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BRUCE COLFIN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT and MEDIA LAW

(New York, NY) Bruce E. Colfin of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., has been appointed to a term as CHAIRMAN of the SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA LAW COMMITTEE of the Nassau County Bar Association. Colfin has been a member of the Nassau County Bar Association for a number of years, and was Vice Chair of the Committee for the past two.
 
Actively involved in the entertainment business academically, technically, and professionally, for over thirty years, Mr. Colfin is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York, where both he, and law partner, Jeffrey Jacobson, have been teaching Music Business Contracts since 1999.
 
Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., The Firm®, is an entertainment business, copyright and trademark law firm providing services to the music, creative and visual arts, video, multimedia, internet, comics, and toys industries. Their copyright and trademark practice is very active outside the traditional entertainment fields.
 
Clients of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C. have included, former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor; Reggae stars Inner Circle, Andrew Tosh, Sly & Robbie, and Freddie McGregor; Producers Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and "Louie" Vega; Rock legends Marty Balin and Bernard Purdie; independent record labels Masters At Work, VP, R.O.I.R., Segue, and Norton Records; and supermodel Fernanda Tavares.

NEW CYBERSPACE TEXTBOOK INCLUDES CHAPTER BY BRUCE E. COLFIN & JEFFREY E. JACOBSON

(New York, NY) Bruce E. Colfin, and Jeffrey E. Jacobson, of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C. contributed the "Music and the Internet" "Some Thoughts From A Copyright Perspective" chapter of the Second Edition of Real Law @ Virtual Space, a cyberspace textbook edited by Susan J. Drucker & Gary Gumpert, and, published by Hampton Press, Inc.
 
They take a look at the ever changing world of music and intellectual property in digital cyberspace from the point of view of the existing law of copyright. They have taught "Music Business Contracts" for more than 5 years at Five Towns College, an entertainment business related college in Dix Hills, NY.
 
Jacobson & Colfin's corporate and intellectual property clients include Brooklyn Bottling Co.; LeVian Jewelry Corp.; Riedel Software Productions, Inc.; Not Fade Away Graphics; Good Times Magazine; and Iberia International Food Corp. Entertainment clients include former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, producers Sly & Robbie, Reggae artists Inner Circle, Freddie McGregor, Israel Vibration and Andrew Tosh; rock legends Marty Balin, Johnny Winter and The New Riders of The Purple Sage; three time Grammy nominated Masters At Work; world renowned diva Vaneese Thomas; cutting-edge labels R.O.I.R., Segue, Norton, VP, and MAW Records.

JEFFREY E. JACOBSON REAPPOINTED TO PLANNING BOARD OF HEWLETT HARBOR

(Long Island, NY) Jeffrey E. Jacobson, of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., was reappointed to the Planning Board of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor in, Long Island for a full term which runs to April, 2008.
 
A resident of Hewlett Harbor, Mr. Jacobson has been involved in the planning for the future of the community. He and his partner, Bruce Colfin, also a South Shore resident, are active locally. The Firm has sponsored a team in the Hewlett-Woodmere Little League, as well as acted as their counsel for several years, and have opened an office at 1208 West Broadway in Hewlett.
 
Jacobson & Colfin's corporate and intellectual property clients include and have included: LeVian Jewelry Corp.; Brooklyn Bottling Co.; DK&G Internet; Riedel Software Productions, Inc.; Not Fade Away Graphics; Good Times Magazine; Baby Monster Studios; Lee Pharmaceuticals; and Iberia International Food Corp.
 
Other clients include former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor; producers Sly & Robbie; Reggae artists Inner Circle, Israel Vibrations and Andrew Tosh; rock legends Johnny Winter and The New Riders of The Purple Sage; Grammy nominated Masters At Work; former Howard Stern writer and sidekick Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling; cutting-edge labels R.O.I.R., Norton, VP, and MAW Records.

JEFFREY E. JACOBSON ELECTED TRUSTEE OF COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF THE U.S.A.

(New York, NY) Jeffrey E. Jacobson, of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., was elected a Trustee of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. He has been active in the Copyright Society of the USA since his law school days and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
 
Jeffrey E. Jacobson and his partner Bruce E. Colfin are adjunct associate professors at Five Towns College, a music business college in Dix Hills, New York. Jeffrey Jacobson has been actively involved in the Intellectual Property legal community for many years, serving on the ABA Special Committee on Internet Usage, and Corporate Intellectual Property Law, the Young Lawyer Division planning boards for the Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law Committee, the Law & Media Committee, and the Intellectual Property Law Committee.
 
JACOBSON & COLFIN, P. C., are entertainment attorneys who practice in the areas of copyrights, intellectual property, video, trademarks and new technology. Attorneys Colfin and Jacobson, are also Featured Columnists for Replication News' Media Line. THE FIRMŽ's clients include former Rolling Stone MICK TAYLOR, twice grammy nominated MASTERS AT WORK, Grammy winners SLY and ROBBIE, BRIAN RITCHIE of the Violent Femmes and award winning VANEESE THOMAS.

PROFESSORS BRUCE COLFIN & JEFFREY JACOBSON JOIN THE FACULTY OF FIVE TOWNS MUSIC COLLEGE

(New York, NY) Bruce E. Colfin and Jeffrey E. Jacobson of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., have been named Associate Professors at Five Towns College, an accredited four year college with undergraduate and graduate degree programs in music and music business located in Dix Hills, New York.
 
Professors Colfin and Jacobson are teaching Music Business Contracts as well as Copyright and Music Publishing, both required courses for Bachelor of Arts in Music Business.
 
Five Towns College, located in a former high school in Dix Hills, New York features state-of-the-art music and video production facilities. Many of its alumni have moved on to careers in the entertainment business.
 
Both Jeffrey Jacobson and Bruce Colfin have lectured extensively on the entertainment business and intellectual property. Bruce has also been a visiting professor of the Music Business Program at State College at Oneonta. Jeffrey is a lecturer on Trademark Law for Lawyers with the Continuing Legal Educational program at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. They both are contributing writers as well as columnists for industry trade publications such as Replication News, Tape/Disc Business, and the Quarterly Journal of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

JACOBSON SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR IN INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE

(New York, NY) Jeffrey E. Jacobson, a member of the New York entertainment law firm of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., has been appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee on Implementation of the European Union Copyright Directive in the International Copyright Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association. He has assisted in drafting the report on the European Union Copyright Directive.
 
The committee concentrates on the foreign treaties and laws in copyrights. The proliferation of technology make international protection extremely important.
 
Mr. Jacobson, with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment business has represented Toni Braxton, P M Dawn, the Rock Steady Crew, Tisha Michelle Campbell, and La India. His current clients include, among others, "Little Louie" Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez of Masters At Work, chart topping producers Sly & Robbie, Israel Vibration, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Mick Taylor and Marty Balin, Vaneese Thomas, Johnny Winter, Andrew Tosh, MAW and ROIR Records.
 
Mr. Jacobson also teaches music business contracts and copyright law at Five Towns College in Long Island. Should you like to learn more about Mr. Jacobson & "The Firm", please check out their Website at www.TheFirm.com.

BRUCE COLFIN APPEARS ON NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL PANEL, SPEAKS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

(New York, NY) Bruce E. Colfin of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C., appeared as a panelist at New York Law School for its Entertainment and Media Law Society seminar on Intellectual Property and emerging technologies.
 
Mr. Colfin appeared along with other prominent members of the entertainment and intellectual property industries. The panel was designed to provide attending law students with insight into the opportunities that may arise for future lawyers that choose those field for the practice of law or business.
 
Mr. Colfin is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, New York, where he, and Mr. Jacobson, teach Music Business Contracts and have taught Copyrights and Music Publishing.
 
Clients of Jacobson & Colfin, P.C. include, former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor; Reggae stars Inner Circle, Andrew Tosh, Sly and Robbie, Freddie McGregor; Producers Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and Little "Louis" Vega; Rock legend Marty Balin; cutting edge indie labels R.O.I.R.; VP; and Norton Records; and supermodel Fernanda Tavares.

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