MICHAEL D. SCHUMANN
Founding Partner
Managing Director
612-455-3803
mschumann@hsml.com

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

Relevant Experience
Seven years with Sperry Computer systems as a software engineer working on DOD projects.

Practice Areas
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. Technology practice areas include computer software, medical devices, computer hardware, semiconductor, general mechanical, business methods, etc. 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.

• 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.