Blaine T. Bettinger
Blaine T. Bettinger is an Intellectual Property and Technology attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King whose practice focuses on intellectual property and technology matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He is a registered patent attorney and has extensive experience prosecuting both patents and trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and registering copyrights with the United States Copyright Office. Dr. Bettinger works closely with inventors to prepare patent applications in the fields of biotechnology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, molecular biology, chemistry and software applications, among others. His practice also includes preparing opinions of counsel relating to freedom to operate, patentability of inventions, patent validity and patent infringement. Dr. Bettinger is also experienced in litigation involving all aspects of intellectual property in both administrative proceedings and in federal court.
As a frequent contributor to the Higher Education IP Law Report, Dr. Bettinger examines and evaluates the latest developments in the field of intellectual property in order to assist universities and other institutions of higher education as they identify, procure and license their intellectual property.
Prior to joining Bond, Dr. Bettinger obtained a Ph.D. from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse where his research was in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, cell biology and molecular biology. He served as a Research Assistant to Syracuse University Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law Lisa A. Dolak with whom he co-authored two articles relating to the portrayal of the United States Patent System in the media.
Dr. Bettinger also has extensive experience regarding the many ethical, legal and social implications and issues associated with personal genomics. He is the author of The Genetic Genealogist, a leading blog in the area of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and is a member of the Personal Genomes Project 1,000.
Representative Matters
Recently Issued Patents
- 8,118,880 Coloring composition containing L-DOPA and L-arginine
- 8,086,675 Generating a fingerprint of a bit sequence
- 8,084,140 Silver platelets comprising palladium
- 8,060,820 Collaborative editing of a document
- 8,056,774 Fluid dispensing system
- 8,053,744 Location analysis using nucleic acid-labeled tags
- 8,032,523 Method and system for data migration
Honors and Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
- New York State Bar Association
- Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association
- Justinian Honorary Law Society
- Order of the Coif, Syracuse University College of Law Chapter
- Editor, Journal of Genetic Genealogy (2009-Present)
- Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Science & Technology Reporter (2008-2009)
Representative Publications
- Bettinger, Co-author, The United States Patent System in the Media Mirror," Syracuse Law Review, 2008, Vol. 58, No. 3. Selected for inclusion in the 2009 PATENT LAW REVIEW, an annual anthology published by Thomson Reuters (West).
- Bettinger, Co-author, "eBay and the Blackberry®: A Media Coverage Case Study," Akron Intellectual Property Law Journal, 2008, Vol. 2, No. 1.
- Bettinger, "Pencils, White-Out, and Loose Leaf Paper: Student Researchers' Need for Basic Intellectual Property Instruction," New York State Science and Technology Center at Syracuse University College of Law Newsletter, March 2008.
- Bettinger, Co-author, "The MEK Kinases MEKK4/Ssk2p facilitate complexity in the stress signaling responses of diverse systems," Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, May 2007, Vol. 101, No. 1.
- Bettinger, Co-author, "Requirements for the Polarisome and formin function in Ssk2p-mediated actin recovery from osmotic stress," Genetics, April 2007, Vol. 175, No. 4.
Representative Presentations
- Social Media: Implications for Intellectual Property Law (New York State Science & Technology Law Center) (2010)
