Education

B.M.E., 1978, University of Minnesota
J.D., 1983, George Washington University Law School

Experience

William Mitchell College of Law: professor of law, 1996-; associate professor of law, 1994-96; assistant professor of law 1991-94.

Associate attorney, Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, Minneapolis, 1986-91.

Guest researcher, Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law, Munich, Germany, 1985-86.

Clerk, Hon. Daniel M. Friedman, Washington, D.C., 1983-85.

Patent agent, Parkhurst & Oliff, Alexandria, Va., 1982-83.

Patent examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., 1978-82.

Admitted: Washington, D.C., 1983; Minnesota, 1986.

Leadership & Service

Chair, Committee on Patent Legislation, American Bar Assn. Section of Intellectual Property Law, 1993-95; 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-.