Julie R. Daulton

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Minneapolis Office
3200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN
55402 USA

ph: 612.332.5300
fax: 612.332.9081

 Assistant:

Elizabeth Tauer
etauer@merchantgould.com
612.371.5202

Education

Bar Admissions

Professional Affiliations

Articles Authored

Julie Daulton is a shareholder in the Minneapolis office of Merchant & Gould. Her practice emphasizes intellectual property law with a focus on patents. Julie's patent practice includes portfolio development and strategy in mechanical and electro-mechanical technologies, client counseling, and opinion matters. Her depth of expertise includes writing and prosecuting hundreds of patent applications; and conducting invalidity investigations, infringement studies, non-infringement design-around counseling, and competitive patent portfolio analyses. Julie has prosecuted inter-parte and ex-parte reexaminations and reissues. Julie also has coordinated foreign patent oppositions on behalf of the patent holder and the opposer.

As an example of Julie's expertise, she wrote and prosecuted a patent for an individual inventor that was eventually litigated by Merchant & Gould. The case, Bowling v. Hasbro, was litigated through appeal at the Federal Circuit. As a result, the patent was held valid, infringed, and enforceable. The judgment resulted in a substantial six-figure judgment for the inventor.

While in law school, Julie was a Patent Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C.

Education

Iowa State University
B.S.I.E., with distinction, 1989; Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi; M.E.I.E., 1990

George Mason University
J.D., with distinction, 1994, Patent Track, Law Review

Bar Admissions

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1992
Minnesota State Bar, 1994
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1995

Professional Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
The Federalist Society

Articles Authored

THE MODERN ART OF DESIGN PROTECTION:
Issues Relating to Design Protection After Egyptian Goddess
Managing IP Webinar - May 19, 2010

Patenting Green:
Issues Relating to the Emergence of Patents Concerning Green Technologies
The 2009 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute - September 2009

Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: A Tale of Two Tests
The IP Book - September 2009

The Case Against Patents:
Negative Perceptions About Patents, How They're Playing Out in the Law, and What It Means for Your Practice and Your Clients' Valuable Assets - October 2008
 
Prosecution Practice in View of the Broadening Definition of Estoppel to Application of to the Equivalents Doctrine
AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute - January 2005

Reaching the summit - prevailing at the Federal Circuit
IP Value 2005 - January 2005

A New Look at Global Design Protection: Strategies and Recommendations
The IP Book - October 2004

Five General Principles of Method Claiming
AIPLA October 2000 Meeting

Claim Drafting in View of Recent Litigation
AIPLA August 2001 Meeting

Is There Failure to Communicate? Examining Recent Developments in Reexam & Reissue Practice
AIPLA May 2003 Meeting

Examining Provisional Rights: Some Observations Regarding Practice Under 35 U.S.C. 154(d)
IP Book - Intellectual Property Institute October 2003

Ten tips for maximizing provisional rights protection
MSBA Advanced Patent Practice Seminar February 2004