David J. Dawsey, PE, Esq.

Welcome. I am glad you made it here because that means you are serious about protecting your brand, and conveniently – I am serious about helping clients protect their trademarks. Most importantly, whether you go with our law firm or another, please take action to protect your IP because delaying will only hurt your situation. Imagine being the leader in your niche with broad brand recognition and protection; it is a powerful position that directly impacts your bottom line.

Now a little about me – my law practice focuses on the prosecution and strategy associated with the naming of products and services, brand strategy, trademark clearance, trademark prosecution, and strategic trademark portfolio maintenance and renewals. In addition to my legal training, I use the education obtained while earning my M.B.A. and my interest in branding and trademark protection to help businesses understand and develop processes that result in strong trademark portfolios, and have a particular interest in the beauty and power of suggestive trademarks. Since launching this site in 2006 we have helped clients with over 1000 trademark searches.

My passion for, and recognition of the power of, intellectual property has drawn me to give back to the profession. For example, since 2010 I have served on the editorial board of Landslide® magazine, the flagship publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, and have just recently wrapped up my term as the Editor-in-Chief. My past roles have included Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Intake Editor, Social Media Coordinator, Webinar Coordinator, Issue Editor, and Meeting of the Minds Editor. Additionally, I previously served as the President of the Columbus Intellectual Property Law Association, also known as CIPLA, as well as serving as the Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

Over the years I have been fortunate to have my contributions to the field of intellectual property law recognized by several organizations. Most recently, in 2017 I had the privilege of being elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. Members are nominated by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation. Additionally, from 2008-2011 was fortunate to be selected to be one of the first YLD IP Fellows (2008-2011) of the ABA, and was selected to be a member of the Columbus Bar Association’s Barrister Leader Class of 2004-2005.

Another outside interest of mine is animal protection and the associated legal issues. This passion has led to me serving as an Associate Editor of the ABA Animal Law Committee publication since 2015.

For the past 14 years I have been a regular guest discussing brand name selection and trademark protection on the nationally syndicated The Small Business Advocate® radio show hosted by Jim Blasingame, one of the world’s foremost thought-leaders on small business and entrepreneurship. I am honored to be a member of Jim Blasingame’s Brain Trust®, which is the largest community of small business experts in the world. If you are thinking of starting a new business, click HERE to listen to my past interviews, which will save you at least 6-figures!