Eric M. Dobrusin |

Bio

Eric M. Dobrusin gained admission to the State Bar of Michigan in
1988, and thereafter became registered to practice before the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney. Eric has co-authored
“Intellectual Property Culture: Strategies to Foster Successful Patent and
Trade Secret Practices in Everyday Business” (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed.
2012 and 2015 ed.) LexisNexis. Additionally, Eric has co-authored,
with Professor Katherine White, “Intellectual Property Litigation – Pretrial
Practice”, (2nd ed. 1999 and 3rd ed. 2008) Aspen Publisher. He
also authored the first edition, which published in 1996.
As a founder and shareholder of Dobrusin Law Firm PC, with more
than twenty-five years of experience, Eric concentrates his practice in
patent counseling and strategic patent prosecution, with particular emphasis
in the fields of materials science (including plastics, ceramics,
metals and electronic materials), biomedical technologies, and automotive
technologies. Eric has been active through the years in alternative
dispute resolution (ADR) for intellectual property disputes. He previously
served as Executive Director of the National Patent Board, an
ADR organization having Rules that he helped to draft. He also has
been appointed and served in United States District Court patent litigation
as a Special Master, and as an independent neutral for multiple alternative
dispute resolution proceedings. He has been on the list of
Mediators for the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Mr. Dobrusin was honored in 2013 by the Michigan Lawyers
Weekly™ , as among its “Leaders in the Law, “Mr. Dobrusin also has
been honored by Best Lawyers® as 2014 Lawyer of the Year for
patent law in Detroit. He also is an Officer for the Michigan Intellectual
Property American Inn of Court.

Education
J.D., cum laude, Wayne State University Law School
B.S.E., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, cum laude, University
of Michigan College of Engineering
Awards and honours
IP Stars 2015-2017
Michigan SuperLawyers® 2006-2017
The Best Lawyers® in America 2011-2016
Lawyer of the Year – Patent Law Detroit 2014
Lawyer of the Year – Patent Law Troy 2016
Michigan Lawyers Weekly™ – Leader in the Law Honoree 2013
Dbusiness Top Lawyers 2011-2016
Crain’s Detroit Business, “40 Under 40”, 1999
National Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2011
IP Hero Award, November 2012
Leading LawyersSM
The Lawyers of Distinction 2016
Michigan Top Lawyer 2015

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