About

R. David Donoghue
DLA Piper US LLP
203 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60601
312.368.3972 o
312.251.2188 f
david.donoghue@dlapiper.com

R. David Donoghue is the creator and author of the Chicago IP Litigation Blog. But blogging is only one facet of Mr. Donoghue's legal practice. Mr. Donoghue is a litigator focusing on intellectual property disputes. He practices in Chicago as special counsel with DLA Piper US LLP. More specifically, Mr. Donoghue is actively involved in both asserting and protecting his client's intellectual property assets. His practice spans diverse technology areas including cellular telephony, computer software, automotive technologies, satellite radios, electrical and electronic products, television production equipment, nutritional supplements and numerous medical devices. He also has extensive intellectual property licensing experience.

Mr. Donoghue came to DLA Piper from Delphi, the world's largest automotive supplier, where he was a founding member of Delphi's Technology Licensing and Litigation group and handled substantial international intellectual property litigation and licensing matters.

Mr. Donoghue served as an Adjunct Professor at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, teaching Legal Research and Writing. And at the beginning of his legal career, Mr. Donoghue served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gordon J. Quist, Federal District Judge for the Western District of Michigan.

Mr. Donoghue earned his B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering magna cum laude from the University of Michigan and earned his J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, Mr. Donoghue served as the Current Developments Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.

Memberships
Member, The Sedona Conference Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure

Court Admissions
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (including the Trial Bar)

Publications
Conflicts of Interest: Concurrent Representation, 11 GEO. J. LEGAL ETHICS 319 (1998)
"I Will Not Sit Idly By While My Future is Determined:" The Response of the University of Michigan Black Law Students' Alliance to Grutter v. Bollinger, et al., 8 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 101 (2002)