Faculty

David W. Barman

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Education

Juris Doctor in Law
Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Bachelor of Arts in Music
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Areas of Expertise

• Business and Corporate Law
• Intellectual Property
• Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights

Professional Activities

Professor David W. Barman is a Teaching Professor in the FIU College of Business, School of Accounting.  He is a graduate of the Inaugural Night Class of the FIU College of Law, the first FIU College of Law Registered Patent Attorney, and the first FIU College of Law graduate to be appointed to a full-time university faculty position.

 

Professor Barman has over 20 years’ experience counseling clients in Intellectual Property and related business matters.  In addition to personally filing many hundreds of patent and trademark applications, he has represented clients before The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and several U.S. District Courts.

 

Professor Barman has been teaching at FIU since 2007 and more than 10,000 students have completed his courses.

 

Professor Barman has undergraduate degrees Chemistry and Music from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he attended on a music scholarship.

 

Professional Licenses - Bar Admission

Florida Bar

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Cour of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States

Courses Taught

• Administrative Law
• Business Law II
• Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• Legal Environment of Business
• The Legal Environment of Business