Neil Wilkof heads the intellectual property and information technology team. In addition to intellectual property, Neil specialises in technology transfer and computer and internet law.

Additional Professional Experience:

• Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (Israel), Raphael Recanati International School, Adjunct Lecturer, MBA program, (2008 - present).
• Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (Israel), Adjunct Lecturer and Consultant, Zell Entrepreneurship Center (2006 - present).
• Haifa University (Israel), Faculty of Law, Adjunct Lecturer, Intellectual Property Law (2004).
• Haifa University (Israel), School of Economics, Adjunct Lecturer, Intellectual Property Law (2004 - 2005).
• Bar-Ilan University, Adjunct Lecturer of Intellectual Property and Computer Law, (1990 -2001).
• Visiting Professor of Law, ITT Chicago-Kent School of Law, (1991).
• Special Advisor, Copyright Revision Committee, Israel Ministry of Justice.
• Member, Trademark Revision Committee, Israel Ministry of Justice.
• Special Counsel, Israel Delegation to WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Copyright Law.
• Arbitrator, Internet Domain Name Disputes, World Intellectual Property Organization.
• Subcommittee Chairman, Parallel Imports Committee, International Trademark Association (2003 -2005).
• Board of Directors, Israel Copyright Society.
• Board of Directors, Licensing Executives Society.

Membership of Professional Organizations:

• Israel Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
• Licensing Executives Society
• AIPPI
• ALAI
• International Bar Association

Admitted to Practice:

• Israel, 1985
• U.S.A., State of Ohio, 1980

Education:

• University of Chicago, J.D.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D.
• University of Chicago, M.A.
• Yale University, B.A. magna cum laude.

Selected Publications:

Articles:

• “Sublicensing”, in Sharing of Names, edited by Ilanah Simon (Edgar Elgar Press).
• “Third-Party Use of Trademarks”, in Trademark Use, edited by Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon (Oxford University Press, 2005).
• Annual chapter update on Israel copyright law, in Geller & Nimmer, International Copyright Law and Practice, Matthew Bender (since 2004, chapter formerly written by Professor Yehoshua Weisman).
• “Copyright, Moral Rights and the Choice of Law: Where Did the Dead Sea Scrolls Court Go Wrong?”, Houston Law Review, vol. 38, no. 2, 2001.

Books:

• Neil J. Wilkof, Trade Mark Licensing, Sweet & Maxwell (London), 1995, second edition, Neil J. Wilkof and Daniel Burkitt (2004).
• Melvin Simensky, Lanning Bryer and Neil Wilkof, co-editors, Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace, John Wiley & Sons, April 2000.
  (For a more complete list of publications, please contact the author).