Joseph

H.

Lessem

Joseph H. Lessem joined Graubard Miller in January 2005. Previously, he was a partner at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. and Special Counsel to Gursky & Ederer, LLP. Joe has extensive experience litigating intellectual property, real estate, antitrust, and commercial cases in federal and state courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and arbitral tribunals. Joe's reported cases include:

• Kwan v. Schlein, 634 F.3d 224 (2d Cir. 2011)
• Rosenthal v. Quadriga Art, Inc., 69 A.D.3d 504, 894 N.Y.S.2d 32 (1st Dep't 2010)
• Independence Community Bank v. East 86th St., LLC, 34 A.D.3d 219, 824 N.Y.S.2d 33 (1st Dep't 2006)
• Markovitz v. Kachian, 28 A.D.3d 358, 814 N.Y.S.2d 60 (1st Dep't 2006)
• Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc. v. Goody's Family Clothing, Inc., 2003 WL 22331254 (N.D. Ga. May 9, 2003)
• Christian Science Bd. of Directors v. Nolan, 259 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2001)
• Christian Science Bd. of Directors v. Robinson, 123 F. Supp. 2d 965 (W.D.N.C. 2000), aff'd on opinion below, 1 Fed. Appx. 157 (4th Cir. 2001)
• International Star Class Yacht Racing Ass'n v. Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc., 146 F.3d 66 (2d Cir. 1998), on remand, 1999 WL 108739 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
• Forschner Group v. Arrow Trading Co., Inc., 30 F.3d 348 (2d Cir. 1994) and 124 F.3d 402 (2d Cir. 1997)
• Marvin Neiman, P.C. v. Adar Importing & Distrib. Co., 243 A.D.2d 408, 663 N.Y.S.2d 562 (1st Dep't 1997)
• Duell v. Condon, 84 N.Y.2d 773, 647 N.E.2d 96, 622 N.Y.S.2d 891 (1995)
• Kramer v. Pollock-Krasner Found., 890 F. Supp. 250 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)
• Vitale v. Marlborough Gallery, 32 U.S.P.Q.2d 1283 (S.D.N.Y. 1994)
• Hofmann v. Pressman Toy Corp., 790 F. Supp. 498 (D.N.J. 1990), aff'd without op., 947 F.2d 935 (3d Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 963 (1992)
• BR Ambulance Serv., Inc. v. Nationwide Nassau Ambulance, 150 A.D.2d 745, 542 N.Y.S.2d 21 (2d Dep't 1989)
• Posner v. Minnesota Min. & Mfg. Co., Inc., 697 F. Supp. 122 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) and 713 F. Supp. 562 (E.D.N.Y. 1989)

Joe is the author of "How to Prepare Copyright Registrations and Copyright License Agreements that Maximize Damage Awards and Effective Equitable Relief," AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute Handbook (2001) and "Consumer Surveys in Trademark Litigation: Are They Worth It?" Corporate Counsel's Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2 (April 2000). He has been a guest lecturer on intellectual property litigation at New York Law School.