Bebchick Law, headed by Baruch M. Bebchick, maintains a robust practice involving a broad range of intellectual property and corporate matters. Our success in cultivating a loyal client base is due to the diligent efforts and personal attention with which we undertake each of our representations.
Prior to launching Bebchick Law, Baruch was associated with Frankfurt Kurnit, a leading New York media and entertainment law firm. Baruch’s practice there was focused on business formation and reorganization, Internet and e-commerce, M&A, licensing, employment, software, advertising & marketing, entertainment and privacy. Prior to this association, Baruch was affiliated with an Israeli law firm where he worked on a various matters including cross-border venture capital and biotech transactions, and software and other high-tech licensing matters.
Baruch also has served as a legal analyst with Columbia Business School’s Institute for Tele-Information, has published articles in Total Licensing and International Negotiation, and has been featured in an article about online promotions. Baruch is a certified mediator who has presided over various matters in several Manhattan courts, and has acted as an advocate for battered women in Manhattan Family Court. He also has served in the paratroop brigade and a reserve reconnaissance unit of the Israel Defense Forces.
When he is not working, Baruch enjoys spending time with his family, outdoor adventuring, new technology and barbecuing.
Representative Matters: Among other matters, Baruch has negotiated transactions and drafted agreements involving:
- the formation of an online renewable energy exchange platform for a joint venture between financial services, technology and biofuel companies;
- live operator network and ecommerce fulfillment services for American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" charity event;
- publisher, advertiser and ad creation terms for a next-generation online advertising platform;
- licensing historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets;
- technology services provided to the operator of a digital surveillance and advertising network by CompUSA;
- content licensing arrangements with YouTube, Yahoo, Joost, NBBC and Harvard Medical School for the producer of on-demand health and lifestyle content;
- the formation and management of birthing center venture in conjunction with a major hospital center in Northeast;
- a life rights deal for the production of a for-television movie about the search for missing and exploited persons;
- a video blogging platform license arrangement with a Canadian broadcaster on behalf of a U.S. telecommunications start-up;
- license agreements with Expedia for the deployment of an advertiser generation system throughout its network;
- development and licensing agreements for a baby-boomer targeted ASP survey tool for financial services professionals;
- bid offer with U.S. Navy regarding DVD and other digital format authoring and encoding projects;
- an off-deck fulfillment system with PayPal;
- VOD license agreements with Verizon, Comcast and other cable network operators;
- a development agreement for a Nike SMS text messaging campaign;
asset purchase agreements for a lead generation company by a VC purchaser and for multiple elevator businesses; - the licensing of a text-to-voice software application from a French licensor for an innovative communication facilitation product;
- the development of an online platform for outsourcing of IT services to major technology clients, including Dell;
- website development agreements with/for Amazon, Coca-Cola, Sprint and Nike;
- software development outsourcing arrangements to service providers in India and Thailand;
- the architecting of an online auction for “club” members located in 13 countries for an international hotel chain; and
- the launching of a sweepstakes promotion in conjunction with Cartoon Network.
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
LL.M. in Intellectual Property, June 2002
J.D., January 2002
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
B.A., May 1994
New York, New Jersey, District of Columbia (inactive)
“Avoid Privacy Law Problems When Marketing to Children Under 13”, Total Licensing, Winter 2006.
“Privacy Primer,” New York State Bar accredited continuing legal education presentation on privacy law issues, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C., February 2006.
“Take Six Steps Before Licensing Animated Characters,” with Tom Selz, Total Licensing, Spring 2005.
“The Methodology and Philosophy of Ambassador Dennis Ross as an International Mediator,” International Negotiation, A Journal of Theory and Practice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, volume 7, number 1, 2002.
Baruch's public bio on LinkedIn can also be viewed at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bebchick