As a licensed patent attorney with over 39 years of experience, I practice principally in the areas of US and foreign patents, trademarks, trade dress, licensing, intellectual property litigation, copyrights, trade secrets and related matters. I believe technology is our future, and I advise and protect my clients' IP so they can focus on their core business. I have a strong technical background in mechanical, electro-mechanical, digital electronics, communications, biotechnology, medical, automotive, dental, food, heavy equipment, sports, outdoor, toy, building, fluid and air handling, petroleum, jewelry and chemical technologies. I hold a special interest in products and services related to the outdoors, hunting and fishing.Experienced in researching, preparing and prosecuting patent, trademark and copyright applications, I have prosecuted to issuance more than 1,000 patents in the U.S. alone and have prosecuted and currently maintain over 590 trademark registrations. I am astute in contract negotiations and enforcement litigation and has been involved in more than 38 U.S. District Court infringement actions. I also am a successful patent and trademark holder personally, with several commercial business enterprises. I do significant international patent and trademark prosecution throughout the world. Currently, I manage more than 210 foreign patents and more than 127 foreign trademark registrations with an extensive network of foreign patent and trademark attorneys and agents.I contribute to IntellectualIP, Taft’s educational co-sponsor blog with the University of Minnesota Law School. IntellectualIP is intended to provide practical information concerning U.S. and international intellectual property law.
Listed skills include Patents, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, and 21 others.
