Professionals
Additional Experience Overviews for David Arnold
Practice Areas
- Additive Manufacturing Practice
- Design Patents Practice
- Due Diligence in IP Acquisitions
- Electrical Engineering Practice
- Ex Parte Reexaminations
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- Inter Partes Review
- Invalidity Opinions
- Mechanical Engineering Practice
- Non-infringement Opinions
- Opinions
- Patent Landscaping and Risk Analysis
- Patentability Opinions
- Patents
- Post Grant Practice
- Product Clearance
- Right to Practice Opinions
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
Technologies
- Aerospace & Aeronautics
- Automotive Technology
- Computer and Systems Engineering
- Electrical Engineering & Electronics
- Energy
- Environmental Engineering
- Internet & E-Commerce
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgy & Ceramics
- Nanotechnology
- Optics
- Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods
- Telecommunications
Honors
- Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for the paper, "The Fine Art of Copyright...And the Independent Contemporary Artist."
Admissions
- State of Connecticut, 2000
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000
Education
University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2000
University of Connecticut, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1986
University of Hartford, B.S., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, 1981
David Arnold has 20 years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, counseling on global patent filing strategies, patent landscaping, and management of client intellectual property portfolios. With dual engineering degrees, BSEE and MSME, David's practice encompasses both electrical and mechanical arts that provide an ideal background for working directly with inventors in both disciplines, involving technologies that include, power generation systems, electromechanical and electromagnetic devices, CT and MRI systems, medical devices, mining technology, automotive systems and controls, LED devices, fasteners, packaging, and millimeter-wave antenna apparatus suitable for 5G and phased arrays. David also has extensive experience working with various foreign law firms during the filing and prosecution phases of international, regional, and national patent filings. Prior to joining Cantor Colburn, David spent 21 years with General Electric, first as an engineer, later as a senior project engineer, and lastly as Patent Counsel in GE’s Industrial Solutions division.
Experience Highlights
Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2006-present
Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2002-2006
In-house counsel, General Electric Company, GE-Consumer and Industrial, managed intellectual property assets, 2000-2002
Intellectual Property Manager, GE-Consumer and Industrial, 1996-2000
Engineer, GE-Consumer and Industrial, 1981-1996
- Inventor on 50 U.S. Patents
News
- October 10, 2013
Cantor Colburn LLP has been recognized by 10 different organizations and publications- which heralded 14 attorneys in particular- for excellence in their work in 2013. The Legal 500 has applauded the firm for its “solid reputation in the market of providing an excellent level of service, and having an excellent value for money.” From accolades for the firm as a whole to specific recognition of Cantor Colburn attorneys in diverse practice areas within the field of intellectual property, the firm has enjoyed an abundance of recognition in 2013.
- The Legal 500 USAJune 10, 2013
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Intellectual Property Owners Association
New Haven County Bar Association
