Attorney Profiles

Martha J. Engel
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Associate

phone	(952) 563-3057
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Martha Engel graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2008. During law school, she was a member of the William Mitchell Law Review and received CALI awards (highest grade in the class) for Trademark Litigation and Copyrights. She served as Secretary for the Student Intellectual Property Law Association and competed in the Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court. She also participated in preparing amicus briefs in the cases of In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943, 88 U.S.P.Q.2d 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc) and Tafas v. Dudas, 511 F. Supp. 2d 652, 86 U.S.P.Q.2d 1548 (E.D. Va 2007). She served as an editor on Kenneth L. Port's Trademark and Unfair Competition Law and Policy in Japan and conducted research used in his article entitled "Trademark Extortion: The End of Trademark Law."

She has experience drafting patent applications and prosecuting applications before the U.S. Patent Office for a variety of technologies, including materials, manufacturing processes, packaging, biomedical devices, aircraft components, escalators, elevators, and electrical motors. She has performed patent clearance searches, drafted invalidity opinions, and assisted with patent litigation. She also has had significant exposure to trademark prosecution, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Martha has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Before attending law school, Martha was an applications engineer at Falk Corporation (now Rexnord) in Milwaukee, WI, where she designed and tested custom gear reducers for a variety of industrial applications. She has also worked in the corporate quality department at Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

In her free time, Martha enjoys learning new things, attending car events and airshows, spending time outdoors, watching professional sports, and playing tennis, golf, and volleyball.

Martha is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association.

Bar Admissions:: Minnesota; U.S. District Court District of Minnesota; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education:: William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 2008
J.D.
Honors: Law Review; Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
B.S.
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Minnesota State Bar Association; Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

Past Employment Positions:: Kinney & Lange, Associate Attorney; The FALK Corporation (now Rexnord), Applications Engineer; Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Corporate Quality

Pro Bono Activities:: Convent of the Visitation School Alumnae Association