PATENT ATTORNEY, PATENT LITIGATION ATTORNEY, TRADEMARK LITIGATION ATTORNEY, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PROFESSOR PilotAtLaw™/PilotAtLaw.com™
"I particularly enjoy combining the unique flexibility and responsiveness afforded by my aviation resources with my strategic case management experience to provide near 'zero notice' response to clients' patent litigation, trademark litigation, and other intellectual property needs and emergencies, whenever and wherever they may arise. It is very satisfying to tend to matters with efficiencies, and within time constraints that most opponents can scarcely imagine" David G. Henry, Sr.
Welcome to PilotAtLaw.com - whether you are a first-time visitor, or a long-time friend. This site began as a place to post some of my favorite photographs, and as a way to convey information to my law students (I have posted some of my law-related articles under "Articles and Speeches"). But, as you will see, the site has grown to encompass a number of other areas.
By way of introduction: I am a Registered Patent Attorney and Patent, Trademark, Trade Dress and Copyright Litigator ("Intellectual Property Attorney"). I carry on my private practice as a partner (member) in the national business, corporate and public policy law firm of Dykema Gossett PLLC, with my bases primarily in Dallas, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois. Our firm also has a number of other offices, including a Los Angeles office for serving clients near, or with needs on the West Coast, as well as established, strategic alliances with law firms throughout the world.
Though I specialize in Intellectual Property law practice areas, Dykema Gossett affords me ready access to specialists in virtually all legal fields needed to serve my clients, including highly experienced attorneys in the fields of corporate law, banking, securities and finance, tort law, environmental law, regulatory compliance, trans-national transactions, public/private infrastructure projects (domestic and abroad), public policy, and import/export laws and regulations, just to name a few.
My own practice primarily involves patent infringement litigation, trademark infringement litigation and trade dress litigation in Courts throughout the United States, as well as prosecuting patents and trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (and in patent offices throughout the world). I also assist clients (in part through "intellectual property audits") in identifying and strategically managing patent, trademark, trade dress and other intellectual property assets.
Since 1994, I have also served as professor for patent law courses at Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas, and now teach in the Entrepreneurship Program of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. Teaching in the ranked-second-in-the-nation Entrepreneurship Program involves, in addition to intellectual property-related classroom instruction at Baylor University's main campus, IP-related instruction and oversight of Baylor undergraduate, business graduate and law students, as well introducing IP principles to company representatives who are engaged in the program's commercialization projects in China.
I also serve as the Faculty Advisor to two Baylor University student organizations (see "Alpha Delta Pi" and "Pi Kappa Phi"), and provide a variety of other services to Baylor and its students as and when I am able. Teaching and mentoring Baylor students is, for me, a "labor of love", and is intended as part of my "give-back" to Baylor - an institution without which I would have nothing of the life that I and my family have today.
As an avid aviator and aircraft owner, I am able to implement two beneficial polices in my private practice: "I always come to you" and "geography is never an issue."As a result, most of my clients have never actually visited any of my offices, and my clients, cases and projects are dispersed throughout North America (and beyond).Not having to rely on the airlines and their schedules, I am able to conduct meetings in as many as four different cities in a single day.
On the "quality of life" side of the private aviation equation: It is only because of my ability to fly into, and operate out of any city or area with an airport, and on my own schedule, that I am able to balance the travel needs of my international law practice with having my primary residence other than in a major airline hub city. I live near Baylor, in a suburb of Waco, Texas, where I enjoy many Baylor University activities and relationships, as well as a smaller city lifestyle during my off times. Equally important to me are the unique experiences and memories that private aviation has afforded my family, as reflected, in part, in the "Photographs With Altitude" section of this site.
Among my most rewarding and enjoyable activities is, as mentioned above, serving as the Faculty Advisor for Baylor's Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, where I am "surrogate Dad" to almost 400 college students (and counting).Priscilla is very involved as well, serving as the Membership Education Advisor for ADPi. I also am honored to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Military Child Education Coalition - a remarkable organization that serves over 2 million children whose families serve in uniform (please click on the preceding link, and consider supporting the worthy mission of "MCEC" in any way that you can).
As a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force's Auxiliary, I serve as Public Affairs Officer for my unit, that flies humanitarian, search-and-rescue and disaster relief missions under auspices of the U.S. Air Force and a variety of federal and state emergency services agencies.
To round out my interests (as time allows), I enjoy spending time with my family, close friends and our students; hiking and kayaking; history-related tours and exploration; photography (mostly outdoor and aerial photography using my Canon 7D and 50D SLRs - see Photographs with Altitude and My Other Photo Favorites); food (everything from fine dining at favorite restaurants throughout the U.S. to grilling out), and listening to music of most any genre (live or recorded).
Please note (as I am required to say) that nothing presented in this website or linked articles is intended to constitute legal advice. All such information is presented for educational purposes only. Each matter requiring legal advice must be evaluated on an individual basis by an attorney of your choice, taking into consideration the specific facts and needs that are applicable to your circumstances.
If you have any need that relates to intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or any issue of infringement in any of these areas, you will need to contact an intellectual property specialist (a registered patent attorney, a patent litigator, a trademark attorney, or one who otherwise specializes in addressing your particular needs). Proper handling of any intellectual property matter is a highly fact-specific process to be handled by a properly licensed and highly experienced intellectual property attorney whom you advise of your particular goals and circumstances.
Thank you for visiting my site.
David
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