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Damon
L. Ward
is an experienced litigator and successful trial attorney.
Mr. Ward has also been selected as a 2003 “Rising Star” and
listed in Who’s Who in Intellectual Property by Minnesota
Law & Politics.
“Rising Stars” represent 3% of the lawyers licensed to
practice in Minnesota. He concentrates his practice on counseling,
negotiating, and litigating complex business and intellectual property
matters. Notably, Mr. Ward
has also served as Special Counsel for the Office of the Minnesota
Attorney General and recently as Special Intellectual Property Counsel
to a Fortune 100 corporation. He has also assisted in the administration
of nationwide class action settlements involving multiple defendants.
In addition to strategic information auditing, and consulting on
complete intellectual property planning, access, and protection, Mr.
Ward handles a broad range of civil matters.
Representative matters include: * Business
tort and intellectual property matters involving patent infringement,
trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition,
deceptive trade practices, breach of non-competition agreements,
misappropriation of trade secrets, anti-cybersquatting, piracy, IP
bootlegging, and restraint of trade. * Advice
and counsel regarding technology licensing, Internet agreements, and
procurement of technology. * Advice
and counsel regarding intellectual property due diligence for business
transactions assessing economic and strategic value, ownership and clear
title to intellectual property, and potential liability issues. * Advice
and counsel regarding ACH transactions and related software licensing
issues between industry and banking. * Defense
of Sarbanes-Oxley claims, state whistleblower and other claims of
wrongful termination. * Defense
and trial of product liability cases involving claims from defective
fluid delivery systems and latex allergies to noise induced hearing loss
from rock music. * Defense
of no-fault arbitration claims as well as UM, UIM, and PI litigation for
the metropolitan area regional planning agency. Before
entering the practice of law, Mr. Ward had a career as a Systems
Engineer for the EDS Division of General Motors and a Systems Logistics
Consultant for a Washington, D.C., military defense contractor. Mr. Ward
is a graduate of Gannon University, where he received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and Hamline University School
of Law (1991), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Hamline Law Review.
He is an active member of and has held leadership positions within the
Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, the National Bar Association
(Commercial Law Section), Minnesota State Bar Association, the Minnesota
Intellectual Property Association, the National Conference of Black
Lawyers, and the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. Mr.
Ward regularly lectures on intellectual property issues and recently
co-chaired the Intellectual Property Series: Securing
and Protecting IP Rights,
San Juan, Puerto Rico on patent, trademark, trade secret, and art
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