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Lawyers
Benjamin W. Allison
(505) 986-5431
BWA@sutinfirm.com
Santa Fe Office
Download vCard Print this PageBENJAMIN ALLISON practices in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation. His intellectual property practice includes copyright and trademark registration, litigation, and counseling; art law; domain name disputes; unfair competition; and trade secret matters. He represents artists and artists' estates, collectors, major corporations, universities, Native American tribes and pueblos, governmental entities, and owners of internationally-famous literary trademarks. He is a regularly-invited speaker on copyright and art law topics.
Ben's commercial litigation practice includes litigation of corporate governance, fraud, fiduciary duty, and other business torts, class action defense, state and federal RICO claims, and contractual disputes in many fields, including technology, churches, satellite television, lending, private prisons, industrial engineering, and colleges and universities. From 1997-1998, Ben served as the law clerk for Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr. at the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Professional and Community Involvement
- Santa Fe Community College, Adjunct Faculty
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section Subcommittee on Copyright Protection for Useful Articles, Member and Former Chair
- First Judicial District Bar Association, President, 2006
- Oliver Seth American Inn of Court, Barrister
Recognitions
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating: BV Distinguished
- Editor in Chief, Notre Dame Law Review, 1996-1997
- Editor in Chief, Hillsdale Collegian, 1992
Publications and Speeches
Author: "A Person or a Lawyer," 72 Notre Dame Law Review 1732, 1997; "Where There's Fair Use There's HOPE," Visual Arts & the Law (11th Annual Conf.), CLE Int'l, October 1-2, 2009, San Francisco (CLE credit nationwide); "The Picture, the Thief and the Internet," Visual Arts & the Law (9th Annual Conf.), CLE Int'l, August 9-10, 2007 (CLE credit nationwide); "Protecting Art on the Internet and Other Problems," Visual Arts & the Law (8th Annual Conf.), CLE Int'l, August 10-11,2006 (CLE credit nationwide); "Googlarchy: Fair Use and the Digital Library Project," New Mexico Book Association, Nov. 11, 2005; "Digital Copyright Issues for Art Professionals," Visual Arts & the Law (7th Annual Conf.), CLE Int'I, August 11-12, 2005 (CLE credit nationwide); "Introduction to Copyrights," Art Department of the College of Santa Fe, October 27, 2003; "Ethics and Intellectual Property," Desert Academy Ethics Roundtable, October 23, 2002; "Copyright: What Artists Should Know," Media Rights Foundation Seminar, Copyright and Contracts for Artists, June 18, 2002.
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Education
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University of Notre Dame, J.D. magna cum laude, 1997 Hillsdale College, B.A. summa cum laude, 1992 |
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Admissions
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New Mexico, 2001 New York, 1998 United States Supreme Court, 2004 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1999 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1999 U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1998 |