A. Brian Dengler

A. Brian Dengler is a seasoned attorney and eMedia journalist. He is a Partner with the Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease in Columbus, Ohio and Washington, D.C. He represents Internet, software, electronic commerce, advertising networks, and mobile application companies in commercial and intellectual property licensing and transactions and copyright and trademark clearance issues.

He has provided ongoing onsite support for AOL Inc. (formerly America Online, Inc.) in Dulles, Virginia and New York City on matters such as copyright, trademarks, licensing technology and content, music, video, anchor tenancy and advertising agreements, intercompany licensing and general transactions for international operations, consumer agreements, and developing materials and testifying before state legislatures to promote passage of Virginia and Ohio electronic signature and anti-spam bills.

Dengler has provided general counseling and transactional work for retail and consumer product companies, including Minute Maid division of Coca-Cola, Express, Arcos, Inc., ShareThis, Inc., Mobile Posse, Inc., BrandThunder LLC, VacationTrade.com and Network Advertising Initiative. Dengler also has advised Carnegie-Mellon University, Denison University, Kent State University and other private colleges and universities on intellectual property issues, cloud computing, and e-media curriculum.

Before joinging Vorys, Dengler served as Vice President and Chief Counsel for America Online, Inc. (AOL). The Virginia General Assembly appointed Dengler to serve on Advisory Panel of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to recommend uniform electronic commerce laws for Virginia. He promoted passage of uniform electronic transactions laws in Maryland, Ohio and Virginia.

Beforehand, he was a partner in the intelectual property litigation group with Arter & Hadden. Prior to attending law school, Dengler was a reporter and television news producer at WEWS-TV (Cleveland), WBNS-TV (Columbus) and WMC-TV (Memphis). He won an EMMY in 1981 as executive producer of the mini-documentary, "Kent State: 10 Years After."

He teaches business and legal issues in new media and eMedia graduate courses at Kent State University, and previously taught music law at Otterbein University.