Thomas L. Hamlin
Experience
Outside Experience
- Joined the law firm in 1981, following four years as a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School.
Selected Results*
Recently obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a Fortune 500 Company for trade secret misappropriation, and for willful infringement of several patents covering methods for chemical sanitization of beef and poultry in processing plants.
Reached a multimillion dollar settlement with Bayer Corp. on behalf of an individual inventor in a patent infringement case involving medical instrumentation for measuring precise quantities of sample and reagent; assisted in steering the patent through a lengthy reexamination in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Represented clients in a wide range of intellectual property litigation matters, including biotech, chemistry, security software and medical devices.
Represented ABC affiliate in first amendment and media disputes.
Represented Pitney Bowes in a patent infringement case against Hewlett-Packard regarding the laser jet printer. Case settled for $400 million.
Obtained a $96.3 million jury verdict on behalf of Honeywell in Honeywell v. Minolta, a patent infringement case involving the invention of the autofocus camera.
One of the principal trial lawyers representing the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota against Big Tobacco. In May 1998, the case settled after a four month trial, when the tobacco defendants agreed to pay the State and Blue Cross Blue Shield more than $6.6 billion.
Recognition
Memberships
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Education
- University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif (1974), Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Selected Speeches
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Injunctions and Damages
Global Patent Litigation Congress, New York, New York
(October 7-8, 2008)
- Has lectured across the country on issues related to patent litigation