With seven years' experience as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company, Anneliese approaches her clients' legal projects with the end business goal in mind. Her patent prosecution experience includes working with inventors from around the world on pre-drafting strategy through appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and opposition strategy before the European Patent Office. She has facilitated multimillion-dollar license agreements, as well as confidentiality and development agreements.
Anneliese’s litigation experience includes working on patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation teams at various stages of the litigation process from pre-filing due diligence through trial. She has also advised clients on overall IP strategy, best practices and education, freedom to operate, infringement and invalidity opinions, and due diligence and patent portfolio analyses for acquisitions and licensing opportunities.
She has worked in a wide range of technical areas, including chemical, mechanical, biological, food science, and software and business methods.
Anneliese serves as a volunteer attorney for the Children's Law Center of Minnesota. She enjoys hiking with her family, cooking, and listening to music.