David W. Lynch

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Knoxville Office
110 Tyson Boulevard
Suite 203
Alcoa, TN 37701
USA

ph: 865.380.5960
fax: 865.380.5999

 Assistant:

Christina Caudle
ccaudle@merchantgould.com
865.380.5980

Education

Bar Admissions

Professional Affiliations

David practices general Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on developing business strategies and counseling clients on matters relating to technology and innovation. His practice encompasses all phases of patent portfolio management, U.S. and foreign, including prosecution, searches, opinions, technology transfer, licensing and infringement/validity assessment. David also has experience in patent litigation. David has experience in signal processing, data compression, error control coding, cellular telecommunication, broadband wireless access networks digital and analog circuit design, nanotechnology, computer hardware and software including data storage technology, operating systems, graphical user interfaces, virus detection, cache control, HTML, XML, Java and database control and optimization, and business methods patents.

As an electrical engineer at Missile Intelligence Agency, David analyzed intelligence data regarding foreign missile and directed energy weapon system. David also was an RF design engineer for 10 years at General Dynamics and Hughes Aircraft Company working on the radar system for the F-16 fighter/attack aircraft and various RF and IR missiles systems.

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1982

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
J.D., 1992

Bar Admissions

California State Bar, 1993
Minnesota State Bar, 1995
Tennessee State Bar, 2006
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

Secretary, Tennessee IP Law Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Licensing Executive Society
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers