Ted M. Magee

Patent & Trademark Attorney,
President, Shareholder

Contact Info

Ted Magee has worked for a number of Fortune 100 clients. He specializes in protecting complex and highly-mathematical algorithms. Such algorithms are challenging to protect because the legal standards for such algorithms are constantly in flux. Ted also has experience in computer hardware, social media, mobile applications, chip manufacturing, mobile devices and human-machine interfaces. In addition, he has extensive experience in Design Patents, a type of intellectual property that is underutilized but provides strong protection when properly drafted.

Bar Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Minnesota State Bar
Federal Court for the District of Minnesota

Education

University of Minnesota Law School of Law, JD (Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif) (1994)
University of Minnesota, B.S. Electrical Engineering (1989) (Magna Cum Laude)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Co-Chairman Patent Prosecution Committee for Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

Areas of Practice

Patents
Design Patents
Trademarks
Copyright
Licensing
Portfolio Analysis
Freedom to operate
Validity/non-infringement opinions
Acquisitions
Patent portfolio management and strategy
Post-grant proceedings

Areas of Technical Expertise

Software
Social Media
Mobile Applications
Circuits
Machine Learning
Encryption Algorithms
Video Compression
vEnterprise Systems
Vacuums
Natural Language Understanding
Mechanical Devices
Chip Manufacturing

Exemplary Patents

Configuring a mobile device (US 7583960)
Method and apparatus for efficient encoding of large data words at high code rates(US 6480125)
Position-dependent phonetic models for reliable pronunciation identification (US 8135590)
Pattern recognition training method and apparatus using inserted noise followed by noise reduction (US 6876966 B1)
Method and apparatus for fast searching of hand-held contacts lists (US 6557004)
Method and apparatus for generating decision tree questions for speech processing (US 20040044528)
Method and apparatus for lock-free, non-blocking hash table (US 6988180)
Parsimonious modeling by non-uniform kernel allocation (US 7680664)
Method and apparatus for text layout across a region (US 6868524)
Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display (US 7289102)

Presentations

Patent Law Treaty Changes
MIPLA Patent Prosecution CLE February 6, 2014
First-to-File and Fee changes
MIPLA Patent Prosecution CLE February 6. 2013
2010 KSR Guidelines
MIPLA Patent Prosecution CLE December 2010
Overview of Foreign Patent Law
Kinney & Lange Seminar – Overview of Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers, Minneapolis, MN, June 1997; Milwaukee, WI, June 1997