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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/
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January 16, 2008 http://chizai.nikkeibp.co.jp/chizai/etc/
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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)