Dana Robert Colarulli is an attorney and senior government affairs professional with more than two decades of experience working on legal-related technology policy and intellectual property issues in and with the private sector, the Executive Branch and the U.S. Congress.

He recently served as the Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs and served on the Executive Management team at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As the top legislative liaison at the Department of Commerce on Intellectual Property issues, Mr. Colarulli facilitated substantive patent, copyright and trademark and related policy discussions and advocated for USPTO operational priorities through two Administrations and nearly 10 years. Mr. Colarulli managed and grew a team at the USPTO to effectively engage Capitol Hill and built relationships with Members of Congress and other elected officials. In that role, Mr. Colarulli coordinated USPTO personnel to facilitate enactment of various legislative reforms affecting intellectual property and the Agency, including the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), the Defend Trade Secrets act, and implementation bills for various trademark, patent and copyright treaties.

Prior to that role, Mr. Colarulli served as Director of Government Relations for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). He has worked in the U.S. Senate, in a DC-based Law Firm and at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He was born in Rhode Island, brews his own coldbrew coffee and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI) and as a Partner atthe DC-based consulting firm American Continental Group (ACG).

Contact me at: [email protected]

Revised: December 2020