Sean F. Kane
Attorney, Drakeford & Kane LLC

Sean F. Kane is a member of Drakeford & Kane LLC and Manager of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Kane has represented clients on transactional matters involving various entertainment, communications and consumer products business segments, such as video games, virtual worlds, computer software, the Internet, music publishing, records, motion picture (feature and independent films) and television production ­and distribution. He also has considerable experience litigating complex business disputes in federal and state courts at trial, appellate levels and in ADR forums throughout the country. Prior to founding Drakeford & Kane LLC, Mr. Kane practiced with Hall Dickler, LLP (f/k/a Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood LLP) from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Kane is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, where he is a Co-Chair of the Virtual Worlds and Multiuser Online Games Committee. He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association IP Panel of Neutrals. Mr. Kane is a member of the Board of Editors of the LJN publication, Internet Law & Strategy. He earned his J.D. in 1998 from Fordham University School of Law, and his B.A. in 1995 from Villanova University. He is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York.

Panelist: Virtual Property: Issues in Buying and Selling Virtual Goods, Wednesday, 10:30 AM, Harbor