Daniel A. Tysver
612-915-9634
dtysver@bitlaw.com

 

Dan Tysver is a patent and copyright attorney focusing primarily on the areas of computer hardware and software, data storage, and consumer electronics. Dan assists clients in patent drafting and prosecution, patent strategy, patent licensing, and patent opinion work. With respect to copyright, Dan primarily helps clients analyze software, website, and music distribution issues. When working with his clients, Dan usually operates as the primary outside counsel for patent or copyright issues.  These clients range in size from the Fortune 100 to start-up companies and solo inventors.

 

Dan is a frequent lecturer and author on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues, having spoken at numerous seminars on intellectual property issues. In addition, Dan is a chapter author in a college textbook on Internet ethics, and is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Programs in Software at the University of St. Thomas. Dan is also the author of BitLaw, an award winning website on intellectual property law.

 

Dan has drafted patents covering many different computing technologies, including storage area networks (SANs) , file systems, digital rights management, databases, and internet business processes. He has also drafted patents on non-computer technologies ranging from camera systems and sporting equipment to attachments for clothes hangers.

 

Dan is frequently requested by his clients to analyze the patents of third parties. These investigations help clients to determine how they should react to a competitor's patent. Typically, an opinion is reached indicating that a license to the patent should be taken, that the client's product should be altered to avoid infringement, or that the patent is either not infringed or invalid. Clients also request that Dan serve as a legal expert witness, in which his role is to assist the court in interpreting patent law and applying the law to the facts presented in the litigation.

Degrees: B.A. Carleton College, 1986 (Physics, Magna Cum Laude); J.D. Harvard Law School, 1990 (Cum Laude)

 

Admissions: Minnesota (1991), Massachusetts (1991), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1991)

 

Teaching: Adjunct Professor of Patent Law, University of Minnesota Law School, 1997-1999; Adjunct Professor of Software and Technology Law, University of St. Thomas, Graduate Programs in Software, 2000-Present.

 

Memberships: Minnesota State Bar Association, Computer Law Section (1996-Present, Section Council, past chair); Minnesota State Bar Association, Internet Law Committee (1996-2002, past chair).

 

Awards: Named Top 40 IP Attorney by Minnesota Law and Politics; Named Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law and Politics; AV Rating from Martindale Hubbell.

 

Practice Areas: Consumer Electronics, Computer Hardware and Software, Data Storage, Data Networking, and Medical Devices.