David R. Cleveland
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4800 IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402
About David R. Cleveland
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1979J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Macalester College, 1974Honors: cum laude
- Major: Chemistry and Economics
- Minor: Mathematics
Classes and Seminars
- “Let’s Make a Deal – Practical Experiences in Getting Licensed Products to Market,” 2009 Whistler Intellectual Property conference
- “Recent Changes in the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),” 2009 Minnesota Interprofessional Association
- “Adapting your Practice to Changes in the USPTO,” 2008 Whistler Intellectual Property conference
- “An American Lawyer’s View of the European Community Design,” 2003 Whistler Intellectual Property conference
- “Contrasting American and European Claim Drafting and Construction,” 2002 Whistler Intellectual Property conference
- “Inventorship Determination and Interference Preparation,” 2001 AIPLA International Education Committee Seminars (Moscow and Warsaw)
- “Improvement Patents and Selection Inventions,” 2000 AIPLA International Education Committee Seminars (Prague and Budapest)
- “The International Trade Commission,” with Thomas Smith, 2000 AIPLA International Education Committee Seminar (Bucharest)
- “Getting Patents,” 1996 AIPLA International Education Committee Seminar (Moscow)
- “Planning Litigation Strategy in Europe: The Role of In-House Patent Counsel,” 1995 EuroForum Patent Litigation Conference (London)
- “Industrial Designs,” with Bernard Posner, 1993 Management Center Europe Intellectual Property Conference, (Florence)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- England and Wales
Other Affiliations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1996 - 2001 (Speaker, International Education Committee)
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, Member Board of Directors, 1990-91 and 1997-2000
- Minnesota State Bar Association U.K. Law Society
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, 1998 - 1999 (President)
- American Bar Association, IPL Section Special Committee 553 on Corporate Practice, 1996 - 1999 (Chair)
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