Practice Areas:
Patents, Trademarks, Trade Dress, Trade Secret, Copyrights, Unfair Competition &
Contracts relating to Intellectual Property Matters.
Admitted:
1960: District of Columbia
1960: Florida
1960: United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit and Federal Circuit United
States District Courts: Middle District of Florida
Education:
1956: University of Florida (B.E.E.)
1960: George Washington University (L.L.B)
1956-1960: Patent Examiner (USPTO)
A native of Jacksonville, Mr. Yeager attended local public schools and graduated
from Andrew Jackson High School as a member of the January class of 1952. He has
had extensive experience in his practice areas of law. He has testified as an
expert witness in litigation matters relating to his field of practice. He
worked full-time as a U.S. Patent Examiner while attending George Washington
University Law School at night, and is a Registered Patent Attorney.
Formerly an associate of George H. Baldwin and then his partner in Baldwin &
Yeager, Arthur later became a sole practitioner for many years prior to joining
ADDMG as of counsel in 2009, until returning to private practice in 2011.
He has served on various committees of the Florida Bar (honored as a 50-Year FL
Bar member in June 2010), the Jacksonville Bar Association and the American
Intellectual Property Law Association. He is a member of the District of
Columbia Bar and the Florida Bar and a former member of the American Bar
Association.
Mr. Yeager was active at one time as a Certified Teacher in the State of
Florida, and has been a substitute physics and sciences teacher. He has given
several presentations relating to patents and the patent process at independent
inventor symposiums and conferences.
A former President of the Jacksonville Exchange Club, a member club of the
National Exchange Club, including 5 years as Florida District Director and as
Vice-President. Most recently he served on the Board of Directors of the
Jacksonville Exchange Club. He was active as a volunteer with the Boy's Club of
Jacksonville Board of Directors and with the First Coast Family Center, now
known as the Exchange Club Family Center, a Center dedicated to the prevention
of child abuse.
Hobbies include bridge, gardening and cheering for his beloved Florida Gators as
a Life Member of the University of Florida Alumni Association.
Affiliations:
The Florida Bar
District of Columbia Bar
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Jacksonville Bar Association
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity