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David S. Bloch is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s San Francisco office. He is an intellectual property litigator. A prolific writer and frequent public speaker (more than 100 invited lectures and 50 published articles), David also is the co-author of IP and Technology in Government Contracts (now in its seventh edition).

Concentrations

  • Intellectual property
  • Litigation
  • Trade secrets
  • Patent litigation
  • Space & Emerging Technologies
  • Aerospace & Defense

Capabilities

Experience

  • Lecturer and Field Work Supervisor, University of California, Berkeley School of Law – Boalt Hall, 2015-2016 and 2018

Recognition & Leadership

  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2023-2025
  • Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2022-2024
    • Intellectual Property > Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters), 2022-2024
    • Intellectual Property > Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage), 2024
  • Listed, IAM magazine, "IAM Patent 1000," Litigation, 2015-2018 and 2020-2024
  • Listed, Who's Who Legal, “Global Elite Thought Leaders,” IP-USA, 2024
  • Selected, Super Lawyers magazine, “Northern California Super Lawyers,” 2013-2019 and 2023-2024
  • Selected, The Daily Journal, “Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California,” 2012
  • Member, American Bar Association, Public Contracts Law Section
    • Vice Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, 2023-2024
  • Advisory Committee, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, 2015-Present
  • Member, Intellectual Property Law Board, Strafford Publications, Inc., 2007-Present
  • Committee Member, Committee on Jury Instructions State Bar Litigation Section Comments, Judicial Council Task Force on Jury Instructions, Civil Jury Instructions, Fourth Set, 2003

Credentials

Education
  • Fellow, International Trade Law, Istituto Universitario di Studi Europei, International Labour Organisation, United Nations, 1997
  • J.D., with honors, The George Washington University Law School, 1996
  • M.P.H., Health Policy, The George Washington University, 1996
  • B.A., Political Science, Reed College, 1993
    • Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States