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TomJames
Thomas James is an attorney in private practice at the Law Office of Tom James in Cokato, Minnesota. He handles copyright, trademark, business law, nonprofit law, and appeals. Also known as Thomas B. James, Thomas James is licensed in Minnesota and admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Eighth and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (TTAB).
Attorney Tom James is the author of several books and law review articles, including E-Commerce Law: The Legal Compliance Handbook for Online Businesses, IP Law for Non-IP Attorneys, Website Law, and The History of Custody Law. Visit his Amazon Author Page.
In addition, Cokato attorney Thomas James is the founder and an instructor at Echion CLE, a provider of continuing legal education courses to attorneys, mediators and other legal professionals. He is also a certified teacher of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), a certified teacher of English to young learners (TEYL), and a certified teacher of Business English (CTBE).
Memberships:
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
National Association for the Self-Employer
Copyright Alliance
Authors Alliance
ABA Committee on Copyright and Emerging Technologies
"Overruling Rostker v. Goldberg: Toward an Equal Obligation to Register for Selective Service," Nebraska Law Review (May, 2021)In this article, Minnesota attorney Tom James explains why male-only Selective Service registration requirements violate the Equal Protection clause of the constitution, and why a 1980 decision holding otherwise should be overruled. This article was written and published just prior to the United States Supreme Court's decision to deny review of a case challenging the constitutionality of the Selective Service Act. Although the Court declined review, it was acknowledged that the law, as written, may not be on sound constitutional footing. The Court suggested that Congress should proceed with measures it had begun to take to bring the Act into compliance with the Equal Protection clause of the United States Constitution.
"Copyright Enforcement: Time to Abolish the Pre-Litigation Registration Requirement," Illinois Law Review (Fall, 2019).A recent United States Supreme Court decision has interpreted the Copyright Act to mean that a copyright owner cannot file an infringement action until after the Copyright Office has issued a registration. Noting that the Copyright Office can sometimes take a year or more to issue a registration certificate, Cokato attorney Thomas James argues that this produces outcomes that are unfair to authors and other copyright owners. He suggests that Congress should abolish the pre-litigation registration requirement. The law, he contends, should be amended to provide that it is enough if the copyright owner has filed an application. Also published in Pulse. '
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Divorced Dad Wins Fight Over Bible Lessons - Twin Cities Pioneer Press (2007): Newspaper article about attorney Tom James's successful reversal on appeal of a court order infringing on religious freedom.