Background
Kera, David J. was born on April 22, 1929 in New York City. Son of Jacob William and Frances (Cantor) Kera.
Kera, David J. was born on April 22, 1929 in New York City. Son of Jacob William and Frances (Cantor) Kera.
New York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1955). Member, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States.
Patent and Trademark Office, 1975-1976, 1977- 1981.
Special Assistant to Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 1976- 1977. Member, Commissioner’s Task Force on Reexamination Procedure for Patents, 1976.
Principal.
Worked at Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, Professional Corporation (Arlington, Virginia) specializing in United States. and International Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law and Related Licensing and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1956, New New York 1966, United States. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
1968-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1971, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit, United States. District Court for District of Columbia, United States.
District Courts for Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and District of Columbia.
1982, Virginia and United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Member, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States.
Patent and Trademark Office, 1975-1976, 1977-1981.
Special Assistant to Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 1976-1977. Member, Commissioner"s Task Force on Reexamination Procedure for Patents, 1976.
Principal Author: "Revised Trademark Rules of Practice," 37 CFR Participant 2, 1983. Author: "Enforcing and Exploiting Trademarks," Patent and Trademark Review, Volume 73, Nos.
3-11, 1975; "Preparing and Presenting Evidence to the TTAB" (with Phillip H. Smith) and editor of entire book, "Practice Before The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board," Bureau of National Affairs, 1978.
"Perfecting Appeals from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals," APLA Bulletin, December 1978. "Preparing and Filing Briefs," 66 Trademark Reporter 141, 1976. "Family of Marks," 67 Trademark Reporter 419, 1977.
"Should A Defendant Be Active or Passive?" 69 Trademark Reporter 159, 1979.
"Summary Judgement," 71 Trademark Reporter 59, 1981. "Trademark Licensing, Franchising and Antitrust Problems," Patent Resources Group, 1984.
Book review, "Trade Secrets and Know-How Throughout The World," (Wise), APLA Bulletin, January-February 1976. Reports, American Bar Association, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, Committee 201, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1979.
Committee 203, 1984, 1985.
Report on the Forty-Third Year of Administration of the Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts I and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1990. Report on the Forty-Fourth Year of Administration of Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts 1 and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1991. Report on the Forty-Fifth Year of Administration of Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts I and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1992.
Report on the Forth-Sixth Year of Administration of Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts I and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1993.
Report on the Forty-Seventh Year of Administration of Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts I and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1994. Report on the Forty-Eighth Year of Administration of Lanham Trademark Acting of 1946, Parts I and II, The Trademark Reporter, 1995.
"Anti-Dilution Protection In The United States," Trademark World, July-August, 1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School, 1990.
Lecturer: New York University Law School Advanced Trademark Seminar, 1978-1982.
Patent Resources Group, 1974 and 1984. Patent Examiners Legal Lecturer Series, 1977. Boston Patent Law Association, 1978.
Seminar on Occasion of Twentieth Anniversary of the TTAB, 1978.
District of Columbia Bar Trademark Committee Continuing Legal Education Program, 1979, 1980, 1981. Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and PTC Section of Illinois State Bar Association, 1979.
Continuing Professional Competence Committee of Minnesota Patent and Trademark Law Association, 1979. Joint Meeting of Oregon and Washington State Patent Law Association, 1979, 1994.
PTC Section of State Bar of California, 1979.
Continuing Legal Education Seminar of Iowa Patent Law Association, 1979. American Patent Law Association Trademark and Tradename Protection Committee, 1978, 1980. National Council of Patent Law Associations, 1979.
District of Columbia Bar Division 4, 1979.
International Trademark Association, 1980. Patent and Trademark Office Academy for Trademark Examiners, 1980, 1981.
Cleveland Patent Law Association, 1981. San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association, 1981.
Los Angeles Patent Law Association, 1981.
Joint Meeting of Licensing Executives Society (of Korea) and The of Korea Invention and Patent Association, 1982. Society of University Patent Administrators, 1983, 1984. Joint Meeting of American Bar Association PTC and Society of Patent Solicitors, 1985.
Association of College Licensing Administrators, 1988.
National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1988. Queen Mary College, University of London, 1989.
Trademark World Conference, London, 1989. Annual Review of Developments in the Patent and Trademark Office and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, International Trademark Association Annual Meetings, 1990-1996.
Franklin Pierce Law Center Program on Trademark Litigation, 1991, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1994, 1996.
Virginia State Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1992, 1995. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member: Division 14, Patent, Trademarks and Copyrights. Committee on Legal Specialization, 1981).
Virginia State Bar.
American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Patent and Trademark Office Affairs-Trademarks, 1983-1985. Chairman, Committee on Trademark Legislation, 1985-1986, Chairman, Inter-Association Trademark Operations Advisory Committee, 1987-1989, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Committees on: Trademark and Trade Name Protection, 1982.
Education, 1991).
International Trademark Association (Member, Committees on: Federal Legislation, 1983-1984, 1988-1989. Licensing and Annual Meeting Planning, 1984-1985). Founded in 1968, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, Professional Corporation has grown to become one of the largest full-service firms in the United States specializing exclusively in intellectual property law.
The success of the Firm"s rapid expansion can be attributed to the founders" passion for quality service.
The Firm"s staff includes internationally known experts in every field of intellectual property law. Its practice includes federal court litigation, representation at federal agencies, the domestic and international prosecution of patent and trademark applications, copyright registrations, and maskwork applications, as well as necessary support services, including an extensive client education program
The Firm"s clientele includes numerous multinational corporations that are among the most active in the intellectual property field, foreign and United States. government agencies, numerous universities, and businesses of all sizes. Specialties of the firm include, but are not limited to, interference law, chemical/biotech patent law, electrical/software patent law, copyright law, and trademark law.
Litigation teams work closely with clients to accomplish objectives with dispatch through negotiation, litigation, or alternative dispute resolution.
The Firm has conducted and successfully concluded numerous significant re-examinations and reissue procedures, as well as a large number of appeals to the United States. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals and the United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
District of Columbia Bar (Member: Division 14, Patent, Trademarks and Copyrights. Committee on Legal Specialization, 1981). Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Patent and Trademark Office Affairs-Trademarks, 1983-1985.
Chairman, Committee on Trademark Legislation, 1985-1986, Chairman, Inter-Association Trademark Operations Advisory Committee, 1987-1989, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law).
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Committees on: Trademark and Trade Name Protection, since 1982). United States Trademark Association (Member, Committees on: Federal Legislation, 1983-1984,1988-1989.
Licensing and Annual Meeting Planning, 1984 1985).
Married Sally Belzer, February 2, 1958. Children: Marian H., Caroline E.