Telephone
612.455.3803
Fax
612.455.3801
E-mail
mschumann@hsml.com
Support Staff
Carrie Lyrek
612.455.3819
Technology Areas
Computer Software
Medical Devices
Computer Hardware
Semiconductor
General Mechanical
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Mr. Schumann practices U.S. and international
patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, infringement and validity
opinions, IP acquisition and licensing, and counseling clients with
respect to IP portfolio management and IP business strategies.
Education
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
B.A., Physics and Mathematics majors, chemistry
minor,
summa cum laude, 1973
William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
Bar Admissions Minnesota State Bar, 1979
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1981
Minnesota Federal Bar, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1983
Experience
Seven years with Sperry Computer Systems (now Lockheed Martin Corporation)
as a software engineer working on US Department of Defense (DOD) and
international government projects.
For the last fifteen years, Mr. Schumann has focused much of his
time on Intellectual Property issues in China and has developed a
substantial network of contacts in China traveling several times a
year to China to meet with clients, law firms, government officials
and agencies, and business & legal organizations. Mr. Schumann
was the first co-chairman of the China Study Group of the American
Intellectual Property Law Association and has given numerous presentations
in China and the US on IP issues in China.
Presentations
- Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China; US-China Business
Summit, Minneapolis, MN.
- The Importance of Intellectual Property in Doing Business in China;
China Business Colloquium, Minneapolis, MN, October 12, 2004.
- U.S. Patent Protection for Methods of Doing Business Including
Internet Commerce; 2001 Shanghai International Intellectual Property
Protection Symposium, Shanghai, China.
- Report on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in
China; Spring Meeting of AIPLA, 1997.
- The Wide World of International Law, William Mitchell College
of Law, St. Paul, MN.
- USPTO Examination Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions;
Beijing, China.
- China: Land of Change, Challenge & Opportunity; Minnesota
Emerging Technologies Council, St Paul, MN.
- Intellectual Property: Its Importance in Business; University
of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
- Survey of Asian Developments in the Protection of Computer Technology;
MSBA Computer Law Section, Minneapolis, MN.
- Opportunities for and Impediments to U.S.S.R. Technological Cooperation
with Asia-Pacific Rim Nations; Seminar on "Joint Venture and Foreign
Investment Laws of the U.S.S.R. and the countries of the Asia-Pacific
Region," Co-Sponsored by APLA and ASLA, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan &
Moscow, Russia.
- Intellectual Property Rights and the Legalities of Software Development,
Computing in Agriculture & the Life Sciences, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- How to Survive the Intellectual Property Wars; Minnesota Software
Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Professional Affiliations American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
International Trademark Association
Licensing Executives Society
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota International Center
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
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