David Aker - Adjunct Professor of Law
About
Adjunct Professor of Law
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Education
B.S., The Cooper Union
M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook
J.D., St. John's University School of Law
Patent Practice Seminar
David
Aker is Of Counsel to the law firm of Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle LLP
in Stamford, Connecticut. He received his J.D. after working in several
engineering and technical positions. Professor Aker practiced intellectual
property law with private firms and in corporate legal departments. He was an
Intellectual Property Law Attorney with the Research Division of IBM and was
Chief Patent Counsel, Analytical Instruments Division, of the company that was
formerly The Perkin-Elmer Corporation in Norwalk, CT., a leading manufacturer
of analytical instruments and life science systems. Before joining Ohlandt
Greeley, Professor Aker had his own practice in Hartsdale, New York, where he
dealt with all aspects of intellectual property, on a worldwide basis, for Fortune
500 companies, start up companies and individuals. He has taught Patent Law and
related courses at the Law Center since 1983. In 1998, Professor Aker received
Touro Law Center’s first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award for
dedicated and distinguished services to students. Since 2006, he has been on
the faculty of the Practising Law Institute's live Patent Bar Review Course,
when it is offered in New York.
Publications "Patent Law: A Practitioner’s Guide,” Fourth Edition (with co-author and author of the first three editions, the late Adjunct Professor Ronald B. Hildreth of St. John's University School of Law), published by the Practising Law Institute and updated yearly is a one volume treatise including flow charts, forms, and problems (with answers), the patent statute and regulations, and is of value to those learning patent law, and others who desire a one volume reference work.