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Legal Secretary: Jean Vigorito
TEL: 201-489-3000, ext. 5099
jvigorito@coleschotz.com

David Kohane concentrates his practice in complex litigation and chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.  He regularly handles disputes and provides counseling in the areas of trademark, copyright, patents, trade regulation, unfair competition, defamation, and privacy rights.  He also has a depth of experience handling tax, white collar criminal, and constitutional matters, along with commercial and construction disputes and litigation under the securities, antitrust and RICO laws. Mr. Kohane handles matters at the trial and appellate levels, in administrative proceedings, and in mediations and arbitrations. Mr. Kohane has served as an arbitrator in both international and domestic matters.

Mr. Kohane has authored articles in the fields of trademark law, copyright law, Internet and computer law, evidence, federal civil procedure, federal tax disputes, criminal law, civil rights, and RICO, and lectures frequently in the fields of intellectual property law and disputes, Internet and computer law, evidence, and court procedure. 

Mr. Kohane has been an arbitrator in both international and domestic arbitrations.

Mr. Kohane served as law clerk for the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr. in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan for two years before entering private practice.

Mr. Kohane has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals. He has also been included in 201 Magazine's list of Top Lawyers in Bergen County for 2011. Mr. Kohane has been included in the New Jersey Super Lawyers® from 2009-2011.

Mr. Kohane has been appointed Co-Director of the John C. Lifland American Inn of Court, 2011. The Inn concentrates on practice in the federal courts and intellectual property law.

• Art Hath An Enemy Call’d Ignorance: Bankruptcy and Artwork Consignment in New Jersey, New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, August, 2011
• In Internet Advertising, Context Is King, New Jersey Law Journal Volume 204; Issue 8, May 23, 2011
• Application of the Common-Interest Doctrine in Bankruptcy Proceedings, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, February 2011
• State Trade Name Registration Is Insufficient To Clear a Trademark, New Jersey Law Journal, October 5, 2009
• Ask A Lawyer: Tell IRS If You Have Foreign Bank Account, The Record, July 2, 2009
• Ask A Lawyer: Trademarks Can Take Hold Simply By Use, The Record, February 5, 2008
• Ask A Lawyer: Trademark Serves a Vital Role-But First Be Sure It's Yours, The Record, January 29, 2008
• Discovery, Retention and Spoliation of E-evidence, New Jersey Law Journal, April 28, 2003
• A Question of Jurisdiction: Should Copyright Contract Breaches be Filed in Federal or State Courts?, New Jersey Law Journal, July 24, 2000

• Keywords, Context And Consumer Sophistication In Internet Advertising, IP Law Outlook (2011)

• Updates in Intellectual Law, WestLegalEd CLE Seminar and Webinar, October 26, 2011 (including presentation on use of competitors’ trademarks in Internet advertising and sponsored links)
• In-House Counsel CLE Seminar: Update in Intellectual Property Law, New Jersey Law Journal, October 4, 2011 (including presentation on use of competitors’ trademarks in Internet advertising and sponsored links)

• Co-Director, John C. Lifland American Inn of Court
• American Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association (Federal Practice Committee)
• Bergen County Bar Association (Computer Law Committee)
• Counsel, Temple Emeth in Teaneck