David Noonan

David Noonan practices in intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law. Dave's practice is focused on patent portfolio development through preparing and procuring utility patent applications for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, and startups. Dave also has experience in drafting patent and copyright infringement analyses and opinions, as well as patent validity studies. Though Dave has serviced clients in many industries, he currently practices primarily in telecommunications (including signal processing, multi-layer communications, handset, network topology and deployment, end-user applications, etc.), software (including software applications, development tools, web and multi-tier applications, APIs, etc.), and electronics patents.

Dave was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2008 and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2006. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Computer Science in
2001 from Truman State University and a Master of Science degree with a concentration in Computer Science from the University of Missouri, St.
Louis in 2004. Dave also earned a Juris Doctorate from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2008, where he was the recipient of a Distinguished Scholar Award.

Dave is also a member of the Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Prior to pursuing a career in intellectual property law, Dave was a Software Engineer for four years, most recently for Reuters. He joined the firm as a law clerk in 2005 and subsequently as an associate in 2008.

Dave's publications include:
- Dave Noonan, Fencing Fisher: Alternative Methods for Patenting Expressed Sequence Tags, 18 HEALTH MATRIX 441 (2009)

 - Dave Noonan, AutoLogout Enhancement, 357 DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL, February 2004, at 10