Eric Goldman (born April 15, 1968) is a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also co-directs the law school's High Tech Law Institute. and co-supervises the law school's Privacy Law Certificate.

Career overview

Goldman is a leading expert in the fields of Internet Law and Intellectual Property. He was part of the first wave of teaching Internet Law courses in law schools, having taught his first course in 1995–96. He has testified before Congress on the Consumer Review Fairness Act, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). In a well-publicized December 2005 post to hi
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Goldman incorrectly predicted Wikipedia's demise in five years. Goldman has co-authored (with

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) the first ''Advertising & Marketing Law'' casebook for the law school community. He has been shortlisted as an "IP Thought Leader" by ''Managing IP'' magazine. and named an "IP Vanguard" by the California State Bar's Intellectual Property section.. Goldman publishes the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, which covers Internet Law, Intellectual Property, and Advertising Law. The blog has received several awards, including being named to the ''

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s Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Some of Goldman's other projects include DoctoredReviews.com, a website designed to combat doctors' efforts to suppress patients' reviews; serving on the board of directors of the Public Participation Project, a group

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for federal

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legislation; providing copyright advice to Justin.tv; and coauthoring an

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in the '' 1-800 Contacts, Inc. v. WhenU.com, Inc.'' case with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before he joined the faculty at

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...

, he was an assistant professor at

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, General Counsel of

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, and a technology transactions attorney at Cooley Godward.

Scholarship

Select publications

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Books

*''Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials'' (2nd Edition, 2014; 3rd Edition, 2016; 4th Edition, 2018) co-authored with

(the first casebook on this topic) *''INTERNET LAW: CASES & MATERIALS'' (2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019 editions) *''Find Kitty Nala'' (co-authored with Lisa Goldman) (2016)

Awards and professional recognition

*2005

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in American Education *2005

in American Law *2009-2016 He was named to the

's Blawg 100 and inducted into the

's “Blawg 100 Hall of Fame” in 2016 *2011 IP Vanguard Award for academics/public policy, awarded by the IP Section of the California State Bar *2012 and 2013 He was named to a shortlist of North American “IP Thought Leaders,”

Managing Intellectual Property ''Managing Intellectual Property'' (also known as Managing IP or MIP) is a monthly magazine published in English and specializes in intellectual property.Managing Intellectual Property website''About us'' Consulted on June 27, 2018 Jeremy Phillip ...

magazine *2013-2017 He was named one of the "20 Most-Cited Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Scholars in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017" and “20 Most-Cited Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Faculty, 2010-2014 (inclusive)” (as ranked by

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) *2015 He was named as one of the Fastcase 50 *2018 World Technology Awards, Law Division Finalist (one of six in the world) *2019 His casebook ''INTERNET LAW: CASES & MATERIALS'' was named as one of the "100 Best Intellectual Property Books of All Time" and "100 Best Privacy Books of All Time," 2019 *2019 He received the

Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship "Santa Clara University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship 2019 Winner: Eric Goldman, Law"
"The University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship recognizes the outstanding achievements and dedication of a faculty member who has demonstrated sustained excellence in scholarly or creative work and who has been a faculty member of Santa Clara University for a minimum of ten years."

References

External links

Eric Goldman's blog
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