Joshua L. Simmons
Professional Profile
Joshua Simmons has represented both privately held and publicly traded clients from a wide range of industries. His practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, and trademark.
Josh's pro bono matters have included the successful representation of asylum seekers before the Department of Homeland Security, as well as matters for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and other IP-related pro bono projects.
Memberships & Affiliations
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section:Copyright & Social Media Committee, Vice Chair, 2012-2013
Specialized IP Issues Division, Secretary, 2011–2012
Association of the Bar of the City of New York:
Information Technology Committee: Member, 2009–2010
Publications
Law Journal Publications
Inventions Made For Hire, 2 N.Y.U. J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. Law 1 (2012)
Catwoman or the Kingpin: Potential Reasons Comic Book Publishers Do Not Enforce Their Copyrights Against Comic Book Infringers, 33 Colum. J.L. & Arts 267 (2010) (reprinted in 2010 Entm't, Publ'g and the Arts Handbook)
Buying You: The Government's Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data About "The People," 2009 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 950 (2009)
Other Publications
Social Media in the Digital Millennium, Landslide (2013) (co-author)
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Its Effect on Copyright Owners and Service Providers Online, in Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace (2d ed. Supp. 2012)
Seminars
IP Protection in a Networked World: Copyright & Trademark Enforcement in Social Media, ABA 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (April 3, 2013)
Trademark Enforcement in Social Media, State Bar of California (September 11, 2012)
Other Distinctions
Kirkland & Ellis New York Associates Committee, Member, 2012–2013
Kirkland & Ellis ALLSA Diversity Initiative, Liaison to Columbia Law School Outlaws, 2011–2013
Kirkland & Ellis Pro Bono Service Award, Recipient, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Kirkland & Ellis Diversity Fellowship, Recipient, 2009
Prior Experience
Marvel Enterprises, Legal Intern, Spring 2009
Greater Boston Legal Services: Housing Unit, Legal Intern, Fall 2005
Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
