Introduction

David is a member of Fredrikson & Byron’s Intellectual Property Group, chairs the firm’s Copyrights Group, and is a former co-chair of the firm’s Internet, Technology & E-Commerce Group. He keeps businesses up to date on the legal issues surrounding developments relating to e-commerce, such as protecting and policing intellectual property on the Internet, domain name issues, linking issues, privacy concerns, web content agreements, and legal audits of web sites. He works with clients transactional needs, including analyzing, advising on, and negotiating license, development, and affiliation agreements relating to items such as intellectual property, software, domain names, and web site content. His practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, including U.S. and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition.

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1990, cum laude
• Wagner Moot Court
• University of Wisconsin, B.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1987

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1990
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1991
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 1991

Practice Areas

• Intellectual Property
• IP Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Strategic Assessments
• Patents
• Internet, Technology & E-Commerce
• Advertising, Marketing & Trademark Law
• Copyrights, Chair
• Emerging Business
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Media & Entertainment
• Life Sciences
• Non-Competes & Trade Secrets
• Commercial Law

Selected Publications & Presentations

• “No Supplier Exception to the ‘On Sale’ Patent Bar”, co-authored with Matthew J.S. Graham, Fredrikson & Byron’s Intellectual Property Focus Newsletter, March 2005
• “How to Pick a ‘Good’ Trademark,” Fredrikson & Byron’s Marketing Law Focus Newsletter, October 2003
• “Europe: The Community Trademark,” International Business Law Focus Newsletter, Spring 1996
• “Beware the Trademark Pirates,” Marketing Law Focus Newsletter, Spring 1994

Professional Activities

• Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Bar Association