Telephone
612.455.3802
Fax
612.455.3801
E-mail
chamre@hsml.com
Support Staff
Charlene Ramler
612.455.3832
Practice Areas
Trademarks
Oppositions
Contracts
Patents
Physics
Mechanical
Electrical
Business methods and software
Business strategy
| Mr. Hamre is an intellectual property business
strategist. With his domestic and international IP knowledge and deep
experience, he practices patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret
law and licensing and certain aspects of enforcing of it. He works
on creation, prosecution, various types of IP legal opinions, IP due
diligence and licensing, some enforcement, and counseling clients
with respect to IP portfolio management and IP business strategies.
Education
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
B.A., Physics and Mathematics majors, cum laude
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
M.S., Physics
Drake University Law School, Des Moines, IA
J.D., Law Review
Bar Admissions Minnesota State Bar
Iowa State Bar (inactive)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Experience
On leaving the U.S. Army as a First Lieutenant, Mr. Hamre was a
project engineer for several years for the U.S. Navy where his group
notably designed and built 3 different models of high-capability,
water-filled submarines in support of U.S. Navy SEAL missions. After
changing careers from R & D to Intellectual Property law, Mr.
Hamre completed a distinguished, 25 year career at the IP law firm
of Merchant & Gould where he was Chair of the International Practice
Group. He is a founding partner of HSML.
Mr. Hamre has written and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications
for clients ranging from individuals and start-up companies to large,
multi-national companies, both domestic and foreign. Mr. Hamre has
had a substantial trademark practice. He has long been a counselor
and business strategist. Many patents and trademarks which he has
worked on have been litigated, licensed, sold for substantial amounts,
and/or supported significant businesses. One easy example of a patent
prosecuted by Mr. Hamre and later litigated is U.S. Patent 4,624,060
invented and owned by an individual, Susan M. Maxwell. The patent
was infringed by many companies in the shoe industry, it was litigated,
and judgments were entered and collected in amounts approaching $20
million. There are other stories which can be told.
Mr. Hamre has visited many IP law firms and clients in many foreign
countries, including Japan, Korea, other parts of Asia, Germany, France,
UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, other parts of Europe,
and Canada. Mr. Hamre has used his extensive and varied background
to consult and work on many domestic and international IP/business
projects.
Presentations
Mr. Hamre has infrequently given presentations at conferences, and has
frequently given presentations on a variety of IP topics to law firms
and clients around the world.
Professional Affiliations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle
Intellectual Property Owner’s Association
International Trademark Law Association
Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc.
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Observer at Asia Patent Attorney Association
Marques, Association of European Trademark Owners
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