David L. Newman

Partner

David L. Newman is a partner in Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Newman focuses his practice on intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. His experience includes handling litigation involving intellectual property, preparing and prosecuting applications for obtaining various types of intellectual properties, and opinion work involving business methods, computers, consumer goods, electronic commerce, mechanical devices, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.

Mr. Newman has handled numerous litigations involving U.S. and foreign patents, unfair trade practices, copyrights, trade dress, trademarks, trade secrets, antitrust and breach of contract throughout the country. He has been involved in all aspects of practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including patent appeals, reissues and reexamination proceedings. David has instructed courses involving claim drafting for patent applications and is a periodic guest lecturer on intellectual property topics at the DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Newman has represented clients in IP arbitration disputes under the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Arbitration Rules. He is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society International, Standard Licensing Agreements Committee.

Mr. Newman has been worked on IP matters involving technologies including financial service and securities trading systems, email, internet encryption systems, eCommerce technology, internet mapping systems, internet server systems, mp3 compression, gaming technology, HVAC controllers, semiconductor testing systems, charger plug adapters for cell phones, pixel imaging systems, article writing artificial intelligence system, luggage locking and security systems, optoelectronics, fiber optics, optical connectors, cable assemblies, semiconductor lasers, electromagnetic shielding, wave division multiplexing (WDM) systems, electrical connectors, torque sensors, semiconductor chip sockets, PC cards, position sensors, electrical cables, Ethernet communication devices, buss bars, differential signal terminators and automotive safety systems.

Activities and Achievements

• Member, American Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Board Member and Division VI Liaison
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, International Commission on Patent Disputes for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
• Member, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Vice-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Member, Licensing Executives Society International, Standard Licensing Agreements Committee

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Co-Author, “The Complexities Of Bifurcated Markman Proceedings,” IP Law360, May 23, 2011
• Author, “Charting a Careful Course Under the Patent Marking Statute When Licensees or OEMs Are Responsible for Marking,” Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, March 2011
• Co-author, “Standardizing Patent License Agreements: A Method of Evaluating What May Be Standardized,” LES Insights, December 6, 2010
• Author, “Arbitral Institutions – Which One is Right For You?” American Bar Association’s Conflict Management Newsletter, Spring 2009
• Author, “Patent Decision Clarifies That Dictionaries Are Extrinsic Evidence to Be Subordinate to the Patent Specification in Construing Claims,” Intellectual Property Report, November 2005
• Author, “What Phillips v. AWH Means to Patent Law,” IP Law Bulletin, July 14, 2005
• Author, “A Useful Guide to Analyzing the Applicability of the Doctrine of Equivalents in View of Festo IX,” Intellectual Property Today, January 2004
• Author, Illinois Corporate Practice Manual 2004 Supplement, Illinois Trade Secrets Act
• Author, “The Doctrine of Equivalents after the Supreme Courts Ruling in Festo v. SMC,” Intellectual Property Newsletter, Fall 2002
• Author, “Promoting Technology for Standardization Without Weakening Your Patent Coverage,” Intellectual Property Newsletter, Fall 2002
• Moderator, “Standardized Patent Licenses,” Licensing Executives Society USA/Canada 2010 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, September 26-30, 2010
• Speaker, “Maximize Your Success with Court-Connected ADR,” ABA 2010 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 5-10, 2010
• Speaker, International Arbitration Seminar, Bogota, Columbia, November 2008

Education
DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1992)
The Ohio State University (B.S., 1986)

Bar Admissions
State of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Supreme Court