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Lawyer Overview

David M. Pitcher was born in Ithaca, New York in 1945. He received an engineering degree from the University of Michigan with emphasis in the manufacturing arts and computer sciences, before he earned his law degree from Syracuse University. In 1971 he was admitted to membership in the Bar of the State of New York, and to the Bar of the District of Columbia in 1975.

While earning his law degree, Mr. Pitcher worked as a manufacturing engineer with Xerox Corporation in Rochester, New York. Mr. Pitcher began his legal career in the patent department of Xerox Corporation. He then served as a commissioned officer of the U.S. Navy as an attorney in the Judge Advocate General Corps in Washington. During that time, he practiced law in the Navy Litigation Division and the Federal Economic Stabilization Program for wage and price controls. He also served as a military aide to the President of the United States.

Mr. Pitcher is involved in particular with rendering product clearance, patent validity and patent infringement opinions, and is a strong and active litigator in matters involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and technology contracts. He is also actively involved in the protection of corporate intellectual property rights through contractual agreements, including company employee and technology disclosure agreements, technology exchange contracts, and licensing and product distribution agreements. Mr. Pitcher has acquired extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. He possesses broad expertise in a number of technical areas, including manufacturing techniques, and mechanical, electromechanical and computer subjects.

He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, certain of the federal district and appellate courts in the United States, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Pitcher holds memberships in the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Trademark Association, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Divisions of the District of Columbia Bar and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Law
• Patent
• Trademark
• Copyright
• Unfair Competition

West Practice Categories

Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1971
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1973
• District of Columbia, 1975
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The District of Columbia Bar, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law (Member)
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law (Member)
• Licensing Executive Society (Member)
• Federal Bar Association, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law (Member)
• American Bar Association, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
• New York Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section (Member)
• International Trademark Association (Member)
• The International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Navy, Lt., JAGC, 1971 - 1974

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1970
  J.D.
• University of Michigan, 1967
  B.S.E.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Published Works

• "Preventing Misuse of Trademarks On the Internet", International Legal Strategy, May , at 16, 2002
• "Intellectual Property Infringement Indemnification", Intellectual Property Law Update (Anthony B. Askew & Elizabeth C. Jacobs eds), 143, 2002
• "I.P. Infringement Indemnifcation", Drafting License Agreements, forthcoming 4th ed., 2002
• "The Ever Expanding Scope of U.S. Trademarks", International Legal Strategy (ILS), 1999
• "Trademark Law Treaty Amendments to United States Trademark Law", International Legal Strategy (ILS), 1999

Address

1201 New York Avenue, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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202.434.1500

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