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    CARLSON CASPERS
    NAMED TO 2024 IAM
    PATENT 1000

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  • EXMARK MFG. CO.
    v.
    BRIGGS AND STRATTON

    Carlson Caspers won an important victory for its client,
    Exmark Manufacturing Co., a Beatrice, Nebraska-based
    division of The Toro Company, a global provider of outdoor
    solutions and equipment headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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  • CARLSON CASPERS
    RADIOFREE IP™ WEBCAST SERIES
    Free IP-focused CLE credits (Live & On-Demand)
    Oct. 22 | Inter Partes and Post Grant Review Process
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  • $75 MILLION WIN FOR
    WIRELESS OFDM PORTFOLIO

    Phil Caspers, Sam Hamer and Joe Winkels scored a $75 million win
    for ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Following the dot-com bubble,
    ADC divested its data transport business unit, but retained
    the patent assets.
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  • NEGOTIATED MULTIPLE GLOBAL
    LICENSING AGREEMENTS FOR
    DUPONT PIONEER
    Carlson Caspers assisted DuPont Pioneer in securing a
    non-exclusive license to the Broad Institute patent portfolio
    relating to CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced
    Short Palindromic Repeats) genome editing technology,
    as well as negotiating an agreement with Broad on a
    governance framework and standard licensing terms for
    the joint out-licencing of CRISPER-Cas9 technology to
    third parties in certain fields.
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  • ACCOLADES

    The 2020 edition of Chambers USA ranked intellectual property (IP)
    attorneys Alan G. Carlson and J. Derek Vandenburgh as leading
    lawyers in Intellectual Property, Minnesota. Chambers USA
    also ranked Carlson Caspers as a leading Minnesota law
    firm in Intellectual Property.

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CARLSON CASPERS FIRM NEWS

Carlson Caspers Intellectual Property Attorneys Recognized in 2024 IAM Patent 1000

Carlson Caspers Announces 2023 Diversity Scholarship Recipient

Us News & World Report and Best Lawyers® Lists Carlson Caspers for Three Practice Areas Including “Tier 1” for Litigation-IP and Litigation-Patent in “2024 Best Law Firms” Rankings

Two Carlson Caspers Attorneys Appointed to Leadership Roles With Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

Patexia Names Carlson Caspers Among the Nation’s Best Performing Law Firms for Anda Litigation

13 Carlson Caspers Lawyers Selected to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America List and 3 Named Ones To Watch

FEATURED ATTORNEY

TARA C. NORGARD

Drawing on her extensive experience in complex litigation, technology, and business, Tara helps her clients leverage and defend their intellectual property inside and outside the courtroom. With a keen strategic view, and relentless attention to details that matter, Tara is a powerful advocate for each client she serves.

Tara focuses on intellectual property and high-stakes business litigation. She has secured victories in district and appellate courts and arbitrations across the country, and negotiated multimillion-dollar, client-favorable settlements in matters involving a wide spectrum of technologies, including medical devices, financial systems, radiation therapy systems, dental treatments, glass coatings, and consumer goods.

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WE TAKE ON CASES LARGE AND SMALL AND ROUTINELY COME OUT ON TOP.

What’s the secret to our success at Carlson Caspers? In part, it’s practice agility. Bigger is not always better. We do not set a windstorm of untrained associates loose on your case. We focus on your goals and leverage intelligent resources to achieve them.

SOME OF OUR RESOURCES

DEFEND TRADE SECRETS ACT
It is critical that employers review their policies, practices, and procedures surrounding their proprietary information.
INTER PARTES REVIEW PROCESS
The America Invents Act introduced inter partes review (“IPR”) as a mechanism to challenge the validity of a patent.
POST GRANT REVIEW PROCESS
A post grant review is initiated by a third party filing a petition within nine months of a grant of patent or issuance of a reissue of patent.
A GUIDE TO US PATENT LITIGATION
Get a complimentary copy of ``A Guide to US Patent Litigation`` here.

WE DO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. WE DON’T DABBLE IN OTHER AREAS.

Our focus affords you sound expertise guidance – from opinion work, to trial and appeal, to due diligence and monetization. Whether you’re a Fortune 500 company with a comprehensive portfolio of patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights, or a lone scientist with one revolutionary idea, we will protect your genius. To learn more about our practices, click the learn more button below.