Scott Anderson is a partner and registered patent attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Anderson is a member of the firm's Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies and Green Energy Technologies Practices. He is also a member of the Food & Beverage Industry Team.
Mr. Anderson counsels clients on a wide variety of intellectual property issues, particularly those involving patent and trade secret law. As a member of one of the largest intellectual property practices in the United States, he counsels clients and provides business-focused solutions relating to issues such as:
- Creating, implementing, and managing IP strategy programs and portfolios for small, mid, and large sized companies
- Preparing and prosecuting dozens of patent applications
- Conducting IP due diligence and counseling for mergers, acquisitions, capital funding, and other business transactions
- Assessing and managing IP enforcement actions and risk analysis projects
- Negotiating and preparing IP agreements, including joint development, consulting services, confidentiality/non-disclosure, and license agreements
Mr. Anderson has worked with manufacturers and investment firms in a wide variety of technical disciplines, ranging from software and Internet applications, medical devices, food products and packaging, clean/green technologies, water technologies, and other consumer, commercial, industrial, or investment products and services.
Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Anderson was an engineer for a manufacturer of electronic and electrical products.
Mr. Anderson is a former adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School, where he taught patent and intellectual property litigation for several years. He has also authored several articles on patent law and is a frequent speaker on a variety of intellectual property related subjects.
Mr. Anderson graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.S., mechanical engineering, 1993) and Marquette University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999), where he was a member of the Marquette Law Review and was the editor-in-chief of the Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review.
Mr. Anderson is admitted to practice in the state of Wisconsin and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the Board of Directors for United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin.