IP, People and M&A

Scott McBride’s practice focuses primarily on the litigation and trial of patent and complex technology cases in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and reexamination proceedings before the Patent Office. Scott has a proven ability to help clients procure or acquire valuable intellectual property to protect their business, reach advantageous arrangements for solving intellectual property disputes where appropriate, and aggressively litigate patents when necessary.

Scott has worked with a wide array of businesses and technologies, and has been particularly successful representing medical device and pharmaceutical companies, both with and without jury trials. Some of the specific technologies with which he has experience include drug-eluting stents, angioplasty, diagnostics, surgical tools, pharmaceuticals, imaging tools, hard and soft-tissue implants, welding, unmanned aerial vehicles, gaming, electronics, satellites, telecommunications, foods, semiconductor chips, hard drives, surgical irrigation devices, electronic automation tools, operating room automation, and surgical robotics.

Dan is a serial Entrepreneur, having started, funded, grown, and exited five times. Dan sits on the board of the Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship in the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, where he received his MBA. He has received a number of honors & awards, including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Journal Titan of Technology, University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement, Smart Business Dealmakers Hall of Fame, Twin Cities Business 100 People to Know, and Minnesota Business The (Real) Power 50. Additionally, along with Scott Litman, his business partner of 30 years, he founded the Minnesota Cup, the largest statewide business plan competition in the US.