David Brezina
David C. Brezina is of Counsel in the Chicago office of Ladas & Parry LLP. As an Intellectual Property law practitioner he has developed well-balanced experience handling patent, trademark and copyright matters. His litigation experience includes multifaceted cases having issues of patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, trade secret, advertising and competition, especially where those issues intersect and overlap. He has appeared in more than 100 lawsuits, and settled others without appearing. He has also taught graduate and undergraduate law courses and delivered continuing education presentations covering these topics. With this experience in prosecuting and litigating intellectual property matters as well as negotiating and strategic counseling, Dave enjoys helping clients solve problems at whatever level the solution is needed.
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Antitrust Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Appeals
- Aviation
- BTech
- Business
- Illinois
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- 7th Circuit
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- 9th Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Partner
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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- Partner
- Lee, Mann, Smith, McWilliams, Sweeney & Ohlson
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- Management Committee Chair, 1995
- Cornell College
- B.S.S.
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- John Marshall Law School
- LL.M
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- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
- J.D. (1978) | Law
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- Honors: With Honors
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- Illinois State Bar # 3121581
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago
- President
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- Chicago Bar Association
- Chair, Patent, Trademark, Copyright Committee
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- Looking With An Equitable Lens at Hold-ups of Standard Setting: Qualcomm v. Broadcom's Remedy for Misuse
- ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Dicta Rising to Doctrine: Independent Ink Resolving The Presumption Of Market Power from Patents Used in Antitrust Tie-ins
- ISBA Section on Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law
- The Law of Web Marketing -- Not Just for Geeks Anymore, 54th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Chicago, IL
- The John Marshall Law School
- Strategies and Trends in Intellectual Property Law Damages, Commercial Litigation Committee, Chicago, IL
- Chicago Bar Association
- Electronic Discovery from a Professional Responsibility Perspective, Legal Ethics in Illinois, Chicago, IL
- National Conference of Law Reviews
- Quantitative Information in Law Review Articles, National Conference of Law Reviews, Chicago, IL
- National Conference of Law Reviews
