PARTNER

DAVID AKER

David Aker advises clients on patent, trademark, copyright, licensing, diligence, and intellectual property dispute matters for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups and individual inventors. His practice combines technical fluency with litigation and opinion depth.

Email: daker@ogpip.com
Phone: (203) 327-4500 x168

PRACTICE FOCUS

David Aker has been engaged in all aspects of intellectual property law, including federal-court litigation, licensing, right-to-use studies, patent infringement opinions, due diligence investigations, preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, trademark applications, and counseling on trademark and copyright matters.

TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

David Aker has particular experience in electrical, computer, mechanical, and process-related inventions and in the fields of analytical instruments and medical devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators, and ultrasonic imaging systems. He has also been retained as a patent expert in patent litigation.

CREDENTIALS

Admissions

  • New York

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

USPTO

  • Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, B.S., Physics

  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, M.S., Materials Science

  • St. John’s University School of Law, J.D.

ACADEMIC AND SPEAKING EXPERIENCE

  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

  • Recipient of Touro’s first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award

  • Faculty member, Practising Law Institute patent bar review course, when offered in New York

  • Presenter for the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Nassau County Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association, and the Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield

  • Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Vice President / Secretary-Treasurer

RELATED PRACTICE AREAS

Patents | Trademarks | Copyrights | Contracts & Transactional IP