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- District of Columbia School of Law, J.D., 1997
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
- Minnesota State Bar, 2005
- Virginia State Bar, 1997
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997
International Trademark Association (INTA) (2000 – present)
INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee – Examination Guidelines Subcommittee (2006 – 2007); Classification Subcommittee (2004 – 2005)
Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (2000 – 2004)
Intellectual Property Law Section – Virginia Bar (1999 – 2000)
Selected for the Client Choice Award for Intellectual Property – Trademarks – Minnesota, USA & Canada by Lexology (2014–2021)
Named a BTI Client Service All-Star (2020)
Recognized in Who’s Who Legal – Global Leader: Trademarks (2019–2021)
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America by The Best Lawyers in America (2013–2025)
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Minnesota by Minnesota Monthly and The Best Lawyers in America (2013–2016)
Selected as one of The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals by WTR 1000 (2012–2021)
Recognized as a Top Trademark Attorney by CSC’s Trademark Insider (2007–2010)
Selected for inclusion in Minnesota Rising Stars (2008–2009)
Moderator, Lean and Mean—Are You Effectively Managing Your Global IP Practice?, INTA Roundtable (March 26, 2015)
Tips and Best Practices for USPTO TESS Searching, Roundtable (January 20, 2009)
Fraud In the Prosecution of Trademark Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (November 20, 2008)
Product Configuration Registration and Enforcement Schemes – A Global Perspective, IPO Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (September 2008)
Trademark Basics, with Chris Schulte, webcast for Midwest Intellectual Property Institute (September 26, 2007)
Effective Trademark Search Strategies for Canada & the United States, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), Spring Meeting, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (2007)
Clearance and Protection of Your Literary Works, Hatchfest 2006 Film Festival, Bozeman, MT (October 5, 2006)
Working with Trademark Examining Attorneys: Two Insiders Tell All, Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Faculty (September 2006)
Are We Speaking the Same Language? A Comparison of Canadian, U.S. and Community Trademark Law, INTA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (2006)
Intellectual Property and the Arts, Hatchfest 2005 Film Festival, Bozeman, MT (October 7–8, 2005)
Moderator, INTA Table Topic, Practical Tips For Electronic Filing With The USPTO (May 18, 2005)
Moderator, INTA Roundtable on Counterfeiting and Grey Market Goods (January 18, 2005)
Trademark Clearance and the Madrid Protocol, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (September 9, 2003)
Trademark Clearance – Current and Future Best Practices, California Bar Association CLE (September 2002)
Trademark Prosecution – The Examiner’s Perspective, Wisconsin CLE (February 2002)
Best Practices For Protection and Clearance of Works, IP Law360 (April 11, 2007)
How to do Due Diligence on an Idea, Upsize Magazine (April 2007)
Trademarks: Best Practice for Selecting and Protecting Brands, @Law Magazine (Spring 2007)
Best Ways to Select and Protect Your Brands, Upsize Magazine (February 2007)
Industry Standards, Private Label Magazine, co-authored (January/February 2007)
IP and the Internet – A Growing Need to Police Online Content, CircleId.com (June 26, 2003)
The Trademark Insider, Co-editor (2002–2004)
NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News, Chief Editor (2001–2004)
New International Classes to Arrive in 2002, NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (November 2001)
Trademark Considerations in Selecting Your Brands, The Best Ideas in Business – Edition 113 (October 2001)
Helpful Hints for Registering Trademarks Composed of Domain Names, NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (June 2001)
International Trademark Registration Developments: The United States Moves to Adopt the Madrid Protocol, NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (May 2001)
Bush’s Proposed 2002 Budget Slashes USPTO Funding, NameProtect Trademark and Domain Name News (April 2001)
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Audio equipment company Bose’s appeal to the Federal Circuit is the first in line protesting a TTAB decision following Medinol regarding trademarks that have been canceled for reason of fraud, IP Law and Business (January 1, 2009)
Protecting Voss Water, Minnesota Law & Politics (August/September 2008)
Wyoming is fixin’ to fight over its pony regarding copyright and trademark issues with sports teams, Star Tribune (March 18, 2007)
Merchant & Gould trademark lawyers excel at marketing featuring the Merchant & Gould Trademark Group and their marketing techniques, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (September 8, 2006)
Good Fences: Even Companies Without ‘Special Sauce’ Can Protect Their Brand regarding methods for stopping online trademark infringements, Upsize Magazine (April 2006)
Chevron Moves to Protect Xpress Lube Name regarding the importance of registering a trademark, National Oil & Lube News (March 2006)
Tough Questions, Smart Answers Ask Inc. on the topic of rights of competitor trademarks, Inc. Magazine (November 2005)