Background
Blumenthal, David A. was born on February 10, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Blumenthal, David A. was born on February 10, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
College of William and Mary (Bachelor of Science, 1966). University of Pennsylvania (Ph Doctorate., 1970). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1974).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Sigma Pi Sigma. Recipient, Joseph Rossman Memorial Award, 1980-1981.
Worked at Foley Lardner Weissburg & Aronson (Los Angeles, California. Also Washington, District of Columbia & Annapolis, Doctor of Medicine.) specializing in Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Virginia.
1974-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1975, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.
1978, United States. Claims Court. 1979, District of Columbia.
1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1996, California; registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Delta Phi. Sigma Pi Sigma. Recipient, Joseph Rossman Memorial Award, 1980-1981.
Author: "The Status of Programmable Inventions in the United States," Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz and Urheberrecht International Teil, 1980.
"Statutory or Non-Statutory?: An Analysis of the Patentability of Computer Related Inventions," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Volume 62, Number. 8, August, 1980; "Supreme Court Sets Guidelines for Patentability of Computer Related Inventions," Journal of the Patent Office Society, February, 1981. "Computer Programs: Recent Developments in United States.
Patent, Copyright and Trade Secret Law," International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Journal, June, 1982.
"Software Protection in the United States," NIKKEI Computer, September, 1982. "Lifeforms, Computer Programs, and the Pursuit of a Patent," Technology Review, February/March 1983.
Lecturer and Chairman, Electronics and Computer Patent and Copyright Practice, Patent Resources Group, Florida and Washington, District of Columbia, 1986. Lecturer, Patent Bar Review Course, Patent Resources Group, 1987.
Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University, 1990-1996.
Roundtable Member, Patent and Trademark Office, Project Extra Large. Member: Virginia State Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section). American Intellectual Property Law Association.
International Patent and Trademark Association.
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys. (Resident also at Foley & Lardner, Washington, District of Columbia & Annapolis, Maryland Offices).
The Status of Programmable Inventions in the United States," Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz and Urheberrecht International Teil, 1980. "Statutory or Non-Statutory?: An Analysis of the Patentability of Computer Related Inventions," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Volume 62, No. 8, August, 1980
"Supreme Court Sets Guidelines for Patentability of Computer Related Inventions," Journal of the Patent Office Society, February, 1981.
"Computer Programs: Recent Developments in United States. Patent, Copyright and Trade Secret Law," AIPP1 Journal, June, 1982. "Software Protection in the United States," NIKKEI Computer, September, 1982.
"Lifeforms, Computer Programs, and the Pursuit of a Patent," Technology Review, February/March 1983. Lecturer and Chairman of: Electronics and Computer Patent Practice, Patent Resources Group, Hilton Head Island, Washington, D. C., Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, 1986. Electronics and Computer Patent and Copyright Practice, Patent Resources Group, Florida and Washington.
D.C., 1987-1989. Lecturer in Patent Bar Review Course, Patent Resources Group, 1987.
Member: Virginia State Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section). American Intellectual Property Law Association.
International Patent and Trademark Association.
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys. (Also at Annapolis, Maryland Office and Foley Lardner Weissburg & Aronson, Los Angeles, California Office).