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AUSTEN ZUEGE
KINNEY & LANGE, P.A.
312 South Third Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
(612) 339-1863
EMPLOYMENT
Kinney & Lange, P.A., Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Shareholder,
2011 - Present
Associate,
2003 - 2011
Law Clerk, 2002 - 2003
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Patent prosecution, re-examination, reissue, and
litigation - mechanical, electrical, business method, software, and other
technology areas
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Trademark prosecution and litigation
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Copyright counseling and litigation
EDUCATION
University of Illinois College of Law,
Champaign, Illinois
Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2003
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Dean's List (two semesters)
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College of Law Civil Liberties Union
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American Constitution Society
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IP Moot Court
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Writer, Daily Illini Buzz Magazine,
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CALI Excellence for the Future Award Recipient
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,
Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering,
May 2000
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Dean's List (seven semesters)
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Undergraduate Member of Professor Barrett Caldwell's
University of Wisconsin GROUPER Lab Cross-Disciplinary Research Team,
designed tools for K-12 level educators, students and administrators, focusing
on science and math
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WSUM-Madison Student Radio, program director, and
governance board vice-chair
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Volunteer tutor in math/science/engineering
EXPERIENCE
Wisconsin Circuit Court Branch V, Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin
Summer Extern, Summer 2001
Center for Biology Education, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Information Technology Instructor, Summer
2000
ACTIVITIES
Hennepin County Bar Association
Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority, Board
Member (2008 - 2012)
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
ADMISSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of North
Dakota
Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota
United States District Court for the District of
Minnesota
United States Patent and Trademark Office
PRESENTATIONS
2011 Kinney & Lange Seminar –
Practical Copyrights for Small Businesses;
Copyright and Street Art
2010 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Patent Reexamination: A
View from the Trenches
2009 Kinney & Lange Seminar – State of the USPTO
2008 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Myths of Copyright Law;
Pushing the Bounds of Copyright
2007 Kinney & Lange Seminar – eBay v. MercExchange:
Injunctive Relief
2006 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Copyright Basics; Top
Patent Cases
"Pushing the Boundaries of Copyright Law" Midwest
Intellectual Property Institute (MSBA 2007)
"Three Days in February at the Federal Circuit"
Modern Age Intellectual Practice Issues for In-House IP Counsel (MIPLA 2004),
with David Fairbairn and Andrew DeMaster
PUBLICATIONS
No Short-Cuts: Weighing the Facts Under §103, Journal of the
Patent and Trademark Office Society, Vol. 91, No. 6, June 2009,
co-authored with Carolyn Beck
Untying Patents from the Sherman Act: Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v.
Independent Ink, Inc., The IP Book, 4th Edition (2006),
co-authored with Thomas Stueber and Jessica Kwak
Implications of SmithKline
Beecham v. Apotex Corp. on the Experimental Use and Inherent
Anticipation Doctrines, The IP Book, 3rd Edition (2005),
co-authored with Michael Pape and Jessica Kwak
The 'Written Description Requirement: Recent Cases
and Their Practice Implications, The IP Book, 2nd Edition
(2004), co-authored with David Fairbairn and Andrew DeMaster
Overview of Intellectual
Property for Business Lawyers,
Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)
Intellectual Property Law for
Business Lawyers,
Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)
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