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David G. Oberdick is Of Counsel to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, software and technology licensing, computer law, e-commerce and related internet contracts and warranty/privacy issues, intellectual property litigation and related business transactions. Mr. Oberdick’s litigation experience in the intellectual property area has included infringement and misappropriation litigation, restrictive covenants, ownership and licensing disputes, injunction proceedings, and related breach of contract issues. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Corporate & Business Law and Business Litigation Groups.A member of the American, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations, Mr. Oberdick is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the District of Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Third Circuits, and Supreme, Superior, and Commonwealth Courts of Pennsylvania. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and he is a member of the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Oberdick serves as a member of the Local Patent Rules Committee, which assisted in drafting new Local Patent Rules for the Western District Court of Pennsylvania. He frequently writes and lectures on intellectual property matters.Mr. Oberdick is a Faculty Advisor for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Intellectual Property Moot Court. Since 2004, he has served as one of the judges for the Tepper Venture Challenge, the undergraduate business plan competition held annually by the Undergraduate Entreprenureship Association of Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Oberdick is a member of the Allegheny County Ethics Commission, previously was a member of the Ohio Township Planning Commission and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Avonworth Municipal Authority from 1995 until 2000.Majoring in Physics and Astronomy, Mr. Oberdick received his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh Law School, where he was elected to membership in the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Mr. Oberdick served on the editorial board of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and received the Thomas M. Cooley, II, Legal Writing Award. | 