Members of the Intellectual Property Institute’s Board of Advisors draw on their experience and education and give of their time, financial support, and expertise for the benefit of the Intellectual Property Institute and the Minnesota IP community. The Board assists in framing the basic direction of the IP Institute and works with the Dean, Director of the IP Institute, faculty and staff to shape the goals of the program.
Carolyn Bates ’76, General Counsel, Cima NanoTech
Brian Batzly ’85, Managing Director and CEO, Merchant & Gould
Stephen R. Bergerson ’74, Chair, Advertising, Marketing, and Trademark group, Fredrikson & Byron
Daniel Enebo ‘97, Chief IP Counsel and Vice President (as of June 1, 2011), Cargill
David J.F. Gross, Head, IP Litigation, Faegre & Benson
Harry Gwinnell, Vice President and Chief IP Counsel, Cargill
Michael J. Jaro, Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, Medtronic
D. Randall King, Chairman of the Board, Merchant & Gould
Steven W. Lundberg ’82, Chair, Founding Partner, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
James H. Patterson, Managing Partner, Patterson, Thuente, Skaar, & Christensen
Kevin H. Rhodes, Chairman, Board of Advisors President, Chief IP Counsel, 3M Innovative Properties Company
Sandra Epp Ryan ’94, Special Counsel, Faegre & Benson
Michael D. Schumann ’79, Managing Director, Hamre, Schumann, Mueller, & Larson
Ron Schutz, Chair, IP Litigation & Licensing Group, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Michael L. Schwegman ’72, Founding Partner, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
Ryan C. Smith ’10, Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) President, William Mitchell College of Law
Andrew D. Sorensen ’89, Chief Patent Counsel, Ecolab
Becky Thorson, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Barbara A. Wrigley '89, Co-Chair, MedTech Practice Group, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
Min (Amy) S. Xu '97, Of Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney
Not Pictured: Mark Stignani ’93, Assistant General Counsel, Thomson Reuters