Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.

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GLENN F. OSTRAGER

Partner

Glenn is a founding partner of the boutique intellectual property law firm Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C. in New York City. He has experience litigating patents in the fields of telecommunications, textile and nonwovens, and electronics. Glenn has also been counsel in numerous trademark and copyright cases. Areas of concentration also include licensing of technology and trademark properties.

Glenn represented the defendant Theflyonthewall.com in the 2011 Second Circuit decision in Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com, Inc., which addressed the law of “hot news” misappropriation and preemption under the Copyright Act.

Glenn received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.

He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and Connecticut, U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Courts of Appeal, Second, Seventh and Federal Circuits, and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Recent Publications:

“BARCLAYS CAPITAL v. THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM: The Second Circuit Reaffirms the ‘Narrow’ Scope of A Non-Preempted INS-Type ‘Hot-News’ Misappropriation Claim” (April 12, 2012, OCFB News)

Speaking Engagements:

“Hot News – Hot New Doctrine or Yesterday’s News?” Panelist, New York Intellectual Property Law Association CLE Luncheon (New York, NY — April 12, 2012)

“Should the Law Save Journalism?” Panelist, Ohio State Bar Association Law and Media Conference 2011, Workshop A (Columbus, OH – October 14, 2011)

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Securities Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Patents
  • Trademarks & Unfair Competition
  • Copyright & Misappropriation
  • Technical expertise in electrical, computer, software & mechanical arts

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Seventh, Ninth & Federal Circuits

EDUCATION:

  • J.D., St. John’s University School of Law
  • B.A., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; State University of New York at Stony Brook