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Theodore Dorenkamp III 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Associate
phone 612.656.4067
fax 612.672.3200
email ted.dorenkamp@msp.bowmanandbrooke.com

Ted Dorenkamp is a litigator who concentrates his practice on defending manufacturers and businesses in the areas of complex products liability, commercial litigation and intellectual property law.  He represents some of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, having successfully defended them in cases that have been tried to jury verdict, including Robeck v. Ford Motor Co. (2007) and Moncrieff v. Toyota Motor Corporation (2008).

Ted is a cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and a winner of the Jenkins & Gilchrist Writing Competition. He was also a member of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Review. Ted is the author of For Defendants, Developing the Sophisticated User/Intermediary Defense, Silica Legal News Report, Law Journal News Letters, Vol. I, No. 2 (Sept. 2005).

 

Areas of Practice:
Automotive
Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Motorcyles, ATVs and Other Wheeled Vehicles
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 2000
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2004
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2004
Education:
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2000
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Intellectual Property, 1999 - 2000


University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1993
Major:  Japanese
Major:  International Relations


Published Works:
For Defendants: Developing the Sophisticated User/Intermediary Defense (with David N. Lutz), LJN, Silica Legal News Report, Vol. 1, No. 2, September, 2005


Copyright Misuse or a Right to Compete? A Critique of Alcatel USA v. DGI Technologies, 9 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 269, 2001


Honors and Awards:
Jenkins and Gilchrist Writing Competition, 2000


Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star(R), 2004, 2008-2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Defense Research Institute


Minnesota State Bar Association, 2001 - Present


Japan America Society


Sierra Club


Past Employment Positions:
Saliterman and Siefferman, P.C., Associate


Languages:
Japanese
Birth Information:
1970, Detroit, Michigan

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