Donald Dinan

Offices

Washington, D.C.
600 14th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
New York
245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor
New York, NY 10167

Related Practice Areas

  • International Business
  • International Trade
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Patent Litigation
  • Trademark Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Government Relations & Administrative Law
  • Corporate & Business Services

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of International Trade
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Donald R. Dinan

Partner

Phone: 202.216.8302
Fax: 202.338.6340
Email: ddinan@ralaw.com
Washington, D.C.

600 14th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
P 202.216.8302
F 202.338.6340
E ddinan@ralaw.com

New York

245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor
New York, NY 10167
P 212.803.8160
F 212.372.8798

Related Practice Areas
Admissions
  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of International Trade
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Mr. Dinan focuses his practice on international business and trade. He works extensively in international trade law, including Trade Dispute Resolution before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), particularly in protection of intellectual property rights, the Department of Commerce (antidumping and countervailing duty cases), unfair trade actions, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and in federal courts including the Court of International Trade. He also works on import and export licensing matters, customs enforcement, and international business transactions. In addition, he focuses on federal court litigation, transational litigation and international arbitration. He represents numerous clients in the District of Columbia, including local government entities, in civil and commercial litigation in the courts of the District of Columbia.

He is the former Director of the Unfair Import Investigations Division of the ITC, which administers the enforcement of Section 337. Prior to becoming Director, Mr. Dinan was the Deputy Director, Chief of the Patent Branch and he also served a number of years as a Commission Investigative Attorney in the Section 337 Division.

He was a member of the task force that wrote the original Rules of Practice and Procedure that govern Section 337. He also served on the joint committee between the Division and the Office of Administrative Law Judges which wrote the enforcement rules governing Section 337. He has served as lead counsel on a number of important 337 investigations, including: color televisions from Japan; copper rod rolling machines from Germany; steel rod rolling machines from Germany; the Rubik's Cube cases; diamond coated machine parts from Germany; gear couplings from Canada; and most recently, TSA locks from China.

Representative Matters
  • Represented a major corporation in antidumping case against China in importation of copper valves into the U.S., resulting in significant antidumping duties being imposed by Department of Commerce
  • Recently filed a major Section 337 case concerning unfair trade acts in importation of TSA security locks from China
  • Currently advising a number of clients on the use of the trade laws (Section 337, antidumping and illegal government subsidies statutes) administered by the ITC and Department of Commerce to block unfair imports from the Far East
  • Represented Turkish manufacturers in major litigation concerning importation of firearms
  • Assisted in establishing three companies in Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) in China
  • Lead attorney for District of Columbia Property Trust and DC Water and Sewer Authority (assignees) in enforcement of all real property liens
  • Represented extruded aluminum company in antidumping and countervailing duty cases from China where record penalty duties were assessed
  • Represented aluminum refrigerator shelving manufacturer in antidumping case where Department of Commerce assessed major antidumping duties against the Chinese producers
  • Successful in having permanent injunction issues by federal courts against "gray market" imports of Italian wine including largest selling white wine in America
  • Recently won a Court of Appeals case where the court upheld Department of Commerce factor valuation analysis of brass imports valued on world market
Accomplishments
  • Selected as a "Washington DC Super Lawyer" by Washington DC Super Lawyers magazine (2012)
  • Georgetown University Law Center - Adjunct Professor, International Law
Education
  • 1975 LL.M., London School of Economics, International Economic Law
  • 1974 J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
  • 1971 B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance, Economics
Education
Professional Affiliations
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • ITC Trial Lawyers Association, former Board Member
  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Former Chair - Export Licensing Committee and Committee on International Trade Commission
  • Washington International Trade Association (WITA)
  • U.S. International Trade Commission Historical Society, Former President
Community Affiliations
  • District of Columbia Democratic State Committee, General Counsel
  • District of Columbia Delegate Selection Committee for National Democratic Convention, Chairman (2002-present)
  • Capitol Hill Restoration Society
  • Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals (CHAMPS)
Publications
  • "Global Enforcement of IP Rights: A Practitioners Guide to WTO/Trips" - Co-author, (a case book and treatise on the law of the World Trade Organization on Intellectual Property, which will be used as standardized text for academic courses and as a practitioner's guide)
  • "An Analysis of the TRIPs Agreement and the Uruguay Round of the GATT"
  • "Intellectual Property Protection in NAFTA"
  • "The Proper Role of the Commission Investigative Attorney in an Unfair Import Case before the International Trade Commission"
  • "The Relation Between Decisions of the U.S. International Trade Commission and of the Courts - Duality of Intellectual Property Rights" - Co-author
  • "The Effective Use of U.S. Trade Laws"
  • "An Analysis of the United States - Cuba 'Havana Club' Rum Case Before the World Trade Organization"
Presentations
  • Addressed various bar associations and professional groups concerning USITC and section 337 (19 U.S.C. 1337) including the American Patent Law Association annual convention, D.C. Patent Law Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys and AMA International