Stephen J. Davidson - Profile & Synopsis

Stephen Davidson was the founder of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice at the Minneapolis - based law firm of Leonard, street and Deinard, where he spent the past 35 years helping companies throughout the United States and in other countries with development projects, transactions and litigation involving computer and information technology. He is a past president of the International Technology Law Association, an adjunct professor of information technology law at the University of Minnesota law school, and subcommittee co-chair in the American bar association's new committee on online gaming and virtual worlds.

Steve has been fascinated by virtual worlds and their social and legal implications since reading Ray Kurzweil's book - The Singularity is Near, in 2005. Steve is a long term active resident of the second life Metaverse, where he owns a private island and spends time studying the evolving Culture, Economy and Legal issues raised by this new Paradigm.

Profile	Stephen J. Davidson Leonard Street & Deinard - Minneapolis
Stephen Davidson was the founder of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice at the Minneapolis - based law firm of Leonard, street and Deinard, where he spent the past 35 years helping companies throughout the United States and in other countries with development projects, transactions and litigation involving computer and information technology. He is a past president of the International Technology Law Association, an adjunct professor of information technology law at the University of Minnesota law school, and subcommittee co-chair in the American bar association's new committee on online gaming and virtual worlds. Steve has been fascinated by virtual worlds and their social and legal implications since reading Ray Kurzweil's book - The Singularity is Near, in 2005. Steve is a long term active resident of the second life Metaverse, where he owns a private island and spends time studying the evolving Culture, Economy and Legal issues raised by this new Paradigm.