Toby Butterfield

Toby Butterfield is an Adjunct Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he teaches Media and Entertainment Law. He is also a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, specializing in litigation and intellectual property. Butterfield has 20 years of legal experience, focusing on copyright, trademark, defamation, and digital media matters.

Education: J.D. from New York University School of Law; B.A. from the University of Oxford.

Research interests include intellectual property law, media regulation, and digital content legality. His recent legal work includes landmark cases like CBS v. FilmOn and trademark disputes involving major media entities.

Publications include contributions to Landslide (1991) and Counseling Content Providers in the Digital Age (2010), as well as articles for the Media Law Resource Center on fair use, the DMCA, and copyright termination.

Advising and Grants: Extensive litigation and counseling experience, with notable victories in injunctive relief cases. No specific grants mentioned in the text.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Frankfurt Kurnit and Cardozo Law’s legal education programs.