Bruce Horowitz

Contact

bhorowitz@pazhorowitz.com

Education

B.A. History
Brandeis University
1970

Juris Doctor
New York University Law School
New York City, USA, 1976

Postgraduate Diploma in Prevention of Public Corruption
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador, 2006

Languages

English (native)
Spanish (fluent)
Portuguese (basic)

Practice areas

Anti-corruption
International Intellectual Property
Litigation Risk and Settlement Value Analysis

Jurisdiction

Alaska (1976, ret. 1991)

Ohio (1985)

U.S. Court of International Trade

U.S. District Court (Alaska)

9th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Teaching

Instructor on Comparative Anti-corruption Law
Catholic University
Quito, Ecuador; 2005

Adjunct Professor of U.S. Legal Systems
Catholic University
Quito, Ecuador; 1997 - 1998, 2005

Professor of Philosophy, Economics and Logic
American School
Quito, Ecuador, 1985 - 1989

Presentations & Conferences

Running the Ethical Gauntlet (Presentation for U.S. lawyers working overseas, American Bar Association, International Law Conference, New York, 2006).
Anti-Corruption Conference (co-presentation with TRACE International, Quito, 2006)
Anti-Public-Extortion Training and Presentations:
- Advice and training for private client groups in the private sector, International organization and NGO’s
- Universidad de Azuay (2005)
- Universidad de Espiritu Santo de Guayaquil (2005)
- Universidad Internacional (2007)
- Universidad Catolica de Quito (2008)
- Ohio Northern University (2008)
- World Bank in Washington (2008)
- ABA Regional Conference in Buenos Aires (2008)
- ABA Regional Conference in New Delhi (2009)
- Interamerican Development Bank in Washington DC (2009)
- IDE School of Governance, Quito (2009)

Rights of Unregistered Marks in South America (INTA Panel Presentation, Amsterdam, 2003); Environmental Protection in Ecuador (State Capital Law Firm Group, 2000); Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance (Conferences at State Capital Law Firm Group, Catholic University of Quito); Health Law in Ecuador (State Capital Global Law Firm Group, 1999); Employment Law in Ecuador (State Capital Law Firm Group, 1998); Environmental Law in Ecuador (Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1998); IP Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1998); Doing Business in Ecuador (presentations on legal aspects of Doing Business in Ecuador given to the American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, the Cleveland Bar Association, and the State Capital Global Law Firm Group, 1991-Present); Comparative Indian and Aboriginal Laws: USA, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), Australia and Ecuador (University of San Francisco de Quito, 1987).

Adjunct Professor: Catholic University of Quito (1997-1998, 2005)

Arbitrator: Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce

In the area of environmental law, Mr. Horowitz has counseled NGOs on the negotiation and maintenance of Carbon Sequestration/Carbon Credits contracts with purchasing parties in North America and Europe. Mr. Horowitz participated in preparing and registering the first ecological easement in Ecuador. He also participated in the first eco-tourism joint venture between foreign and local NGOs.

Mr. Horowitz has extensive experience in counseling foreign clients on cross-border agency and distributorship issues and mixed U.S.-Ecuadorian legal matters.

Expertise

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Mr. Horowitz has been actively involved in the intellectual property area, including:

The world’s first registration of a texture/tactile trademark, as reported in MARCASUR, the World Trademark Law Report, and the INTA Bulletin
The first South American registration of a sound/auditory trademark
The first oficial recognition of an Ecuadorian Denomination of Origin
The first electronic overseas filing of an Ecuadorian trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

ANTI - CORRUPTION & ANTI - EXTORTION

Bruce advises international and Ecuadorian clients on how to do business with public entities without becoming involved in corrupt practices.

BACKGROUND

Prior to founding PAZ HOROWITZ Abogados, Mr. Horowitz practiced law in the United States on the staff and as managing attorney of the Alaska Legal Services Corporation (1974-1983) and as the executive director of the Ohio State Legal Services Association (1983-1985).

He managed the Intellectual Property Department at the Quito law firm of Bustamante & Crespo (now Bustamante & Bustamante), where he also served as a foreign legal counselor.

As a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, 1970 to 1973, Mr. Horowitz worked as a land surveyor for the Shuar Indians in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. He taught philosophy, logic and economics at the American School (Quito) from 1985 to 1989.

Awards & Honors

Recognized as one of world’s leading trademark practitioners by Business Law Research and Euromoney.

Publications

Bridge Ogres, Little Fishes and Positive Deviants:
One-on-one deterrence of Public Functionary Extortion Demands
Negociating with Extorcionist Government Functionaries:

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Legal, logical, moral and emotional barriers
Part 3: Preparing yourself
Part 4: Mesmerizing the entire audience
"Using Positive Deviance Methods to Help Legal Service Providers to Ethically and Successfully Handle Public Extortion Situation"
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"Government Procurement Contracts: Some Principles of Deterrence in Public Extortion Situations"
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"Questioning Competitors' Conduct"
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"Negotiat and Extort"
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"Using Peer Pressure on Judicial Clerks"
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"Simple Strategies"
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Co-author of Trademark Practice & Forms (Ecuador Chapter)
Oceana (2004)
Co-author of Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Ecuador Chapter)
Kluwer Law International (2003-2004)
Contributing author to Tropical Deforestation, with Professor Thomas Rudel
Columbia University Press (1990)
Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace (Ecuador Chapter)
Wiley Intellectual Property Series, 2nd Edition
Eds. Simensky, Bryer, Wilkof (1998-1999).
Mr. Horowitz has been a reporter to the World Trademark Law Reporter, the INTA Bulletin, the ABA International Law Year-in-Review, and the Inter-American Law Reporter.

Associations and professional groups

Trace Internacional
Local contact firm Ecuador
American Bar Association
Vice-Chair of the Anti-corruption Committee
Former Chair of U.S. Lawyers Abroad Committee
Former Vice-chair of the Latin America and Caribbean Committee
Former Chair of the International IP Rights Committee
INTA
Geographical Indications Committee
Formerly, Amicus, ADR, Andean Pact, and Law Bulletin Committees
Quito Common Law Bar Association
Founder
State Capital Law Firm Group
Founder and first Co-Chair of Intellectual Property Section

Pro Bono

Mr. Horowitz is a member, and has served as president and vice president, of Jatun Sacha Foundation, the largest private tropical forest protection organization in Ecuador.

He is a founding member and president of Fundacion Parque Metropolitano.

Mr. Horowitz is currently the treasurer of the Committee for the Improvement of Parque Suecia, Quito .

He is a published and recorded songwriter (Panhandle Folksong Books I & II; Folksongs of Southeast Alaska, Folkways Records).

Mr. Horowitz is also the co-author and co-director of the film The Sound of Rushing Water, currently distributed by The Cinema Guild, New York . (Original film in Shuar, later translated into six other languages.)