Attorney News
February 27, 2012
Greg Gorrie Is SLW’s Newest Shareholder
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner is pleased to announce that Greg Gorrie has been made a shareholder of SLW. Greg started with SLW in May of 2001 and is a satellite attorney located in Arizona. Greg’s practice focuses on broadband and wireless communications, microwave and radar technology, satellite systems, IP networks, cryptographic and secure systems, military and government technology, software, and semiconductors.
February 15, 2012
Bradley Scheer Speaking at UC Merced
Bradley Scheer will be presenting for the School of Engineering graduating class at UC Merced on Februrary 17. The presentation will include an overview of IP law with a particular focus on patents.
February 10, 2012
Suneel Arora Speaking at Medical Device Patents Summit
Shareholder Suneel Arora will be speaking at the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Summit on Medical Device Patents. The Summit will be held February 28-29, 2012 in Boston, MA. Suneel will be speaking at the pre-conference workshop in February 27 on “The 510(k) Process and Patentability: Reformulating Patent Strategies in Light of Changes in the Regulatory Approval Process.” The session will give a 360° view of the interplay between FDA and PTO claims and help to put participants in the best position to protect their IP and market share.
January 19, 2012
Kevin Greenleaf Joins SLW, Further Building SLW’s Reexamination Expertise
Kevin Greenleaf has joined SLW as a satellite associate patent attorney and an experienced member of our reexamination team. In addition to reexamination, Kevin’s practice includes patent procurement and post-grant review, portfolio analysis, technical analysis, and strategic counseling, with emphasis on computer architecture, software, circuit design, semiconductors, and microelectronic fabrication. In addition to several years experience at a Washington, D.C. area law firm, Kevin has several years of combined legal and technical experience at Intel Corporation, including as a Senior Component Design Engineer.
January 17, 2012
Lissi Mojica Joins SLW’s Reexamination Team
Lissi Mojica has joined SLW as an officer and leading member of its reexamination team. Lissi is considered to be among the world’s foremost experts in reexamination procedures. Lissi helped establish the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and served as its first-ever director. Under Lissi’s direction, the USPTO experienced unprecedented use of the reexamination process. Lissi is experienced with interferences in the USPTO and was in charge of setting policies, standards, and procedures and developing Inter Partes and Ex Parte Reexamination training for CRU examiners. Additionally, she spearheaded many important Manual of Patent Examining Procedures (MPEP) revisions, implemented rule changes, and reviewed and ruled on petitions regarding reexamination. Before joining SLW, Lissi was a senior advisor and Associate Chair for the Post Grant Law/Patent Reexamination Practice Group of a Washington, D.C. patent law firm.
January 9, 2012
Gary Speier talks about patents and natural ingredients
SLW shareholder Gary Speier was interviewd by Nutra Ingredients-USA, a website that covers breaking news on supplements and nutrition, on the patentability of natural ingredients. The article can be found here.
January 5, 2012
Matt Prater Speaking at R&D Conference
Matt Prater will be speaking at the 10X Advanced Battery R&D conference, January 23, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA. Matt will speak on Advanced Batteries 2015-2020: The Competitive Landscape on “IP Landscape for Advanced Batteries and Component Materials.”
January 5, 2012
Mike Lynch’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements
On January 18, 2012 Mike Lynch will be moderating a panel discussion on “Post Grant Review– Implications and Strategies for In-house Counsel” at the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, Winter meeting. Luke Dohmen of BSC has accepted to be a panelist, along with Bob Stoll.
On February 24, 2012 Mike will be a panelist at a symposium sponsored by Case Western Reserve University on “The Role of Non-Practicing Entities in the Modern Patent System: A Debate.”
November 18, 2011
Warren Woessner Speaking on Therasense
Shareholder Warren Woessner will be speaking on the Therasense and the future of the inequitable conduct defense at two American Conference Institute programs: The 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents (Boston, Dec. 1st) and their program “Paragraph IV Disputes” (San Francisco December 7th).
October 10, 2011
Two SLW Attorneys Elected to IIPLA Board
SLW Attorney and Officer Barbara Clark is now the President of the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) for the next term (Oct 2011 – Oct 2012). Jim Hallenbeck, also an SLW Attorney and Officer has been elected to serve on the IIPLA board for the next term. Congratulations to both Barbara and Jim on your election.
September 29, 2011
Jan Embretson Speaking in San Francisco
SLW shareholder Jan Embretson was the closing speaker at the 2011 BIO Technology Transfer Symposium “Commercialization and Job Creatin in the Biotechnology Sector: What Does it Really Take?” on October 24, 2011 in San Francisco.
September 26, 2011
Tim Bianchi Speaks at MSBA CLE
Tim Bianchi was part of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s CLE “The New Patent Law” held on October 17, 2011. Tim spoke on “New, Revised and Now-Extinct Post-Issuance Proceedings.”
September 21, 2011
SLW Associate Matt Prater has been named the Treasurer of the Twin Cities Chapter of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). SAE is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries.
September 13, 2011
Two Appointments for Jim Nelson
Shareholder Jim Nelson has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Council for Iowa State University and to the Funding and Development Committee for the Minnesota Opera.
September 13, 2011
SLW Attorney Selected For Leadership Program
Jim Hallenbeck, an attorney and officer of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, was selected for the Leadership Iowa program for 2011-12. You must first be nominated, invited to apply, apply and then be accepted. The purpose of the program is to identify up and coming leaders in Iowa and enhance their education on issues that are important to Iowa.
September 12, 2011
Warren Woessner To Be A Panelist at AIPLA Annual Meeting
Warren Woessner, one of SLW’s founding shareholders, was a panelist at the AIPLA 2011 Annual Meeting on October 22, 2011. He was a member of the Patent Prosecutors Team in the new game show “Patent Wars – Prosecutors v. Litigators.” The Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C.
September 12, 2011
Robin Chadwick Speaking at USPTO/AIPLA Program
Robin Chadwick, a shareholder of SLW, spoke at the 2011 Partnering in Patents program at the USPTO on October 19, 2011. Robin spoke on “Therasense from the Patent Bar Perspective.” For the last two years, AIPLA and the USPTO have held a joint focus session to solicit feedback from both patent practitioners and examiners on ways to improve interview practice. AIPLA and the USPTO continue this cooperative effort by holding another focus session this year that will look at ways to expedite prosecution in the USPTO.
August 18, 2011
Tim Bianchi To Speak at IP Institute
Tim Bianchi spoke at the 10th Annual 2011 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute on Friday, September 23, 2011. His session was ”A Closer Look at Reexamination in 2011 and Beyond.” The presentation handout can be found here.
August 17, 2011
SLW Attorney Cited in Financial Times
Shareholder Janal Kalis was cited in the article “Google Pressured To Enforce Rights in Patent War” in today’s edition of Financial Times. Please note, Kalis is a she not a he.
August 8, 2011
SLW is happy to welcome Tyler Nasiedlak as a new attorney. Prior to joining SLW, Tyler worked in the medical device space for nearly twelve years at Boston Scientific Corporation and Guidant Corporation. His practice is focused on representing companies and investors on intellectual property and transactional matters, including patent portfolio strategy and development, freedom-to-operate and patent landscaping studies, due diligence and counseling in connection with acquisitions and divestitures, patent validity and infringement opinions, licensing and other technology transactions, patent reexaminations, and patent enforcement and litigation strategies.
July 18, 2011
SLW Attorneys Publish Paper on Beauregard Claims
SLW attorneys Suneel Arora and Greg Stark, along with William Mitchell law student Ryan Sharp, published “Can Beauregard Claims Show You the Money?” in the Cybaris Intellectual Property Law Review of William Mitchell College of Law. The article explores the potential pitfalls of using certain claim types for protection of computerized systems or devices that included functionality enabled software. The article can be found on the internet here, or a PDF of the article is available here.
Arora, Stark and Sharp were also interviewed regarding the paper and the video can be found here.
June 21, 2011
Thirteen SLW Attorneys Named Top Prosecutors
Patent Buddy®, a social network for patent lawyers and patent agents has named 13 of SLW’s attorneys as Top Prosecutors: Suneel Arora, Marv Beekman, Tim Bianchi, Nathan Elder, Jan Embretson, Brad Forrest, Janal Kalis, Steve Lundberg, Andre Marais, Mark Muller, Gary Speier, Garth Vivier, and Warren Woessner. This selection was done in cooperation with the Patent Research Review, a publication of Sunlight Research. Out of approximately 30,000 registered patent attorneys, less than 2% were selected as Top Patent Prosecutors.
June 16, 2011
Ann McCrackin Was Part of the USPTO Global IP Academy
Ann McCrackin gave a presentation on patent prosecution at the USPTO in May. It was a program on Advanced Patents Program: Computer-Implemented Inventions that was part of the PTO’s Global Intellectual Property Academy that was held May 9-12, 2011 at the USPTO offices in Alexandria, Virginia. Some of the other topics at the Academy included Patent Reform 2011, Computer-Implemented Inventions, Reexamination, and Advanced Novelty Analysis.
June 7, 2011
Jim Nelson Presented at Pharmacutical Conference
SLW Shareholder Jim Nelson spoke at the 10th Annual Forum on Pharma Patent Lifecycles being held June 21 and 22, 2011 in the United Kingdom. The Forum looked at the latest regulatory developments and proven successful strategies for patent lifecycle extensions in light of recent European and US case law. Jim spoke June 21st in the afternoon on “The Impact of US Developments on Pharma Lifecycle Extensions” addressing issues such as:
- Implications of KSR and Ariad on pharma lifecycle extension patents in the US.
- Why have lifecycle extensions?
- What is the impact of KSR and Ariad on pharma lifecycle extensions?
- Do KSR and Ariad make pharma lifecycle extensions more difficult to obtain and enforce and, on the flipside, do KSR and Ariad make lifecycle extensions easier to challenge in court?
- What steps can be taken to assure valid lifecycle extensions in light of KSR and Ariad?
June 6, 2011
Gary Speier Quoted in Minneapolis Star Tribune
Shareholder Gary Speier was quoted in the business section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 5, 2011 edition. Gary commented on the Minnesota company Barrier Group’s lack of a patent despite the fact its patent application was filed in 2005 and what that may mean for the company and for its product.
January 20, 2011
Warren Woessner Publishes Article on Bilski v. Myriad
Warren Woessner ‘s article “Bilski v Myriad – When IP Worlds Collide” has been published by Financier Worldwide in the 2010 Biotech & Pharmaceuticals Global Reference Guide.
Jim Hallenbeck has been named an officer at SLW.
Monique Perdok Shonka has been named a shareholder at SLW.
SLW Attorneys Named “Rising Stars”
Congratulations to Greg Smock and Dave Peterson on being recognized as “Rising Stars” by Minnesota Law and Politics.
SLW Shareholder Named Up and Coming Attorney
Congratulations to Monique Perdok on being recognized as a 2010 Up and Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer.
