Background
Dunner, Donald R. was born on May 12, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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Donald R. Dunner
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Purdue University (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1953). Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, 1958).
Career
Worked at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Licensing and Related Litigation, Antitrust, International Trade and Government Contract Law. Admitted to the bar, 1958, District of Columbia. 1958-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1963, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Member, Board of Editors, Georgetown University Law Review, 1957-1958.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Noble J. Johnson, Chief Judge, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-1958. Co-Author: Court Review of Patent Office Decisions, 1969, 1973.
Co-Author: Patent Law Perspectives, 1970-1988. Co-Author: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Practice and Procedure, 1985. Recipient, Joseph Rossman Memorial Award, 1979, and Patent Resources Group Patent Prize, 1980.
Lecturer: John Marshall Law School Symposium, 1964, 1973, 1979, 1986, 1995. Practicing Law Institute, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993. Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1972, 1978.
Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University National Law Center, 1969-1982. Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University, 1992-1994. Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-1992.
President's Advisory Committee on Industrial Innovation, 1978-1979. Advisory Commission on Patent Law Reform, 1991-1992. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Chairperson, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Division, 1976-1977).
Bar Association of the District of Columbia (Secretary and Treasurer, 1961-1963 and Chairman, 1964-1965, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section. Member, Board of Directors, 1965-1966). American Bar Association (Member, Section of Intellectual Property Law.
Chairman, Committees on: Unauthorized Practice, 1966-1967, 1973-1974. Inequitable Conduct and Antitrust Matters, 1967-1968. Economics of Law, 1977-1979.
Committee on Government Relations, 1983-1984. Federal Practice and Procedures Committee, 1984-1986. Division IV, 1986-1987.
CAFC, 1987-1989; Council Member, 1989-1993, Chair, 1995-1996). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee 1968-1970. Treasurer, 1970-1973.
President, 1979-1980). National Council of Patent Law Associations (Secretary, 1963-1966. Councilman, 1982-1984, 1992-1993).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Military: United States. Army, 1953-1955
Founded in 1965, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has grown to become the largest law firm practicing in the specialized field of intellectual property law in Washington, D.C., and one of the largest in the United States.
The intellectual property practice of the firm encompasses every area of technology and includes all aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law. The firm also has a significant practice in other areas related to the interface of law and technology, such as computer law, unfair competition, government contracts, export control, and related antitrust, licensing, litigation and international trade matters.
Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Georgetown University Law Review, 1957-1958. Law Clerk to the Honorable Noble J. Johnson, Chief Judge, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1956-1958.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Military: United States. Army, 1953-1955.
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American