Seminars:
Someone Has Been Making Claim Construction Too Hard
Presented at the MN Intellectual Property Law Assoc. Seminar
March
31, 2004
Three Days At the Federal
Circuit - Liebel-Flarsheim, Superguide and University of Rochester
Presented at the MN Intellectual
Property Law Assoc. Seminar
March 26, 2004
Patentability of Business
Methods
West Law, 2001
Patent Litigation
MILE, 1999
§ 112,
¶ 6 Interpretations
University of Texas 3rd Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute, 1998
Patent Litigation - Damages
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, 1996
Interpretation of Means Plus Function Claims
American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting, 1996
Patent Damages-Lost Profits
American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting, 1994
Counseling a Start-Up Business on Intellectual Property Issues
American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting, 1992
Extraterritorial Reach of United States Trademark and Copyright Laws
Global
Merchandising Seminar, 1992
Update on Patent Law
Computer Law Institute, MSBA, 1991
Intellectual Property Law
Minnesota CLE Law Year, 1990
Intellectual Property Law
Minnesota CLE Law Year, 1989
Annotated Employee Agreement
MSBA,
1988
Advising Minnesota Corporations (Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights)
Minnesota CLE, 1986 and 1989
The
Corporation from Cradle to Grave (Intellectual Property)
Minnesota CLE, 1984 and 1988
Articles:
Today's Claim Construction
Framework at the Federal Circuit Chapter Nine
Presented at the Midwest
Intellectual Property Institute Minnesota Continuing Legal Education IP book,
2nd Edition 2004
The "Written Description"
Requirement: Recent Cases and Their Practice Implications
Chapter Twelve
Presented in the Midwest
Intellectual Property Institute
Minnesota Continuing Legal
Education IP book, 2nd Edition
2004
Reclaiming the Grey Area: Recent
Developments in the Recapture Doctrine for Reissue Applications
Chapter Fourteen
Presented in the Midwest
Intellectual Property Institute
Minnesota Continuing Legal
Education IP book, 2nd Edition
2004
Selecting a Corporate Name - Without Trademark Infringement Problems
Hennepin Lawyer, 1986
Counseling a Start-Up Business on Intellectual Property Issues
10
AIPLA Selected Legal Papers 35, 1992
Lawful Photocopying: Where Fair Use Becomes Unfair
49
Bench & Bar of Minnesota 21, 1992 (with Tom Stueber)
Lost Profits: Demand, Capacity, Price Erosion
12
AIPLA Selected Legal Papers 353, 1995 (with Gena Chapman)
Representative Cases:
Aeration Industries Int'l v. Aeromix Systems, Inc.
Civ.
No. 3-89-752 (D. Minn.)
Decade Industries, Inc. d/b/a Sanus Systems v. Wood Technology, Inc.
100 F.
Supp.2d 979 (D. Minn. 2000)
Empi, Inc. v. Iomed, Inc.
38
U.S.P.Q.2d 1001 (D. Minn.); 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9872
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. v. On Command Video Corp.
Civ.
No. 97-4135 (D.S.D.)
Master Distributors Inc. v. Pako Corp.
777 F.
Supp. 744 (D. Minn. 1991), rev'd, 986 F.2d 219 (8th Cir. 1993)
North Star State Bank of Roseville v. North Star Bank of Minnesota
365
N.W.2d 788 (Min. Ct. App. 1985)
On
Command Video Corp. v. LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.
976 F.
Supp. 917 (N.D. Cal. 1997)
On
Command Video Corp. v. LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.
1995
U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20192 (N.D. Cal.)
Redmond Products, Inc. v. Amino Sabre, Inc.
17
U.S.P.Q.2d 1386, 1990, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18428 (C.D. Cal. 1990)
Redmond Products, Inc. v. The Body Shop, Inc.
20
U.S.P.Q.2d 1233 (D. Minn. 1991)
Ryko Mfg. Co. v. Nu-Star Inc.
20
U.S.P.Q.2d 1872 (D. Minn. 1990); aff'd, 950 F.2d 714, 21 U.S.P.Q.2d
1053 (Fed. Cir. 1991)
Snap-on, Inc. v. Ronald J. Oritz and SPX Corp.
1999
U.S. Dist. LEXIS 534 (E.D. Ill.)
We
Care Inc. v. Ultra-Mark International Inc.
741 F.
Supp. 743, 14 U.S.P.Q.2d 1804 (D. Minn 1989); aff'd, 930 F.2d 1567, 18
U.S.P.Q.2d 1562 (Fed. Cir. 1991)
Woodroast Systems, Inc. v. Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
793 F.
Supp. 906 (D. Minn. 1992); aff'd, 994 F.2d 844 (8th Cir. 1993)