David W. Beehler
Experience
David Beehler is a partner, member of the Executive Board and Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi L.L.P. He concentrates his practice in patent litigation and licensing and in antitrust litigation, representing both corporations and individual inventors from enforcement and defense perspectives.
For example, Mr. Beehler has represented General Electric Co. in various matters in patent litigation and licensing matters ranging from magnetic resonance imaging to polymers. He also represented Eolas Technologies, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California, in patent litigation against Microsoft Corporation concerning web browser technology and an individual inventor in litigation involving antivirus technology against McAfee, Inc. For ten years Mr. Beehler represented Unocal Corporation with respect to its patents on reformulated gasoline technology. Those matters included infringement verdicts against ARCO, Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, Shell and Texaco, the defense of antitrust claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the defense of patent infringement and judicial interference claims brought by Talbert Fuel Systems Patents Company. Following the acquisition of Unocal Corporation by Chevron, Mr. Beehler then represented ExxonMobil Chemical Company in assisting them on licensing polymer patents.
Mr. Beehler also represents clients outside patent litigation. For example, Mr. Beehler has represented General Electric Co., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Delta Dental of Minnesota, Carlson Companies, Inc. and Best Buy Co., Inc. in various commercial disputes.
Mr. Beehler is a member of the state bars of Minnesota, Kansas and Missouri and is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuit as well as the United States Supreme Court. He received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1985. Most recently he authored Maximizing Your Patent Strategy in a Changing World, published in Patent Law 2009: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year and co-authored the chapter entitled Trial in the treatise Patent Litigation compiled by Lawrence Pretty.
Bar Admissions
- Kansas (non-resident status)
- Minnesota
- Missouri (non-resident status)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (1985)
- St. Cloud State University, B.S., English (1981)
Selected Speeches
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Ethics of Cross Examination and Ethics Issues with Attorney Websites
MTLA CLE, MTLA Center for Legal Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(May 18, 2007)