Arthur M. Dresner [ Of Counsel ]
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: 212.692.1014
Fax: 212.202.4904
Email:
amdresner@duanemorris.com
Arthur M. Dresner practices in the area of intellectual property law. Mr. Dresner concentrates his practice on IP litigation and transactions and on counseling startup companies on new business formations and structure. His clients range from emerging companies to leading medical device manufacturers, optical and laser technology companies; publishers and media companies; major universities; and information services and technology companies.
Mr. Dresner is a 1968 graduate of St. John's University School of Law and a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology (B.E.). He also engaged in graduate courses in electrical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and graduate legal studies in trade regulation at New York University School of Law.
Areas Of Practice
- Intellectual Property Law
Representative Matters
- Created a trademark enforcement program for a U.S. producer of novelty items based on U.S. customs and import controls, to prevent importation of counterfeit goods emanating from Asia.
- Successfully enforced the trademarks of a publisher of electronic media against infringing publications.
- Established a patent procurement program for a startup producer of acoustic systems and devices.
- Established a noninfringement position for Time Warner Books when threatened with litigation.
- Advised a VoIP telecommunications company through successful acquisition.
- Led a team handling the arbitration of a medical related licensing dispute before the American Arbitration Association.
- Acting for a design/developer of chemical processing filtration technology, launched a patent procurement program resulting in a successful licensing campaign.
- Defended a German manufacturer of automated systems for use in microprocessor integrated chip production in a patent litigation and won a summary judgment determination of noninfringement.
- Represented CUNO, Inc., a filtration manufacturing company and its parent, 3M Corporation, to a conclusion the client found favorable in federal court litigation.
- Represents Epsilon Interactive LLC, a permission based Internet marketing company, and its parent Alliance Data Systems Corporation, in a patent litigation matter involving an Internet-based business method patent in the federal courts.
- Pursued declaratory judgment patent litigation relating to laser scanning microscopy on behalf of a German optical manufacturer to a conclusion resulting in our client acquiring the patent owner.
- Created a licensing program for a major Big Ten university in connection with a data mining software program.
- Advising an optical company on numerous licensing transactions related to technology for laser-related ophthalmologic surgical procedures and systems.
- Acted on behalf of a wire bending manufacturer to prosecute infringers of their wire bending patented technology.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Section
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1968
- Stevens Institute of Technology, B.E., 1963
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Of Counsel, 2007-present - Reed Smith LLP
- Partner, 2000-2007 - McAulay, Nissen, Goldberg & Kiel LLP (combined with Reed Smith in 2000)
- Counsel, 1998-2000 - International Specialty Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of GAF Corporation)
- Vice President, Licensing and Corporate Development, 1993-1997
- President and General Manager, Advanced Materials and Filtration Business, 1986-1993
- Director, Commercial Development and Real Estate, 1978-1986
- Patent Counsel, GAF Corporation, 1974-1978 - U.S. Philips Corporation (affiliate of N.V. Philips)
- Attorney, 1970-1974
Board Memberships
- Corporate Counsel Institute of the Georgetown Law Center
- Advisory Board Member - Stevens Institute of Technology
- Board Member, Howe School of Technology Management
Civic and Charitable Activities
- El Museo del Barrio
- Pro Bono General Counsel and member of the Board of Trustees
Selected Speaking Engagements
- "Copyright Issues at Institutions of Higher Education," sponsored by the Association of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, 2004
- "Valuing Intellectual Property, Putting a Number on the Intangible," sponsored by The PIPEs Report, New York City, 2006
- "The Patent Reform Act - H.R. 2795," sponsored by the Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute, Washington, D.C., 2005
- "Patent Litigation in the United States and How to Control Costs," sponsored by Reed Smith LLP, Munich, Germany, 2006