Biography

A globally recognized expert on intellectual property law, Paul Goldstein is the author of an influential four-volume treatise on copyright law and a one-volume treatise on international copyright law, as well as leading casebooks on the subject. He also has written a widely acclaimed book on the history and future of copyright, entitled Copyright’s Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox and has recently published Errors and Omissions, the first in a series of novels devoted to intellectual property themes. He has served as chair of the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel on Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information, has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright, and Competition Law in Munich, Germany, and teaches regularly on the masters faculty of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center.

Professor Goldstein currently serves as of counsel at Morrison & Foerster in their intellectual property group. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1975, he was a professor of law at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.

Key Works

• Paul Goldstein, Goldstein On Copyright, 3rd ed., New York: Aspen, 2005.
• Paul Goldstein, Copyright's Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox, Rev. ed., Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. 238 pages.
• Paul Goldstein, Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Related State Doctrines: Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property Law, Revised 5th edition, New York, NY: Foundation Press, 2002. 1025 pages.
• Paul Goldstein, International Copyright: Principles, Law and Practice, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 618 pages.
• Paul Goldstein, International Intellectual Property Law : Cases and Materials, New York, NY: Foundation Press, 2001. 580 pages.

In the News

• EBay secures 'Buy It Now' patent rights
  Contra Costa Times, February 29, 2008
• Quick Read
  Newsweek, December 10, 2007
• Dynamic Nature Of Patent Law
  San Jose Mercury News, December 09, 2007

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Intellectual Property: Copyright
• International Intellectual Property Law

Programs

• John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law
• Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology, Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law

Publications & Cases

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• Paul Goldstein, A Patent Lie, New York: Doubleday, June 2008.
• Paul Goldstein and R. Anthony Reese, Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Related State Doctrines, New York: Foundation Press, 6th ed., 2008.
• Paul Goldstein, Goldstein on Copyright, 2008 Supplement, New York: Aspen Publishers, 2008.
• Paul Goldstein, International Intellectual Property, New York: Foundation Press, 2nd ed., 2008.
• Paul Goldstein, Intellectual Property: The Tough New Realities that Could Make or Break Your Business, New York: Portfolio, 2007.
• Paul Goldstein, Goldstein on Copyright, 2007 Supplement, New York: Aspen Publishers, 2007.
• Paul Goldstein and Edmund W. Kitch, Selected Statutes and International Agreements on Unfair Competition, Trademark, Copyright and Patent, New York: Foundation Press, 2007.
• Paul Goldstein, Errors and Omissions, New York, NY :Doubleday, 2006.
• Paul Goldstein, International Legal Materials on Intellectual Property, New York: Foundation Press, 2006 ed.
• Paul Goldstein, Goldstein on Copyright, New York: Aspen, 2006 Supplement, 2006.

Affiliations & Honors

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford, 1978, 1983