Overview
Natalie is an attorney with 30 years of patent experience representing clients in the medical device, telecommunication, software and consumer goods industries.
Natalie is a resident shareholder practicing in the area of intellectual property law with an emphasis in patent prosecution and client counseling. Natalie is a registered patent attorney and focuses her practice in the areas of electronics, computer software and hardware, telecommunications, medical devices and consumer goods.
Natalie has significant experience in opining on infringement and validity issues in the electrical and mechanical arts and conducting due diligence investigations regarding target acquisitions for her clients. In addition, Natalie has experience in post grant proceedings.
Services
Experience
- Obtains utility and design patent protection for clients in a variety of industry sectors. Natalie has obtained hundreds of patents to date.
- Represents a nationally recognized celebrity entrepreneur in growing her patent portfolio to more than 120 patents for innovations she sells on a television shopping network.
- Assists companies to conduct due diligence investigations of potential target acquisitions.
- Assists companies in weaving their way through patents of their competitors and obtaining patent protection for their technology.
Credentials
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1989
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1986
Admissions
- Minnesota, 2001
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1990
Recognition
- North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2019
Civic & Professional
Professional Activities
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, 2001-present
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1990-present
News & Insights
Legal Updates
- Legal Update
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- Legal Update
- Legal Update
- Legal Update
Publications & Presentations
Co-Presenter, Strategies to Build and Protect Your Intellectual Property, South Dakota Biotech Breakfast, Sioux Falls, SD, June 26, 2019
“Pre-Appeal Brief Review Request—Is It Worth It?,” IP Litigator, September 2018
Presenter, Optimizing Meetings with an Attorney, Invention-Con 2017, USPTO’s Inventors Conference, Alexandria, VA, August 11-12, 2017
Co-Presenter, Design Applications and the Hague System, 2016 Midwest IP Institute, September 22-23, 2016
Co-Presenter, Design Patent Law and Practicing Under the New Hague System, 2015 Midwest IP Institute, September 17-18, 2015
Featured in “Estate Planning Workshops: Estate Planning Counsel Offered to Seniors,” Toward Justice, Spring 2015
“Today’s Inventors Don’t Fit Old Stereotypes,” Intellectual Property Today, June 2011