Blaine T. Bettinger Ph.D.
Senior Counsel
bbettinger@bsk.com
Syracuse, NY
(315) 218-8291
Fax (315) 218-8100
Honors & Affiliations
- Listed in:
- New York Super Lawyers®, Upstate New York Rising Star, Intellectual Property, 2018 - 2020
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
- New York State Bar Association
- Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association
- Onondaga County Bar Association, Executive Committee, Board of Directors; Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Justinian Honorary Law Society
- Order of the Coif, Syracuse University College of Law Chapter
- Editor, Journal of Genetic Genealogy, 2009-Present
- Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Science & Technology Reporter
Representative Presentations
- A Special Episode Celebrating LGBTQ History Month, Legally Bond Podcast, October 24, 2022
- An Interview with Blaine Bettinger, Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Legally Bond Podcast, June 21, 2021
- Inspirational Speaker and Law Roundtable Facilitator, Northern New York STEP and CSTEP 21st Annual Career Exploration Symposium, February 11, 2017
- Speaker and Panelist, Southern California Genealogy Society Jamboree, Burbank, CA, June 5-8, 2014
- Social Media: Implications for Intellectual Property Law, New York State Science & Technology Law Center, 2010
Representative Publications
- Co-Author, "Four Misconceptions About Investigative Genetic Genealogy,” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, April 23, 2021
- Quoted in "Are DNA Testing Companies Selling My Genetic Information?," SuperLawyers.com, 2018
- Blaine T. Bettinger, George R. McGuire, "How the Supreme Court Got It Right in Mayo v. Prometheus," The SciTech Lawyer, Volume 10, Issue 1, Fall 2013
- Bettinger, Co-Author, "The United States Patent System in the Media Mirror," Syracuse Law Review, 2008, Vol. 58, No. 3. Selected for inclusion in the 2009 PATENT LAW REVIEW, an annual anthology published by Thomson Reuters (West)
- Bettinger, Co-Author, "eBay and the Blackberry®: A Media Coverage Case Study," Akron Intellectual Property Law Journal, 2008, Vol. 2, No. 1
- "Pencils, White-Out, and Loose Leaf Paper: Student Researchers' Need for Basic Intellectual Property Instruction," New York State Science and Technology Center at Syracuse University College of Law Newsletter, March 2008
Other Activities
- Board President, Directors of DNAngles
- Former Secretary, Board of Trustees, The Erie Canal Museum
- Board Member, The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
- At Large Representative, The Association of Professional Genealogists
News
- Bond Announces 11 Syracuse Attorneys Named in 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars®
August 21, 2020 - Bond’s IP Group Well-Represented among 2020 Best Lawyers® and 2019 Super Lawyers®
August 15, 2019 - Bond Announces 11 Syracuse Attorneys Named in 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars®
August 12, 2019 - Bond’s IP Group Well-Represented among Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers®
August 26, 2018 - Bond Announces 22 Attorneys Named in 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers® Rising Stars
August 12, 2018 - Twelve Syracuse Bond Attorneys Named in 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers® Rising Stars
August 12, 2018