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Alan Martin Sack
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Alan Sack is an experienced intellectual property attorney. A graduate of MIT and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Alan helps his clients protect their patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets in disputes before district courts across the United States, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO), as well as before the United States International Trade Commission (US ITC). He has served as lead and associate counsel in numerous patent, trademark, unfair competition and copyright litigations and has also mediated intellectual property disputes.

 

In the realm of patent law, Alan handles patent and design patent litigation matters before U.S. district courts, and inter partes matters before the US PTO, including patent appeals, reissues, reexaminations and post issue review proceedings. He also counsels clients on patent preparation and infringement matters and has extensive experience in the preparation, prosecution and appeals of patent applications before the US PTO in a broad spectrum of technologies and designs. He is experienced in patent and copyright protection of technologies relating to computer sciences and business methods, as well as, nanotechnology, biotechnology, medical devices, imaging, LED lighting, mechanical devices, energy storage, radiation detection, superconductors, computer sciences, signal processing, iontophoresis and chemical technologies, waste treatment, polymer molding and processing, chemical engineering, petroleum processing, films, fluid handling and business methods. Alan also has successfully overseen opposition proceedings before the European and Japanese Patent Offices, and he also handles licensing negotiations and preparation of license agreements.

 

Alan is experienced in trademark, unfair competition and trade secret litigation in the U.S. district courts and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the US PTO. He routinely counsels clients in adoption and clearance of trademarks and service marks, the protection of trade secrets, as well as U.S. and foreign trademark filing, prosecution, opposition and appeals. His practice also encompasses counseling and negotiation of branding and advertising transactions. He advises clients regarding protection and use of trademarks in advertising and product packaging, advertising claims and the use of appropriate marking of patents and registered trademarks on product packaging and brochures. Alan has extensive Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret & UC protection, counseling, licensing and litigation experience in the Apparel, Banking, Entertainment, Fabrics, Food, Footwear, Gaming, Music & Restaurant industries.  Alan has been a longtime member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and an active member of the Trade Name Subcommittee of the Trademark Enforcement Committee of INTA. Alan has also handled a variety of copyright and entertainment related litigation, registration and counseling matters, and has litigated software and television copyright infringement actions in U.S. district courts and before the US ITC.

 

In a recent US ITC investigation, Alan and his team prevailed on summary determination in an investigation involving a children’s television show.  The ITC’s Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found lack of substantial similarity between the accused television show and the copyrights asserted in the investigation.  Alan has also handled matters related to copyright infringement actions in the music industry and has been successful in taking down infringing content for music posted on various Internet websites under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (DMCA). He has also successfully conducted arbitrations under ICANN’s Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution (UDRP) arbitration procedures.

 

Alan is a member of the Federal Bar Association and is part of a team of three senior patent litigators that has taken on an initiative to provide the district courts designated to participate in the Patent Cases Pilot Program (PCPP) with a series of in-depth and interactive multi-session presentations on the relevant substantive and procedural aspects of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. The sessions look at the how the new patent act affects the conduct of patent litigations before the U.S. district courts and the interplay between district court litigation and the new post registration proceedings before the USPTO. Alan and his colleagues have presented before the judges, magistrate-judges and law clerks of the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York and have contributed to the drafting of the local patent rules that are shared by these courts.

 

 

Before SACK IP

During his career, Alan has been a partner at the law firms of Fox Rothschild, LLP and Hoffmann & Baron, LLP, as well as of counsel at Morgan & Finnegan, LLP and Lock Lord, LLP.

 Alan was an AlexanderFellow at the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1982.

At MIT Alan conducted research in Life Sciences on the genetics and biochemistry of bacterial cells, using viral vectors to modify the genetic materal of the cell. Thesis: "Strain Construction and Study of Merodiploid EUP Mutant of E. Coli." under the supervision of Dr. Salvador E. Luria, Nobel laureate in Biology.

Additonally, at MIT Alan worked at the “ALCATOR” Nuclear Fusion Project - Fabricating and developing high power relays and switching systems needed to supply electrical power the reactor.

 

Languages spoken

English

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Contact

SACK IP Law pc

445 Park Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY, 10022

Website
https://www.SACK-IP.com 

Sack IP Law P.C

6800 Jericho Tpke
Ste 120 W
Syosset, NY, 11791-4445

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License
StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
NJActive198702/28/2022
NYCurrently registered 198402/24/2022
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
Avvo Contributions
Legal answers4188
Legal guides0
Awards
Award nameGrantorDate Granted
Super Lawyers - Intellectual Property - NY MetroSuper Lawyers2021
Super Lawyers - Intellectual Property - NY MetroSuper Lawyers2020
Super Lawyers - Intellectual Property - NY MetroSuper Lawyers2019
Top AttorneyAvvo2018
Super Lawyers - Intellectual Property - NY MetroSuper Lawyers2018
Top Contributor AwardAVVO2017
Top ContributorAVVO2016
Top Contributor AwardAVVO2015
Alexander FellowshipB.N. Cardozo School of Law1982
work experience
TitleCompany nameDuration
Founder, PresidentSACK IP Law p.c.2015 - Present
Equity PartnerFox Rothschild LLP2013 - 2015
Of CounselLocke Lord, LLP2009 - 2013
Of CounselMorgan & Finnegan n, LLP2008 - 2009
PartnerHoffmann & Baron, LLP1987 - 2008
associations
Association namePosition nameDuration
International Trademark AssociationCommittee member-Trade Names Subcommittee2000 - 2015
New York Intellectual Property Law AssociationCommittee member - Patent Law Committee1987 - 2016
Nassau County Bar AssociationMember1987 - 2019
publications
Publication nameTitleDate
Online published Chinese Language Article, including Alan M. Sack Interview with SMG News, US re TM Infringment Suit filed against Pinduoduo Inc. in advance of their US IPOLook at the news News, reporter Zhongbo wen 2018-07-27 13:51:552018
Video publication by Zhongbo Wen, SMG News, US of mass arrests in NY and siezure of Counterfiet goods, including interview with Alan M. Sack, Esq. regarding the impact, fines and penalties of convictin under the US Criminal Counterfietting Statute.Authorities ferret out 450 million dollars counterfeit luxury goods imported from China, 33 ethnic Chinese arrested2018
education
School nameDegreeGraduated
Benjamin N CardozoJD - Juris Doctor1983
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySB1979
speaking engagements
Conference nameTitleDate
The Rapidly Changing Patent Law Landscape: What Entrepreneurs, Investors, Inventors, Lawyers and Judges Need to Know, Troy, NYDiscussion on Local Patent Rules, Discrete AIA Litigation Issues, Interplay of Different Fora in which to Litigate Patent Disputes2015
MIT Club of Long Island Dinner Meeting (October 15, 2015)How the America Invents Act and the Patent Cases Pilot Program Changed Everything! What Today’s Inventors, Investors, and Entrepreneurs Need to Know about the New Patent Acts2015
US District Court for the Southern District of New YorkAIA and PCPP Legislation and Impact on District Court Patent Litigation2014
Lectures Before the US District Court for the Southern District of New YorkAIA and PCPP Legislation and Impact on District Court Patent Litigation2013
Lectures Before the US District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkAIA and PCPP Legislation and Impact on District Court Patent Litigation2013
The Essentials of Advertising & Marketing Law, Chicago, ILInternet Advertising Law Green Deceptive Advertising Law2010
2010 Advertising and Marketing Law, New York, NYEmerging and Hot Topics2010
AIPLA Annual Meeting, Washington DCQuick and Dirty Patent Applications, Advantages and Pitfalls2008

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Excellent Patent Attorney

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Thank you David! It was wonderful working with an excellent attorney as you. I hope that we have a chance to work together again soon.

Highly Recommend

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Thank you Bill. I enjoyed counseling you on this matter.

Alan is very personable and has in depth knowledge.

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Great Patent Lawyer

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Andrew, it has been my pleasure working with you on your invention, patent application and trademark. I appreciate the care and enthusiasm that you have for your innovation. Thank you for your kind review. I look forward to your success in bringing your product to market, and your Intellectual Property protection validated and approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Thank you! Always happy to help kind and talented artists, like you. I hope to work with you on your next film.

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Norma. I am pleased to help. Sometimes the best moves are the ones we pass on making.

Great Guidance

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Thank you Hal! I'm pleased to help. Looking forward to your next project.

A consultation with Mr. Sack

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Jeaninne, always happy to help! Thank you for your kind review. Hope to speak with you again soon.

Best Attorney for Inventors who had their product stolen by the bigger Corporations

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Alan Martin Sack's response: Thank you for your wonderful review! I am always happy to help. Hope to speak with you again soon.

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Lawyer Hui Zeng

Hui Zeng, Intellectual property Attorney on Aug 17, 2020
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I endorse this lawyer.

Lawyer Jason Nardiello

Jason Nardiello, Intellectual property Attorney on May 5, 2020
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I worked and was trained by Attorney Sack years ago at a top law firm. Alan has the rare combination of being an expert in all areas of IP law (patent, trademark & copyright), as well as being able to distill difficult legal concepts into understandable concepts allowing clients to take well-informed action. He is extremely ethical and I would not hesitate to recommend him to my friends and colleagues at any moment.

Lawyer Hui Zeng

Hui Zeng, Intellectual property Attorney on Aug 17, 2020
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I endorse this lawyer.

Lawyer Jason Nardiello

Jason Nardiello, Intellectual property Attorney on May 5, 2020
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I worked and was trained by Attorney Sack years ago at a top law firm. Alan has the rare combination of being an expert in all areas of IP law (patent, trademark & copyright), as well as being able to distill difficult legal concepts into understandable concepts allowing clients to take well-informed action. He is extremely ethical and I would not hesitate to recommend him to my friends and colleagues at any moment.

Lawyer Gregory A Cade

Gregory Cade, Intellectual property Attorney on Feb 8, 2017
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Alana is undoubtedly a top notch attorney who has skillfully mastered his primary area of practice over the course of his professional experience. His sharp critical thinking and flawless work ethic are perhaps the key qualities which ensured the success of a remarkable number of his cases. I endorse this lawyer and encourage anyone who needs superior legal representation to opt for his services.

Lawyer Hubert W Pfabe

Hubert Pfabe, Patent application Attorney on Jul 15, 2016
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I endorse Attorney Sack. I have viewed his responses and advice that he has offered on a wide range of topics and have found it on point and insightful.

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Yuri Kvichko, Trademark infringement Attorney on May 24, 2016
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I endorse this lawyer.

Lawyer Tristan C. Robinson

Tristan Robinson, Intellectual property Attorney on Apr 5, 2016
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As a fellow IP attorney, I have had the pleasure of observing Attorney Sack demonstrate his immense knowledge in all avenues of Intellectual Property law on a routine basis, showcasing his mastery over myriad complex issues of law on these Avvo forums. Accordingly, I endorse Mr. Sack for his wisdom and honed craft.

Lawyer David B Pittman

David Pittman, Unknown Attorney on Mar 22, 2016
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I endorse this lawyer. His answers to questions posed are very informative and well thought out.

Lawyer Richard Straussman

Richard Straussman, Trademark infringement Attorney on Feb 2, 2016
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I have worked closely with Attorney Sack over several years on multiple matters covering patent, trademark and copyright. I wholeheartedly endorse him for any litigation in those areas - he places the client's interest above all else, but is not a "Yes man" -- he is not afraid to tell his client that what they want to do/are doing is foolish and to provide practical alternatives.

Lawyer Changi Wu

Changi Wu, Intellectual property Attorney on Jan 21, 2016
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I endorse this lawyer. I know Attorney Sack through his participation on Avvo. He has provided quality advices and opinions by promptly answer the questions.

Lawyer Francine Elizabeth Love

Francine Love, Intellectual property Attorney on Jan 19, 2016
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I know Attorney Sack through his participation on Avvo. As a fellow practitioner in Intellectual Property, I always find his responses to be concise, cogent and on-point. He gives practical advice that cuts to the heart of the issue and is helpful to the questioner. I endorse this attorney.

Lawyer Zebulon Kelly Chandler

Zebulon Chandler, Patent application Attorney on Jan 5, 2016
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Attorney Sack advocates for his clients and their interests in a strong intelligent manner. His contributions to the legal community, especially the community of inventors, entertainers, and copyright holders, are valuable and provide keen insight to all who come into contact with him. I wholeheartedly recommend Attorney Alan Sack.

Lawyer H Drew Romanovitz

H Romanovitz, Copyright infringement Attorney on Dec 9, 2015
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Top of the line attorney, highly recommended.

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Vincenzo Capozzoli, Patent infringement Attorney on Dec 4, 2015
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I endorse Attorney Sack. He has over 30 years of experience and does excellent work. I appreciate all the time he spends answering questions in the Q & A Forum. I highly recommend this attorney.

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Jonathan Jekel, Trademark infringement Attorney on Dec 3, 2015
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I know Mr. Sack from his frequent contributions on Avvo. In my experience, his answers have been thoughtful, accurate, and insightful. In short, Mr. Sack seems to be well versed in all aspects of intellectual property law.

Lawyer Julian Cordero

Julian Cordero, Unknown Attorney on Nov 17, 2015
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I endorse this lawyer. Mr. Sack takes a lot of time to answer questions on the Avvo forum and always provides great information. He is very knowledgeable.

Lawyer Rochelle S. Rabin

Rochelle Rabin, Unknown Attorney on Oct 6, 2015
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I enthusiastically endorse Attorney Sack for his abilities in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. He and I practice in some of the same areas, and I have seen his well-reasoned and knowledgeable answers on AVVO, as well as consulted with him concerning possible IP litigation.

Lawyer Michael Charles Doland

Michael Doland, Entertainment Attorney on Sep 2, 2015
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The number of superlative answers of Mr. Sack is beyond counting. His answers are consistently accurate, analytic, and customized to the needs of the Avvo askers. These are exactly the qualities that every client would look for when hiring an attorney.

Lawyer John Michael Phillips

John Phillips, Unknown Attorney on Aug 15, 2015
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I endorse this lawyer. Lawyers who donate time on sites like this have a passion for the law and a compassion for the people they serve. Kudos.

Lawyer Daniel Nathan Ballard

Daniel Ballard, Intellectual property Attorney on Aug 5, 2015
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I've read a hundred or so of Attorney Sack's responses to intellectual property law questions posed to Avvo. Nearly without exception his responses are legally sound, insightful, wise and -- most important -- business savvy. Without hesitation I endorse him and would recommend him to anyone seeking intellectual property advice.

Lawyer Scott Cameron Briggs

Scott Briggs, Copyright infringement Attorney on Jul 8, 2015
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Mr. Sack provides insightful analysis and is well informed on legal issues. I endorse this lawyer.

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