into and now predominantly involves appointments as an arbitrator and mediator in domestic and international arbitration.
Work History
Law clerk, Judge Arlin M. Adams, USCA for the 3d Circuit; Parker Auspitz Neesemann & Delehanty P.C., from 1980 until its merger into Morrison & Foerster in 1987; Morrison & Foerster LLP, 1987-February 1995; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, February 1995-November 2011; Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, November 2011-June 2016; Senior Vice President in the Legal Department of Two Sigma Investments, LP, June 2016-June 2019
License(s)
New York
Education
J.D. 1979, Yale Law School, Article & Book Review Editor, The Yale Law Journal M.A. 1976, Oxford University, Politics and Economics A.B. 1974, Vassar College, Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Publications
Co-Author, Procedures for Asserting and Evaluating Privilege Claims in International Arbitration, a report of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association (October 2023) Author, Book Review, The Rise of Transparency in International Arbitration: The Case for Anonymous Publication of Arbitral Awards, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, (Spring 2014) Principal Author, Publication of International Arbitration Awards and Decisions, a report of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association (February 2014) Author, Does Cariou v. Prince Represent the Apogee or Burn-Out of Transformativeness in Fair Use Jurisprudence? A Plea for a Neo-Traditional Approach, 24 Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment Law Journal 321 (2014) Author, The Emergence of Emergency Procedures in Arbitration, 7 New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer 15 (Fall 2014). Author, Microsoft Case is Great Example of Emergency Arbitration, Law 360 (December 13, 2013) Author, Cariou v. Prince Confirms Importance of Transformativeness, Law 360 (May 1, 2013) Author, Two Decisions in Battle Between Old and New Media Leave Little Resolved, New York Law Journal: Outside Counsel (May 24, 2012) Co-Author with Eric Rasmussen, Special Feature — The Second Circuit Finally Acknowledges the Impact of the Supreme Court’s eBay Decision on Preliminary Injunction Standards in Intellectual Property Cases, in IP Today (May 5, 2010) Author, Cross-Examining a Technical or Scientific Expert, in Take The Witness: CrossExamination In International Arbitration (Lawrence W. Newman and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., eds. 2010) Author, Holding Arbitrators to Higher Standards of Impartiality After Scandinavian Reinsurance, New York Law Journal: Outside Counsel (May 21, 2010) Co-Author with Daniel Glazer and Irene Treloar, Standing and Joinder Considerations in Trademark Litigations and Licenses,” Trademark Law Reporter, Vol. 99 No. 6 (November–December 2009) Author, Arbitration Fee-Splitting Agreement Invalidated in Employment Dispute, New York Law Journal: Outside Counsel (July 31, 2009)
Panels
American Arbitration Association and International Centre for Dispute Resolution CPR Distinguished Neutral
Associations
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators New York City and New York State Bar Associations Member, for over fifteen years of the Arbitration Committee and/or International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar
