Aaron Pederson is a registered patent attorney working on all technology areas, with a focus on electrical, wireless, networking, software, and mechanical technologies. Aaron’s intellectual property (IP) practice focuses on patents and trademarks and specifically includes patent litigation, post-grant procedures, patent and trademark prosecution, and client and third-party patent portfolio review.
Aaron regularly manages and advises on all aspects of patent issues including infringement and validity studies, worldwide patent portfolio counseling. Aaron is valued for his work preparing arguments in Inter Parties Review (IPR) procedures. Aaron leverages his deep knowledge of patent law and technical acumen developed over many years of prosecution and validity review of relevant technology to make informed judgements on the positions taken in IPR petitions and responses.
Aaron earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota Duluth, cum laude, and his law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center (FPLC) (now University of New Hampshire School of Law), cum laude. While at FPLC, Aaron served as a research assistant for Professor Craig Jepson in the areas of Patent Litigation and Patent Prosecution.
Aaron was a key member of the legal team that delivered an impressive win for a client desiring to license a family of patents related to nanobubble technology. Aaron first worked to improve the strength of the patent family via reissue procedures and then helped enforce the patents through district court litigation. Aaron and the legal team defended a key patent during an IPR, achieving an order maintaining patentability of all claims, a significant win. More wins occurred during the district court trial in which Aaron examined the patent owner’s expert and cross-examined a technical witness of the opposing party. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the patent owner on all issues, awarding just under $10 million in damages.
Aaron was also a member of the team that delivered a $75 million result for ADC Telecommunications involving wireless OFDM technology. The case presented unique challenges because there were no previously issued patent claims to use as precedents, wireless standards were evolving, and no product was on the market yet. Aaron persuaded a committee of patent examiners, stubbornly against allowing the applications, to reconsider and grant allowance, greatly increasing the value of the portfolio.
EDUCATION
Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law), JD, cum laude
University of Minnesota Duluth, BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, cum laude
BAR ADMISSIONS
Minnesota Supreme Court
US District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US Patent and Trademark Office