David Hanson Email & Phone Number

David G. Hanson leads the firm's Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation Practice Group and is a shareholder in Reinhart's Litigation Practice. Dave is an experienced first-chair IP litigator who also works closely with business clients on intellectual property and competition issues. Dave has litigated patent cases throughout the country, including Delaware, Massachusetts, Texas, and California, but he is particularly at home in the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the "Rocket Docket" of the Western District of Wisconsin.According to Chambers USA, IP litigation clients and peers praise Dave as "intelligent, straightforward, thoughtful and businesslike," and Chambers rates him in Band 1, the top tier of Wisconsin "Leading Individuals" in IP litigation.Dave serves a wide range of business clients including electrical and mechanical manufacturers, biotech companies, software developers, service firms and product distributors. Dave has served as an arbitrator on IP disputes through the AAA and as an expert witness on issues related to attorney fees in IP litigation. Since 1997, Dave has been an adjunct professor of law at the Marquette University Law School, teaching copyright litigation and trademark litigation for several years and recently teaching the upper level Intellectual Property Litigation Workshop, which focuses on patent litigation. He also frequently speaks to business and professional audiences on practical intellectual property topics including:What every inventor must know about patent litigation IP rights in China IP and the Professional Engineering FirmArchitectural copyright: The problem of plan stealing Taking and defending the inventor's depositionIn addition, Dave has frequently been recruited by his peers to give the IP Year in Review speech at the Wisconsin State Bar Convention

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Litigation, Trials, and 14 others.

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  Ip Litigation Trial Attorney & Counselor

  Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.

  1992 - Present - Midwest United States

  ShareholderLeads firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Group