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David has decades of experience working with business leaders to consistently deliver on business goals in the strategic management, use and enforcement of intellectual property (IP). He is frequently engaged in complex and consequential IP issues, in both commercial and government markets.
He has assisted clients in the formation and administration of hundreds of contracts and subcontracts. He also successfully litigated for a major defense contractor to protect proprietary business data. He has favorably resolved a dozen USG-initiated technical data rights challenges. He has negotiated transactions and resolved disputes with governments around the world and leading technology companies. He has also focused on business efficiency, including use of processes and tools for very large engineering groups, to ensure quick capture and action on important IP.
He began his career as a US Air Force officer, serving as a Chief Engineer of electronic technology procurement programs on behalf foreign governments, including the United Kingdom, Israel, Egypt, Hungary and Columbia. He later worked at the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of the General Counsel and interned at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for Judge Pauline Newman.
Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School (1999)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1991)
Architecture and System Engineering: Models & Methods to Manage Complex Systems (Prof. Cert.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology xPRO (2022)
Bar and Court Admissions
Massachusetts
US Patent and Trademark Office
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US District Courts of Massachusetts & Colorado
Executive Notes Editor – American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal
“Court Protects Closely Guarded Vendor Lists,”
National Defense, Sep. 2022, p. 18.
Working with Government chapter in book, Intellectual Property Operations and Implementation in the 21st Century Corporation, J. Wiley & Sons (2011)
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) IP Committee
Former Chair
Licensing Executives Society (LES) Standards
Board of Directors
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
Corporate Member
American Bar Association (ABA) Public Contract Law IP Committee
Former Vice Chair
Technical Data Rights Forum – Aerospace Industries Association/National Defense Industrial Association – IP Evaluation –– October 2022
Panelist with: Office of the Secretary of Defense Intellectual Property Cadre Lead-Communications, Knowledge and Performance Management; and Chief Legal Officer, Anduril Industries; moderated by Assistant General Counsel (IP), Lockheed Martin Corporation
The Next Frontier in Data Rights Policy and Practice? Data Rights as a Competitive Proposal Evaluation Factor – June 2022
American Bar Association Public Contract Law Intellectual Property Committee meeting panelist with Office of the Secretary of Defense Intellectual Property Cadre Lead Communications, Knowledge and Performance Management and Assistant General Counsel (IP), Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Raising the Standard for Excellence in Innovation – LES Standards webinar – November 2021
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Annual Meeting – September 2020
Panelist discussing Interests and Activity of the Sovereign vis-à-vis Private Intellectual Property Rights.
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) – IP Monetization webinar – June 2020
ACC National Capital Region – Rethinking Rights in Government Contracts – May 2020
Panelist with USAF General Counsel and DoD Deputy Director for IP on webinar discussing DoD’s initial 2020 NDAA proposal for sharing manufacturing data with direct competitors.
LES Annual Meeting – LES Standards panelist – October 2019
Driving Innovation: Standards in Licensing and Intellectual Capital Management
Panelist discussing improvement of IP valuation outcomes. At Silicon Valley US Patent & Trademark Office – May 2019