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

PUBLICATIONS

Today's Claim Construction Framework at the Federal Circuit, The IP Book, Minnesota IP Institute (2nd Edition, 2004)

 

The "Written Description" Requirement: Recent Cases and Their Practice Implications, The IP Book, Minnesota IP Institute (2nd Edition, 2004)

 

Reclaiming the Grey Area: Recent Developments in the Recapture Doctrine for Reissue Applications, The IP Book, Minnesota IP Institute (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

 

Lost Profits:  Demand, Capacity, Price Erosion, 12 AIPLA Selected Legal Papers 353, 1995

 

Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)

 

Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)

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)