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Walter Linder is a partner in the Minneapolis office of Faegre & Benson. He is a former group head and administrative partner of the firm's intellectual property practice.
Walt helps growing and established companies develop and manage their worldwide intellectual property portfolios. Prior to joining Faegre & Benson, he worked in-house as intellectual property counsel at 3M. Although the focus of Walt's practice is on patents, his breadth of experience allows him to act as IP general counsel. In this role, he regularly assists clients on a wide range of intellectual property legal issues, including counseling on trademark, trade secret and copyright matters.
Patent Experience
A substantial portion of Walt's practice is devoted to assisting clients on all aspects of patent-related legal issues encountered in their businesses. Services he regularly provides include:
Developing and implementing business programs to identify, evaluate and protect valuable inventions
Developing and implementing IP strategies
Assessing and rendering opinions on the patentability of inventions
Building worldwide patent portfolios
Assessing and rendering opinions on the validity and infringement risks of patents
Assessing and rendering opinions on patent design-around opportunities
Conducting interferences before the U.S. Patent Office
Prosecuting reexamination and reissue patent applications
Conducting freedom to operate evaluations
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