Robins Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Intellectual Property
Director, IP Institute
Professor of Law
Education
B.M.E., 1978, University of Minnesota
J.D., 1983, George Washington University Law School
Experience
Mitchell Hamline School of Law: professor of law, 2015-.
William Mitchell College of Law: professor of law, 1996-2015; associate professor of law, 1994-1996; assistant professor of law 1991-1994.
Associate attorney, Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, Minneapolis, 1986-1991.
Guest researcher, Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law, Munich, Germany, 1985-1986.
Clerk, Hon. Daniel M. Friedman, Washington, D.C., 1983-1985.
Patent agent, Parkhurst & Oliff, Alexandria, Va., 1982-1983.
Patent examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., 1978-1982.
Admitted: Washington, D.C., 1983; Minnesota, 1986.
Leadership & Service
Chair, Committee on Patent Legislation, American Bar Assn. Section of Intellectual Property Law, 1993-1995; chair, Committee on Patent and Trademark Office Affairs-Patents, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, 1995-; Bds. of Eds., Patent World, 1993-, & AIPLA Quarterly J., 1994-.
