Andrew Berger

Andrew Berger is an IP litigator at Leichtman Law in N.Y. representing parties in copyright and trademark disputes. But his initial efforts at IP creation were a failure. As a freshman at Cornell he auditioned for the marching band. The music director chose 35 trumpeters; Andrew struggled along as the 36^th. Fortunately, he found his calling later in law practice where he now uses his oral and written skills to craft arguments and strategies in litigation to help his clients enforce their IP rights and resolve their disputes. Andrew now plays his trumpet only when his two dogs are listening.

CLIENTS, SERVICES & EXPERIENCE

Andrew’s litigation clients are those who create and monetize their intellectual property, including writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, artists, an Oscar-winning documentarian and public relations agencies. He has also represented the Government of Ecuador, the Women’s’ Professional Tennis Organization and a Channel Islands investment firm. 

Andrew continues to sharpen his skills in copyright and trademark outside the courtroom by: 

This fall he will begin his ninth year as an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School  teaching a copyright litigation seminar. The curiosity and excitement Andrew’s students exhibit about IP law elevates his own.

Acting as a mediator for the past 30 years in the Southern District of NY handling copyright and trademark cases. The skill IP counsel display in these mediations informs and adds to Andrew’s.

Speaking about IP developments before bar associations, law schools, IP organizations and on podcasts. A compelling presentation before these groups aids Andrew to do the same in court.

Taking leadership roles in national intellectual property organizations, including by co-founding and acting as the first president of the Intellectual Property Institute, a subgroup of the Litigation Council of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. Andrew also served as trustee and a member of the executive committee of the Copyright Society of the USA and has also been active in the ABA Litigation Section and International Trademark Association. The relationships he made through these organizations have become life-long friends and colleagues.

Sharing his thoughts and comments about trends in copyright and trademark and their intersection with AI on LinkedIn and on his blog, IP in BRIEF. 

Andrew graduated from Cornell University and its law school and served as president of the Cornell Law School Alumni Association. He has been named as a Super Lawyer in IP Litigation every year for the past 13.