Overview
Cal has successfully tried and handled patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, advertising, media, entertainment and commercial cases throughout the United States and in proceedings in the U.K., Germany and Australia for a wide variety of companies and individuals, including Seagate Technology, Lumentum, Thomson Reuters, 3M, Wyeth, IHS Markit, Coloplast, Target, Pella Windows, Warner Bros, Columbia Pictures, ASCAP and Prince. He is a longstanding editor of The IP Book, a comprehensive IP manual published annually by the Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, and has taught advanced intellectual property litigation seminars as an adjunct professor at multiple law schools.
Cal also advises clients on copyright and other intellectual property commercial matters, including transactions involving publishing, music, works of art and other media.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
California
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Hon. Harlington Wood Jr., 1983-1984
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Law Review (articles editor)
Yale University
B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Insights & Events
Latest
Other Perspectives
- IP Counsel Forum (Patent Litigation)
Corporate Counsel, Silicon Valley - IP Thought Leadership Forum
Thomson Reuters - Town Hall on Privacy Issues (with Harvard Professor Arthur Miller)
Thomson Legal Summit - Copyright Highlights
The Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, presented annually - Advertising Law and Strategy
MCLE - Civil Liability of Internet Providers
Communications Law Forum - Current Trends in the Law of Trade Secrets
MCLE - Intellectual Property Issues Relating to Product Distribution in Europe
Gateway to Europe Seminar - Funding for the Arts
ABA Annual Meeting - Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries - Trial Vision
IP Counsel Forum - The IP Book
Co-editor, The Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, annually - Incontestable Trademark Rights and Equitable Defenses in Infringement Litigation (Note)
66 Minn. L. Rev. 1067
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Guardian ad litem program
- Immigration cases
- Death penalty cases
Professional Associations
- University of Minnesota Law School — Former Adjunct Professor
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- INTA Trademark Reporter Editorial Board — Former Member
- Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Faegre Baker Daniels Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Group
Civic Activities
- Minnetonka School Board — Past Chair
- Minnesota Film & TV Board — Past Director
- The Children's Theatre Company — Past Officer and Director
- Yale Alumni Schools Association
- Stetson University School of Music — Board of Advisors
Honors
- Acritas — Star Lawyer, 2019
- Managing IP — IP Star, 2013-19
- The Best Lawyers in America — Intellectual Property Law, 2007-16; Intellectual Property Litigation, 2013, 2015-19; Patent Litigation, 2013,2015-19; Copyright Law, 2015-19 (including Minneapolis Copyright Lawyer of the Year, 2016 and Northern California Copyright Lawyer of the Year, 2017-18)