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Stephen E. Gillen Formerly house counsel for an educational publisher, Steve's practice emphasizes publishing and entertainment transactions and disputes, internet issues, advertising law, computer law, copyrights, trademarks, technology transfer, trade secrets, and related matters. He has served on copyright and permissions committees with the Association of American Publishers, has written and spoken nationally on various publishing and copyright topics, and he teaches courses in media law at the University of Cincinnati.
Education
B.S.B.A., Miami University, 1975
J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1980
Admitted to Practice
Ohio, 1980
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1980
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Text & Academic Authors Assn., Council Member
Voyageur Media Group, Trustee
Authors' Guild, Member
Adjunct Instructor, Media Business and Law, University of Cincinnati Media Technologies Program
Adjunct Instructor, Electronic Media Law, UC College Conservatory of Music
Professional Leadership
Representation of book and journal publishers in connection with the sale of their businesses to major international publishing houses
Representation of a regional legal publisher in copyright infringement litigation concerning its flagship title
Representation of music publisher in copyright infringement litigation against advertising agency
Engaged as expert on copyright question in litigation involving renewal rights to a popular card game
Representation of health care businesses in high stakes software implementation transactions
Representation of township in acquisition of E-911/mobile communications and dispatch system
Representation of telecommunications company in acquisitions of software and technology and in divestiture of directory business
Representation of international database publisher in licensing transactions (in/out)
Representation of major newspaper in development of electronic aggregation and syndication business
Representation of rightsholders in optioning dramatic and documentary rights to trade books
Representation of museums, libraries, and school systems in connection with web-based archiving, distance learning, and other copyright issues
Representation of authors, artists, photographers, videographers, developers, producers, and other creatives in transactions and disputes
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008
Selected Publications and Presentations
Now You See It...Now You Don't, Media & the Law, August 25, 1995
$3.2 Million Lesson in Good Faith, Media & the Law, July 28, 1995
Please Release Me..., Authors Guild Bulletin, Summer 1995
Business Must Take Steps to Prevent Piracy, The Business Record, July 24-30, 1995
Ten Tips for Your Next Book Deal, SCBWI Bulletin, June/July
Increasing Web Use Mixes Firm Practices, Cincinnati Business Record, March 11, 1996
Kinkos Case Confounded, Media & the Law, March 15, 1996
Adventures in Outsourcing, Reprinted in Corporate Counsel's Guide to Outsourcing, January 1997, Business Laws, Inc.
Expert's View: Stephen Gillen on Electronic Rights, Interactive Publishing Alert, April 1996
Spinning Your Web to Catch and Keep Copyrights, Online Tactics, June 1996
American Geophysical v. Texaco, Business Law Today, September/October 1996
Ten Tips and Twenty Questions for Your Next Book Deal, Authors Guild Bulletin, Winter 1997
If You're Outsourcing Creative Work..., Media & the Law, January 24, 1997
Lawyers on the 'Net, CBA Report, March 1997
Slicing the Electronic Pie, Folio Magazine, April 1997.
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