Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. believes that all new ideas and innovation from nano to mega deserve the best protection and assistance. We are in the business of protecting your ideas. We welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and to advance your business.
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Stephen Durant presented at Practising Law Institute's Patent Litigation 2010 seminar on September 20, 2010, speaking on In The Aftermath of In re Bilski. His presentation can be found here.
Greg Smock presented at the 2010 Midwest IP Institute, speaking on "The Next Generation of Freedom-To-Operate. You can download the presentation here and white paper here.
SLW has been named a Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report. We are listed as a National Tier 2 and Tier 1 in Minneapolis.
Jim Hallenbeck has been named an officer at SLW.
Monique Perdok Shonka has been named a shareholder at SLW.
SLW has been recognized as a 2010 Top Workplace by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
SLW is pleased to welcome Steve Durant, Peter Leal, Tom Reynolds, and Mark Yuan to our Silicon Valley office.
SLW has been recognized by IP Today magazine as the second leading intellectual property law firm based on the Law Firm Patent Scorecard(TM) created by the Patent Board. Read article.
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner has been ranked by Intellectual Asset Management magazine (www.iam-magazine.com) in the top 10 list of US law firms which secure the most valuable patents overall and in the top 10 law firm who obtain the most valuable patents in Information Technology. Read article.
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner is ranked as a Top Patent Prosecution firm by IP Law & Business. To earn a spot in the rankings, a firm had to be cited in IP Law & Business' 2009 "Who Protects Innovation in America" survey. SLW was cited by six firms. Read article.
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner was ranked 5th in PCT applications by Managing Intellectual Property in their October 1, 2009 issue. (Read article here.)
Jim Hallenbeck is the new Vice Chair of the AIPLA Electronics and Computer Law Committee.
Suneel Arora, Tim Bianchi, Eduardo Drake, Brad Forrest, Steve Lundberg, Mike Schwegman, and Warren Woessner have been named IP Super Lawyers for 2010.
Steve Lundberg was named by Twin Cities Business as one of 200 Minnesotans You Should Know.
Mark Muller, a shareholder at SLW, has been appointed the Chair-Elect of the High Tech Cleantech Committee for the High Technology Section of the Licensing Executives Society
Congratulations to Monique Perdok on being recognized as a 2010 Up and Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer.
Congratulations to Greg Smock and Dave Peterson on being recognized as "Rising Stars" by Minnesota Law and Politics.