Rest in Peace Friend: Remembering Donald Dunner

It is with great sadness that I write today on the occasion of the passing of a true legend in the patent world. Donald Dunner, a partner in Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP in Washington, D.C., passed away earlier today. “Don was a great lawyer and a wonderful man. He also gave enormously of himself, and his time, to our profession and its organizations,” said Todd Dickinson, former Director of the USPTO and current Senior Counsel at Polsinelli.  “It was a genuine privilege to work with him on many issues and to count him as a friend.” Indeed, aside from the many legal accolades Dunner so rightfully earned during his lifetime, he was as good and nice a person as he was an excellent attorney. Perhaps that shouldn’t be remarkable, but Dunner always had a grace and elegance that set him apart. He was a friend to judges and politicians, as well as a mentor to countless attorneys.

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