David Posz
Managing Partner
703-707-9110
Email: dposz@poszlaw.com

Education
Georgia Tech, B.E.E. 1989
Indiana University, J.D. 1992

Admissions
Commonwealth of Virginia
District of Columbia
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
ABA, Intellectual Property Law Section
American Intellectual Property Law Association

David G. Posz is the founder and managing partner of
the firm. Mr. Posz’s experience in the area of
intellectual property law, as well as his knowledge of
both U.S. and foreign patent laws, enable him to
provide valuable services and advice to his clients
regarding strategies for protecting and leveraging
intellectual property.

Mr. Posz has been involved in all aspects of patent
law, including writing, preparing and prosecuting
patent and trademark applications, preparing patent
invalidity and non-infringement opinions, developing
global patent strategies and counseling clients on a
wide variety of intellectually property issues. He
represents both emerging and established high
technology companies in the United States as well as
several large Japanese corporations.

Prior to founding the firm in January 2000, Mr. Posz
worked in private practice as a patent attorney for five
years and then spent two years as in-house U.S.
patent counsel at IPICS Corporation (a subsidiary of
DENSO Corporation) in Nagoya, Japan. While in
Japan, he maintained and prosecuted patent
applications on a global basis and worked with patent
engineers at IPICS and DENSO to improve their skills
in preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications.

Regarding patents, Mr. Posz’s areas of expertise
include semiconductor devices and fabrication
methods, automotive electronics, systems and parts,
wireless communication systems, optics,
superconductor technology and satellite and antenna
systems.

Publications, Seminars and Honors

Analysis of Recklessness standard by CAFC
Seagate case and proposed strategies for defendants
http://chizai.nikkeibp.co.jp/chizai/etc/yd20080116.html
January 16, 2008
http://chizai.nikkeibp.co.jp/chizai/etc/yd20080118.html
January 18, 2008

Obviousness of drug patents in a post-KSR world
Magazine:  “Patent” Journal by Japan Patent
Attorneys Association, Vol. 60, No. 11 (2007)
http://www.jpaa.or.jp/publication/patent/patent
lib/200711/jpaapatent200711_001-010.pdf

In re Seagate: CAFC Raises Threshold for
Determining Willful Infringement, Nikkei Chizai
Awareness,
http://chizai.nikkeibp.co.jp/chizai/etc/20070914.html (September 2007)

Selected as a Key Person in Intellectual Property
Law, RIGHT NOW (June 2007)

Practice Tips for Streamlining U.S. Patent
Prosecution, Chizai-Kanri, Vol. 57, No. 9 (2007)

Panelist, DC Bar Conference, BILLABLE HOURS:
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE (March 2005)