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Peter
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Kinsella
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Peter Kinsella is a partner in the firm's Technology Transactions & Privacy and Intellectual Property practices. His practice is focused on advising start-up, emerging and large companies on intellectual property, technology, licensing and transaction matters. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Pete was a partner with Faegre & Benson. Prior to that, he worked in various legal capacities with Qwest Communications International, Inc. (formerly U S WEST, Inc.) in Denver and Honeywell, Inc. in Minneapolis.
Pete offers extensive experience structuring and negotiating domestic and international agreements in the areas of: outsourcing, product development, software development, technology transfer, consulting services, e-commerce, telecommunications, hosting, data sharing, complex procurement arrangements, product distribution and sales, contract manufacturing, OEM and ODM arrangements, marketing and advertising services, content creation and distribution, corporate sponsorships, hardware acquisition and various types of patent, trademark and copyright licenses. The value of several of these transactions has exceeded one billion dollars. He also has significant international experience, including, holding company, transfer pricing, export control and international distribution issues.
Pete has been materially involved in a number of high profile intellectual property disputes in a variety of industries, including the telecommunications, semiconductor, computer networking, automotive, clean-tech and health sciences industries. While at Honeywell, he worked on several auto-focus camera patent infringement suits that resulted in the collection of over $400 million dollars in damages and royalties. He was also involved in the appeal of a $1.2 billion dollar patent jury award. Pete represented McDATA, a storage area network switch manufacturer, in a one week preliminary injunction hearing relating to a patent dispute. In 2005, he wrote significant portions of the appeal brief filed on behalf of AWH Corporation in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc proceedings, Phillips v. AWH Corporation, concerning the procedures that should be used to determine patent claim construction. Most recently, Pete successfully represented a third party semiconductor tooling manufacturer in connection with a government ITC investigation seeking to ban the importation of hard drives into the United States.
As a registered patent attorney, Pete counsels clients on patent matters, including, infringement, validity, and pre-litigation issues. While at U S WEST, Inc. he was responsible for managing over 1500 trademark applications and registrations in 62 countries and all trademark opposition and litigation proceedings.
Professional Recognition
Professional Leadership
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- ABA Patent-Trademark and Copyright Section
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Related Employment
- Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, CO, Partner
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- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1993
- North Dakota State University, B.S., 1990
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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