Overview
Dave practices in the area of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. As a registered patent attorney, Dave has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in software, electrical, and mechanical fields for Fortune 100® companies, startups, and individual inventors. Further, Dave is routinely engaged in offensive and defensive forward patent initiatives as well as portfolio development strategies including patent acquisition and licensing. Although a majority of his practice focuses on patent matters, Dave also has substantial experience counseling clients regarding trademark and copyright acquisition and enforcement.
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Experience
PATENTS
- Prepared and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. patent applications
- Engaged routinely for portfolio development/forward patent harvesting
- Counseled clients regarding patent valuation and acquisition
TRADEMARKS
- Counseled many clients regarding acquisition and enforcement of trademarks
GLOBAL IP PROTECTION
- Procured global patent and trademark rights with foreign counsel worldwide
IP LITIGATION
- Represented clients before the USPTO Board of Appeals
- Represented clients in trademark cancelation proceedings
- Negotiated coexistence agreements
Associations
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) – Software-Related Inventions Committee Member
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
