Samuel is an AV-rated attorney, and am Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a Specialist/Expert in Intellectual Property. Building upon careers as a photojournalist and computer software developer, he combines a practical understanding and technical perspective of intellectual property and technology-related issues.
โTo go back in time, there was at one point a question of whether a photograph, something created with a machine, was something you could create copyright in,โ says Samuel Lewis, co-chair of Cozen OโConnorโs copyright practice. Image from Shutterstock. Adjacent image from an Aug. 18 decision by Judge Beryl A. Howell in Washington, D.C.
To go back in time, there was at one point a question of whether a photograph, something created with a machine, was something you could create copyright in.