Minneapolis
(612) 340-7811 P
(612) 308-4628 M
(612) 340-8856 F

Peter M. Lancaster

Partner

Peter M. Lancaster is co-head of Dorsey’s Intellectual Property Litigation group. He conducts patent, trademark, copyright, and other unfair competition and technology-related litigation.

Representative Litigation

• Nazarian v. Abiomed, Inc. (D. Mass. and AAA) (obtained payment of over $2.6 million following award of all requested stock and attorney fees sought in arbitration over Abiomed's use of patented artificial heart technology)
• Cargill, Incorporated v. Zeigler Bros., Inc. (S.D. Fla.) (won $1 million jury verdict and finding of willful infringement of patent on liquid shrimp feed)
• Timm Medical Technologies, Inc. v. SOMA BLUE, Inc. (D. Minn.) (won jury verdict establishing willful trademark infringement, willful false advertising, and violation of nonsolicitation obligations, including damages, injunction, and attorney fees)
• KX Industries v. PUR Water Purification Products (D. Del. and Fed. Cir.) (won summary judgment establishing noninfringement of patent relating to process for manufacturing carbon filters; affirmed on appeal)

Admissions

• Minnesota
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits
• Practiced in federal courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming

Education

• Yale Law School
  J.D., 1980
  
• Princeton University
  A.B., 1976, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
  

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