Goldstein, leading authority in the expanding area of copyright law, writes his first novel

 

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Paul Goldstein, Of Counsel with Morrison & Foerster and the Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford University, has written his first novel, Errors and Omissions (Doubleday Books, 2006). The mystery thriller weaves a tale of an intellectual property attorney who represents a movie studio over the rights to a James Bond-like movie franchise.

The San Francisco Chronicle observed, "his work is the first major novel that attempts to harness the undiscovered drama inherent in copyright and patent law." Well-known mystery writer Sue Grafton commented, "It's difficult to convey the mounting excitement with which I turned the pages....the writing [is] masterful, not one wasted word....A terrific read."

Goldstein, one of the nation's leading authorities in copyright law, has served as a consultant to legal counsel in several path breaking copyright cases, including Universal v. Sony (the "Betamax" case); West v. Mead Data Central (the "Star Pagination" case); On Command Video Corp. v. Columbia Pictures Industries; and Fujitsu v. IBM Corporation.

Click below for the full article in the San Francisco Chronicle about Mr. Goldstein's first novel:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/15/BUGPTJVIVN1.DTL&hw=goldstein&sn=001&sc=1000