David R. Cleveland

Practice Focus
David R. Cleveland is a founding shareholder of the IPLM Group, P.A., and has extensive international and domestic patent experience. His practice primarily involves patent drafting, prosecution, and validity and infringement opinions; agreement drafting and counseling; and expert witness reports and testimony. Mr. Cleveland works mainly with large corporate clients on matters involving chemistry, optics and mechanical devices.

Prior Experience
Mr. Cleveland operated a solo practice in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1999 to 2002, and was an attorney in the 3M Office of Intellectual Property Counsel in Saint Paul from 1979 to 1999. Mr. Cleveland's duties with 3M included five years in Brussels, Belgium (1991-1996) as Senior Intellectual Property Counsel for Europe, and three years (1996-1999) as an Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel with responsibility for the 3M Transportation, Graphics and Safety Markets (TGS) businesses and for intellectual property matters in Japan.

Bar Admissions and Association Activities
Member of the Minnesota Bar Association
Registered to practice before the USPTO
Solicitor for England and Wales
Member and 1998-99 President of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Member of the American Bar Association IP Law Section
1996-99 Chair of ABA IP Law Section Special Committee 553 on Corporate Practice
Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and its International Education subcommittee.
Frequent moderator and lecturer at programs in the US and elsewhere involving patent protection, licensing and other IP issues.