 Raymond J. Dowd is an alumnus of Fordham Law School, Class of '91. His legal career has taken him to France, Italy, and finally New York City, where he began his own practice in 1994. He is now a partner in Dowd & Marotta LLC.
Mr. Dowd earned his B.A. in International Studies from Manhattan College in 1986 and a French Language Certificate from the Sorbonne in Paris, France. While attending Fordham Law School, he completed an internship with the Honorable John E. Sprizzo in the Southern District of New York and served as Articles Editor of the Fordham International Law Journal. After Fordham Law, Mr. Dowd spent two years with the law firm of Dobson & Sinisi in Milan, Italy where the firm represented a wide range of U.S., Canadian and Italian corporate clients. His current clients include model agencies, magazines, television networks and broadcasters, film producers, record labels, photographers, artists and designers.
Mr. Dowd has litigated numerous trademark, copyright, music royalty, right of publicity, and defamation cases. His victories include a trademark and unfair competition trial in the Southern District of New York involving the marks "FASHION TELEVISION" and "FASHION TV." 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6926 (S.D.N.Y.) (Motley, J.); 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2462 (S.D.N.Y.)(Wood, J.). Other reported cases include: Estate of Doris Duke, 87 N.Y.2d 465, 640 N.Y.S.2d 446 (1996)(Titone, J.); 220 A.D.2d 241, 632 N.Y.S.2d 532 (1st. Dept. 1995); Getz v. Eichner, 1997 WL 362318 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Time, Inc. v. Kastner, 972 F. Supp. 236 (S.D.N.Y.1997); Bedin v. Trussardi, 257 A.D.2d 809, 684 N.Y.S.2d 653 (3d Dept. 1999) (Carpinello, J.); Wilhelmina Models, Inc. v. Major S.r.l., N.Y.L.J., April 16, 1999 at 27, col. 4; Sermidi v. Battistotti, 273 A.D.2d 66; 708 N.Y.S.2d 408 (1st Dept. 2000); I’M NY Inc. v. ID Model Management Inc., N.Y.L.J., April 30, 1999 at 25, col. 3; Soho Alliance v. World Farm Inc., 749 N.Y.S.2d 879 (1st Dept. 2002).
Mr. Dowd served as Co-Chairman of the Entertainment Media Intellectual Property and Sports Law Section of the New York County Lawyers’ Association from 2000-2003. He serves as Chairman of the Federal Litigation Section of the Federal Bar Association (Empire State Chapter). Mr. Dowd writes book reviews and a column for the New York Law Journal.
An accomplished public speaker, Mr. Dowd teaches Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Management at New York University (School of Professional and Continuing Education) and delivers the copyright and Trademark Fundamentals lecture at the New York County Lawyers’s Association’s Continuing Legal Education Program. Recent lectures include "Troubles With Trademarks" (New York County Lawyers’ Assn.); "Basics of Trademark Licensing" (MAGIC fashion and apparel show in Las Vegas); "Creating Value for Your Company on the Internet" (Trautman & Wasserman Private Bankers);"Skirting the Issue of Trade Dress: Copyright Law After Wal-Mart v. Samara" (Copyright Society of the U.S.A.), "Models, Fashion Professionals and the Internet: What You Should Know" (Modelwire, Inc.) and "Trademark Law: What You Need To Know in Cyberspace" (New York New Media Association).
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