J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2007, Law Review

B.S., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1999

Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
    Counseling

Litigation
Patents
  Design Patents
  International
   Patents

  Utility Patents
Reexamination

Technologies
Electrical
Software and Computers

Andrew M. Mason
 
Associate
Portland
Main 503-595-5300
Fax 503-595-5301
andrew.mason@klarquist.com

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Practice Areas
Andy's practice focuses on patent litigation and counseling, as well as ex parte and inter partes patent reexaminations.  Andy is also a registered patent attorney. 

Andy's litigation experience includes Markman and summary judgment strategy and briefing, working with expert witnesses on infringement and invalidity positions, oral argument of non-dispositive motions, taking of depositions and development of key case theories and discovery strategies.  His practice spans both competitor-to-competitor and NPE litigation and includes representation of both single and multiple defendants within joint defense group settings.  Andy's counseling experience includes providing clients with freedom to operate and patent clearance opinions.

Andy also has extensive experience with European litigation and invalidity proceedings (Germany and the U.K.), working closely with foreign and in-house counsel on development and execution of global litigation strategies.  This work has included preparation for, and attendance at, a German patent infringement trial.  

Technical Expertise
With a degree in electrical engineering & computer science, Andy’s legal experience includes representation of clients on matters involving diverse technologies such as cardiac rhythm management (CRM), computer software and technologies, electronic design automation (EDA), telecommunications devices and networks, optical films and displays and implantable medical devices.

Bar Admissions
Oregon, 2011
Minnesota, 2007
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 64,034)

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 2011
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2008
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2007

Prior Professional Experience
Carlson Caspers Vandenburgh & Lindquist, P.C., Minneapolis, MN
Associate, 2006-2011

United States District Court, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Extern to Judge James M. Rosenbaum, 2005

LSI Logic Corporation, Bloomington, MN
Computer Chip Design Engineer, 2000-2004

Micron Technologies, Boise, ID
Process Engineer Co-op, 1997

Presentations and Publications
Case Law and Claim Drafting: Impact of Recent Court Decisions, Oregon State Bar, Intellectual Property Section, July 2012
 
Throwing Out the (Electronic) Trash: True Deletion Would Soothe E-Discovery Woes, 7 MINN. J. L. SCI. & TECH. 777 (2006)

Articles Authored
Portland Business Journal, Ask the Legal Professional, May 2012 May 2012 (Andrew M. Mason)

Foreign languages
Spanish

Year Joined Firm
2011








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