Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dale Carlson is Chair of the Patent Practice Group at Wiggin and Dana. Before joining Wiggin and Dana in 1993, Dale was in-house intellectual property counsel at both Union Carbide and Olin Corporation for a total of nearly twenty years. He has extensive intellectual property law experience in a wide range of technologies, including polymer chemistry, including polyurethanes, polyolefins, and hybrid polymers; specialty chemicals, including biocides, surfactants, antifreezes, agricultural chemicals, explosives, fuel cells and rocket propellants; chemical engineering process technology; and biotechnology, including DNA probe and lipase technology.

Dale is currently serving as President-Elect of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Dale is also the NYIPLA's Historian. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Association Internationale pour de la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle, the International Intellectual Property Association, and the Intellectual Property Owners organization. He was a member of the "IP Law Associations Committee" of the American Intellectual Property Law Association for a three-year term (2004-2007).

Dale is a member of the State Bars of Connecticut, New York, and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to the District Court for the District of Connecticut, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Dale received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1968, and an M.B.A. in 1969, from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his J.D. at Syracuse University in 1975, where he was Associate Editor of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce. He also received an advanced law degree (LL.M.) in Trade Regulation from New York University in 1979. Dale has written and lectured extensively on intellectual property law matters.

Dale is currently in his tenth year as an Adjunct Professor at the Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut, where he teaches two courses in patent law. He is also a member of Board of Directors of the Gateway Community College Foundation in New Haven, Connecticut, and previously served as Chair of the Board's nominating committee.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• Intellectual Property
• Patent

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Patents

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1976
• District of Columbia, 1978
• Connecticut, 1988
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Certification/Specialties

• Intellectual Property Law, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1978

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Gateway Community College Foundation, 2000 - 2006 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Quinnipiac University College of Law, 2000 - 2005 (Adjunct Professor for IP Law)
• New York IP Law Association, 2004 - 2007 (Board of Directors)
• New York IP Law Association, 1999 - 2006 (Chair, Committee on License to Practice Requirements)
• Fairfield County Bar Association, 1999 - 2004 (Co-chair, IP Law Committee)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• American IP Law Association (Member)
• Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle (Member)
• International IP Association (Member)
• IP Owners Organization (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Connecticut IP Law Association, 2001 - 2004 (Chair, Legislative Committee)
• CIPLA, 2001 - 2004 (Delegate to AIPLA's Committee of IP Bar Associations)

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut, 2000 - Present
• Presentation, Recent Developments in the Litigation of the Best Mode Requirement, Seminar on Patent Litigation from Inside Out, Sponsored by the New
• Presentation, Maintaining Objectivity in Rendering In-House Opinions, Ad Hoc Corporate Patent Counsel Seminar on In-House Patent Opinions,
• Presentation, "The Impact of the New Antitrust Guidelines on Licensing", Connecticut Bar Association, November 1, 1995
• Panel Moderator, "Playing by the New Patent Office Rules", Connecticut Patent Law Association, January 20, 1998
• Panel Moderator, "Playing by the New Patent Office Rules", Corporate Bar of Westchester and Fairfield, January 29, 1995
• Foreign Licensing-Strategies for Maintaining and Enhancing Corporate Competitiveness in a World Market, 3rd Annual Joint Patent Seminar, Sponsored by the Conn. N.Y., N.J. and Philadelphia Patent Law Associations (Presented at the Union League of Philadelphia,
• The Best Mode Disclosure Requirement in Patent Practice Revisited: Unique Considerations Relating to Biotechnology, 6th Annual Joint Meeting
• Effect of Uruguay Round Agreement Amendments Upon Patent Term Extension," Twelfth Annual Joint Meeting, Sponsored by the Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations
• "Presto Change-O: Can There Be Liability for Pre-Issuance Activity Leading to Post-Issuance Infringement? Pending Legislation Provides A Retrospective Perspective," Thirteenth Annual Joint Seminar, Sponsored by the Conn., NY, NJ and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Assoc.

Past Employment Positions

• Olin Corporation, Performance Chemicals Division, Senior Counsel, 1992 - 1993
• Olin Corporation,, Counsel, 1988 - 1992
• Olin Corporation, Associate Counsel, 1986 - 1988
• Union Carbide Corporation, Intellectual Property Lawyer, 1976 - 1986

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1979
  LL.M.
  Major: Trade Regulation
• Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1975
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Associate Editor, 1974 - 1975
• State University College of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1969
  M.B.A.
• State University College of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1968
  B.S.
  Major: Chemical Engineering

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta

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