Goldman is a leading expert in the fields of Internet Law and Intellectual Property. He was part of the first wave of teaching Internet Law courses in law schools, having taught his first course in 1995–96. He has testified before Congress on the Consumer Review Fairness Act, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. In a well-publicized December 2005 post to his Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Goldman incorrectly predicted Wikipedia's demise in five years. Goldman has co-authored the first Advertising & Marketing Law casebook for the law school community. He has been shortlisted as an "IP Thought Leader" by Managing IP magazine and named an "IP Vanguard" by the California State Bar's Intellectual Property section. Goldman publishes the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, which covers Internet Law, Intellectual Property, and Advertising Law. The blog has received several awards, including being named to the ABA Journal's Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Some of Goldman's other projects include DoctoredReviews.com, a website designed to combat doctors' efforts to suppress patients' reviews; serving on the board of directors of the Public Participation Project, a group lobbying for federal anti-SLAPP legislation; providing copyright advice to Justin.tv; and coauthoring an amicus brief in the 1-800 Contacts, Inc. v. WhenU.com, Inc. case with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before he joined the faculty at Santa Clara University, he was an assistant professor at Marquette University Law School, General Counsel of Epinions.com, and a technology transactions attorney at Cooley Godward.
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Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials co-authored with Rebecca Tushnet
2013-2017 He was named one of the "20 Most-Cited Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Scholars in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017" and “20 Most-Cited Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Faculty, 2010-2014 ”
2015 He was named as one of the Fastcase 50
2018 World Technology Awards, Law Division Finalist
2019 His casebook INTERNET LAW: CASES & MATERIALS was named as one of the "100 Best Intellectual Property Books of All Time" and "100 Best Privacy Books of All Time," 2019
2019 He received the Santa Clara University Award for Sustained Excellence in Scholarship
