Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law

Raymond T. Nimmer is currently the Leonard Child's Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center.

RAYMOND T. NIMMER
1701 Hermann Drive, # 2701, Houston, Texas 77004

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CURRENT POSITION:

LEONARD CHILDS PROFESSOR OF LAW, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
CO-DIRECTOR, Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, University of Houston Law Center, 1997 -

CURRENT ANCILLARY POSITIONS:
CHAIRMAN, Twenty-Second Century Foundation, 2004-
MEMBER, Board of Advisors, Internet Law and Regulation Journal 1998-
MEMBER, Board of Editors, The Cyberspace Lawyer, 1995-
MEMBER, Board of Editors, Computer und Recht International, 1999-
FELLOW, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, 1994-
FELLOW, Texas Bar Foundation, 1994-
CHAIR, Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, 1986-

SELECTED PAST POSITIONS:
VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW, Sydney University, Australia 2003
VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW, University of Maine Law School, 2001-2002
ACTING DEAN, University of Houston Law Center, 1993-95
REPORTER, UCC Article 2B and Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1994-2003
CO-REPORTER, Revisions of UCC Article 2, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1990-1994
CO-CHAIR, Annual Conference on Computers, E-Commerce and the Law, An International Perspective (Frankfort Germany) 1998 - 2002
CO-CHAIR, Division on International Technology Competitiveness, 1990-93, ABA Section of Science & Technology
CONSULTANT, U.S. State Department Legal Advisors Office, 1990-2001
COUNSEL, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Houston, Texas, 1992 - 1999
REGENT, Board of Regents National College of District Attorneys, 1994-1999
MEMBER, PANEL OF EXAMINERS, Bankruptcy Specialization, State Bar of Texas, 1988-1996
DIRECTOR, Board of Directors, Computer Law Association 1994-1999
DIRECTOR, International Law Program, University of Houston, 1997-1999
CONSULTANT, Law and Social Sciences Program, National Science Foundation, 1979-1992
CHAIR, State Bar of Texas, Computer Section, 1991-1993
CHAIR, Subcommittee on the Scope of the UCC, ABA Business Law Section, 1986-1992
CONSULTANT, U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, 1991-1995
COUNSEL, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, 1985-91, Houston, Texas
VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW, University of Michigan Law School, 1987
VISITING PROFESSOR OF LAW, University of Texas at Austin, 1985
ASSOCIATE DEAN, University of Houston Law Center, 1978-85
RESEARCH ATTORNEY, American Bar Foundation, 1968-75

MEMBERSHIPS AND LISTINGS
ADMITTED, Illinois State Bar
ADMITTED, Texas State Bar
ADMITTED, U.S. Supreme Court Bar
ADMITTED, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
ADMITTEDs Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
LISTED, Who's Who in America
LISTED, Who's Who in American Law
LISTED, International Who's Who of Internet and e-commerce Lawyers
LISTED, International Who's who of Business Lawyers
MEMBER, American Bar Association
MEMBER, American Intellectual Property Law Association
MEMBER, American Law Institute
MEMBER, Licensing Law Executives Society
MEMBER, Computer Law Association
MEMBER, Texas Bar Foundation

PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS IN PROGRESS:
VOLUME ---, COMPUTER INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE LICENSES, IN HAWKLAND, COMMERCIAL CODE (Scheduled for 2006)

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS :
LICENSING OF INFORMATION ASSETS: CASES AND MATERIALS (Lexis 2005)
MODERN LICENSING LAW (2005, West Publishing) (with Jeff Dodd)
THE LAW OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS (2003) (PRATT & CO) (with Holly K Towle)
THE LAW OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, 3D EDITION, (1997, West, twice annual, continuing updates)
INFORMATION LAW (1996 updated twice a year, West)
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: SECURED FINANCING, CASES, MATERIALS, PROBLEMS (3d edition, 2003) (with I. Hillinger and M. Hillinger)
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: SECURED FINANCING, CASES, MATERIALS, PROBLEMS (2nd edition, 1999) (with I. Hillinger and M. Hillinger)
DRAFTING EFFECTIVE CONTRACTS, SECOND EDITION (1999, Aspen) (with R. Feldman) (annual updates)
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITORS RIGHTS, 3D EDITION (1996, West) (with J. White)
THE LAW OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, 2ND EDITION (1992) (Warren, Gorham & Lamont)
SECURED FINANCING IN PERSONAL PROPERTY (Michie Co.) (1992) (with I. Hillinger)
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITORS RIGHTS (1992, West) (with J. White)
COMMERCIAL ASSET-BASED FINANCING, (4 Volumes) (1989) (Callaghan)
THE LAW OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, (Warren, Gorham & Lamont) (1985) (recipient of Association of American Publishers award as "Best New Law Book Published in 1985")
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, NORTON, BANKRUPTCY LAW AND PRACTICE (Callaghan, 1981-1993)
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: SALES, PAYMENT SYSTEMS, SECURED FINANCING (3 Volumes) (1982) (Michie Co.: Bobbs Merrill) (with J. McDonnell and L. Frankel)
THE NATURE OF SYSTEM CHANGE: THE PROCESS OF REFORM IN THE COURTS (1978, ABF Press)
Four other books relating to judicial process (1971-1980)

BOOK CHAPTERS AND SELECTED ARTICLES:
First Amendment Speech and the DMCA: A Proper Marriage, in FREE SPEECH AND COPYRIGHT (Suthersanen, ed., Oxford University Press, 2004), reprinted in The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (India, 2005)
Licensing of Information: The Emerging Commercial Law, --- DEPAUL BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LAW J. --- (2004)
UCITA and the Continuing Evolution of Digital Licensing Law, --- THE COMPUTER & INTERNET LAWYER --- (2004) (Reprinted in the Licensing Law Journal (2004)
Antitrust Online, in INTERNET LAW AND REGULAtion (2002, West).
Licensing in the Contemporary Information Economy, 8 WASHINGTON UNIV. JNL OF LAW & POLICY. 99 (2002)
Revised Article 9 and Intellectual Property Asset Financing, 53 MAINE L. REV. 287 (2001) (reprinted in Intellectual Property Law Review, 2003).
Principles of Contract Law in Electronic Commerce, in FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (Fletcher, Mistells & Cremona, eds; Seet & Maxwell, 2001)
Through the Looking Glass: What Courts and UCITA have to say About the Scope of Contract Law in the Information Age, 38 DUSQUENE L. REV. - (2000)
International information Transactions: An Essay in Law in an Information Society, 26 Brooklyn J. Int'l Law 5 (2000).
Electronic Signatures and Records: The New US Perspective, 17 COMPUTER & INTERNET LAWYER 8 (December, 2000)
Images and Contract Law - What Law Applies to Transactions in Information, 36 HOUSTON L. REV. 1 (1999)
Breaking Barriers: The Relationship Between Contract and Intellectual Property Law, 13 BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL 827 (1998)
Licensing on the Global Information Infrastructure: Disharmony in Cyberspace, 16 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND BUSINESS, 224 (1996)
Software Copyright: Sliding Scales and Abstracted Expression, 32 HOUSTON LAW REVIEW 317-362, (1995) (with P.A. Krauthaus)
Intangibles Contracts: Thoughts of Hubs, Spokes and Reinvigorating Article 2, 35 WILLIAM AND MARY LAW REVIEW, 1337-1404 (1994)
Copyright on the Information Superhighway: Requiem for a Middleweight, 6 STANFORD LAW & POLICY REVIEW, Issue 1 (1994), 25-42. (with P. A. Krauthaus)
Information as Property: Databases and Commercial Property, 1 OXFORD J. INFORMATION LAW & COMP. TECHN. 2 (1993) (Oxford University Press, London) (with P. Krauthaus)
Adequate Protection, in J. QUEENAN, P. HANDEL, I HILLINGER, BANKRUPTCY REORGANIZATION LAW ch. 16 (1993)
Confirming Bankruptcy Reorganization Plans Through Cramdown, in J. QUEENAN, P. HANDEL, I. HILLINGER, BANKRUPTCY REORGANIZATION LAW ch. 31 (1993)
Effects of Bankruptcy on Foreclosure, in D. DUNAWAY. LEGAL ISSUES IN DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE (1993)
Information as a Commodity: New Issues in Commercial Law, 55 JOURNAL OF LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 103 (1992) (with P. Krauthaus)
Uniform Codification of Commercial Contract Law, 18 RUTGERS COMP. & TECHN. L.JNL. 465 (1992)
Globalization of Law in Intellectual Property and Related Commercial 10 LAW & CONTEXT 80 (1992) (Sidney, Australia)
United States Copyright and Software Interface and Compatibility, COMPUTER AND RECHT, (1992) (Munich)
Chapter 11 Business Governance: Fiduciary Duties and Business Judgment, 6 BANKRUPTCY DEVELOPMENTS JOURNAL 1 (1989)
Negotiated Bankruptcy Reorganization Plans: Absolute Priority and New Capital Contributions, 36 EMORY LJ 1010 (1988)
Secured Financing and Information Property Rights (with P.A. Krauthaus) 2 BERKELEY HIGH TECHNOLOGY L.J. 195 (1988)
Consumer Bankruptcy: The Law of Consumer Abuse, Planning and Misuse, 50 JOURNAL OF LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 89, (1987)
Classification of Computer Software: International Perspectives, 20 INTERNATIONAL LAWYER (1987)
Software Copyright Infringement: Protecting Third Party Developers (with P.A. Krauthaus), 62 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 13 (1986)
Secured Creditors and the Automatic Stay: Variable Bargain Models of Fairness, 68 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW, 1, 1983
Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy: Protecting the Fundamental Terms of the Bargain, 54 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW REVIEW, 507, Summer 1983
Real Estate Creditors and the Automatic Stay: A Study in Behavioral Economics, 1983, ARIZONA STATE LAW REVIEW, 281

COURSES TAUGHT:
Contracts
Internet Law
Electronic Commerce
Bankruptcy
Secured Financing Law
Copyright Law
Information Law
Sales
Contract Drafting
Licensing Law

EDUCATION
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D. awarded with distinction, 1968
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, B.A., Mathematics, 1966