Dwayne Bentley Email & Phone Number

Plainfield, Nj, Us

Brooklyn, Ny

An Intellectual Property (IP) law firm developed by an IP attorney with over 10 years of experience in the industry, an energetic self-starter with excellent analytical and creative skills and a proven track record in both the public and private sectors, producing quality patent applications, managing a portfolio of over 100 patents/patent applications and providing clients with quality counsel on IP and civil matters.

New York City Metropolitan Area

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Prosecute misdemeanors and felony cases before the Supreme and Superior Courts of the Virgin Islands. Negotiate plea deals with Defendants and argue Motions before the Supreme and Superior Courts.

Erasmus Neighborhood Federation, Inc. (ENF) is a community based not-for-profit organization funded by New York City and New York State and private foundations, has been serving the East Flatbush community for more than two decades. Since 1979, ENF has provided assistance to the community in the areas of tenant rights, affordable housing, commercial revitalization and economic development, childcare, and employment counseling. As the needs of the community changed, ENF expanded its service to include immigration rights, youth services and computer training, and community organizing

Dwayne L. Bentley is a Partner at our New York office. His practice focuses on patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, litigation, licensing, opinion work and counseling. In addition, his practice also covers the fields of Trusts & Estates, Family Law and Commercial Litigation.

Prepared and filed over 30 electrical, mechanical, software and design patent applications in the U.S., such as a system and method for automated column packing, a mixing container apparatus with internal circulation and a system and method for characterizing a filtration device. Managed Intellectual Property Portfolios containing over 100 patents/patent publications to determine if the patent/patent publications should be retained. Conducted Freedom to Operate Analysis regarding third party intellectual property rights and conducting brainstorming sessions. Conducted Intellectual Property seminars concerning: confidentiality, U.S. Patent Law, Patent searching and determining inventorship.

Represented clients in the field of Patent Law, drafted and filed electrical and mechanical applications, such as an application for a fuel injection system (U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070175447/ U.S. Patent No. 7,311,084), an electrical-mechanical refrigerator door opening system, and an improved elevator system. Represented clients in preparing, filing and prosecuting trademark and copyright applications. Represented clients by litigating their cases in the Civil and Supreme Courts of New York.

Prepared over 30 electrical, mechanical and software patent applications, such as an apparatus and method for adjusting fluid movement in a variable pump (U.S. Patent No. 6,817,438), an application for a distributed steering by wire control using time-triggered protocol communication network (U.S. Patent No. 6,862,507), an application for utilizing a wireless device to download music in real-time from a remote server and an application for controlling a suspension system in a vehicle. Prepared validity and non-infringement opinions. Performed infringement investigations to determine if a company may be infringing another company’s patent.

New York, New York

Filed and prosecuted trademark and copyright applications and represented company in legal actions. Drafted, analyzed and negotiated over 100 Internet related licensing contracts.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Prepared and prosecuted electrical, mechanical and software applications, such as: application for transferring data packets through an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Network and an application for decoding streaming media using an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG).

Crystal City, Va

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering