Scott Austin Email & Phone Number

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

SCOTT AUSTIN is a Florida business lawyer and a Board-Certified Specialist in intellectual property law. He has championed the rights of clients in Florida and around the world for over 35 years in over 100 industries. Because of his broad experience in both complex business disputes and transactions, Scott has also served "in-house" as interim general counsel for clients, where he provided C-level executives with timely, direct answers they could trust. Having worked both as and with general… Show more SCOTT AUSTIN is a Florida business lawyer and a Board-Certified Specialist in intellectual property law. He has championed the rights of clients in Florida and around the world for over 35 years in over 100 industries. Because of his broad experience in both complex business disputes and transactions, Scott has also served "in-house" as interim general counsel for clients, where he provided C-level executives with timely, direct answers they could trust. Having worked both as and with general counsel at national companies has given Scott added insight on how to expedite the resolution of corporate, internet and IP issues.Scott's litigation experience ranges from patent, trademark and copyright claims in Federal Court to TTAB Oppositions and Cancellations as well as counterfeit website takedown strategies under the UDRP and DMCA. Scott has authored numerous domain dispute arbitration decisions as a panelist accredited under ICANN’s UDRP process. He is also one of seven panelists worldwide appointed by ICANN to arbitrate PICDRP disputes involving gTLD registries. His trademark transactions experience ranges from creative trademark selection strategies and clearance opinions to overcoming USPTO refusals of registration, to negotiating licenses and IP rights in mergers and acquisitions. Scott also has years of corporate and advanced technology transactions experience, including complex business formation agreements, settlements, acquisitions, shareholder agreements, IT agreements, website Terms of Service/Use, DMCA, and GDPR compliant privacy policies.Scott has taught corporate and intellectual property law to students at several law schools as well as to practicing lawyers in numerous seminars, workshops, and symposia. He also chaired the Florida Bar’s Corporations, Securities and Financial Services Committee for two terms and received awards from the Florida Bar for his work on reforms to Florida’s LLC Act, which were adopted by the Florida legislature. Show less

Analyze ICANN policies and procedures for comment on ICANN new gTLDS and related domain name policy issues affecting trademark rightsholders.

Miami, Florida

I combine technical thinking with a business approach to information technology and intellectual property matters. I advise and counsel on the development, production, sale, and protection of numerous varied intellectual property interests, negotiation and preparation of complex computing agreements, including cloud computing, SaaS, IaaS, SLAs, ASP, ISP, hosting, integration, development and testing of software; I have litigated software, patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright… Show more I combine technical thinking with a business approach to information technology and intellectual property matters. I advise and counsel on the development, production, sale, and protection of numerous varied intellectual property interests, negotiation and preparation of complex computing agreements, including cloud computing, SaaS, IaaS, SLAs, ASP, ISP, hosting, integration, development and testing of software; I have litigated software, patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright infringement cases in US District Courts as well as oppositions and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. My practice also includes litigation of technology and trade secrets disputes, computer online privacy and defamation matters, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.Representative Matters:Successful representation in trademark litigation of privately held retailer with annual revenues in excess of $2 billion. Successful representation on trademark, trade dress and internet compliance matters for national and international companies in the consumer electronics and appliance industry, the industrial pump and swimming pool and spa industry, the fabrics industry, the real estate industry, the construction materials industry, the cosmetics industry and the alcoholic beverage industry.Representation and counseling of on-line healthcare billing and laboratory software, privacy and data breach compliance for on-line application service providers, such as medical practice groups, radiology labs, pathology labs, blood banks, dental labs and other health care providers.Representation on Internet domain name disputes and website terms and conditions of use, disclaimers, website and legal compliance for regulated industries. Representation of nationally recognized newspapers and international media networks on advertising, media, contest promotion and intellectual property issues. Show less

Jd, Intellectual Property, Tax, Corporate, Antitrust

Activities and Societies: Law Review: Executive Editorial Board Member; Georgetown Journal of International Law f/k/a Law & Policy.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Economics

Activities and Societies: Founder, MBA Student Association, Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership honor society) Beta Gamma Sigma (business.