Ross Dannenberg handles a wide-range of intellectual property issues, with experience in Internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, and computer software-related issues. With a background in computer science, Ross has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in a variety of technical fields, including mobile and traditional telecommunications, computer software, video games, and Internet and business method inventions. He also has experience with intellectual property protection of video games, including patent and copyright protection, copyright clearance, and licensing, and has experience with entertainment, copyright, trademark and domain name related matters. Mr. Dannenberg is an adjunct copyrights professor at George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Dannenberg earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology with concentrations in Telecommunications and Database Management. Between his undergraduate studies and law school, Mr. Dannenberg was an Information Systems Manager for Carnival Cruise Lines, where he was responsible for all facets of computer and network use, training, and administration aboard a cruise ship. He earned his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School in 2000, where he was a member of The Environmental Lawyer legal journal.
Mr. Dannenberg is the founding Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) IP Section Committee on Computer Games and Virtual Worlds, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Patent Arcade website. Mr. Dannenberg is the executive editor of Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law, published by the ABA IP Section in 2010. Mr. Dannenberg currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Intellectual Property Rights Committee of the International Game Developers Association. Mr. Dannenberg earned his Private Pilot's license in 1999, and is a former member of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association and International Technology Law Association. Mr. Dannenberg is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Dannenberg's representative clients include multinational software, networking, and telecommunications companies, a virtual world software developer having a user base of over 4 million users, video game developers and publishers, and emerging technology companies.
Mr. Dannenberg practices in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.
