Margaret Polson
Founder & Principal, Polson Intellectual Property Law PC
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Ms. Polson is an attorney and a registered US Patent attorney. She has thirty years of work experience in the field of intellectual property. She just completed a three-year term on the Board of Directors for American Intellectual Property Law Association. She has extensive experience in patent matters, covering prosecution, invalidation and opinion works and industrial design and trademark matters. She helps multinational corporations protect their intellectual property worldwide, including IP strategy, patent portfolio management, and enforcement. She has drafted a wide range of utility patents, including automotive components, oil drilling machinery, computer-controlled rock saws, complex amusement rides, and vegetable oil derived engine oil. She has drafted and prosecuted hundreds of US design patents, and has substantial experience enforcing US design patents. She practices extensively in the area of design rights, protecting the appearance of a product or packaging and works with international companies to help the protect the valuable appearance of their products and packaging.
“Margaret has been with our company since the beginning, from the filing of our first US patent. We are a rapidly growing enterprise with little time for the intricate details of managing a global IP portfolio. Margaret and her team dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s and provide excellent reports, recommendations, and valuable assistance with global patent strategy at a very competitive price. She is one of our most valuable assets.”
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Legal Areas of Emphasis
- Worldwide Intellectual Property Portfolio Management
- Utility Patent Application Preparation and Prosecution
- Design Patent Applicant Preparation and Prosecution and Industrial Design Registration
- Client Counseling
- Strategic Planning
- Patent Opinions
- Patent Invalidation
- In-house Training and Quality Control
Technical Areas of Emphasis
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Mechanics
- Industrial Design
- Computer controlled industrial machines
- Software games
Speaking Engagements
Previous Speaking Engagements
Patent Prosecution Boot Camp, Arlington, VA, March 4-6, 2026
Design Patents, Boulder County Bar Association, November 12, 2009, Boulder, Colorado
Intellectual Property Issues for Small Business Owners, FastTrac Growth Venture sponsored by the Denver Small Business Development Center, October 2012 (also spoke at 2010 and 2009 sessions)
Introduction to The Hague Agreement, AIPLA, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2011
Design Patents Internationally, Boulder County Bar Association, Boulder, Colorado, October 2011
Hague Agreement, Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute, Denver, Colorado, May 2013
The Case Law Year in Review, USPTO Design Day, Washington DC, April 2014
US Design Patents for Graphic User Interfaces in the US, AIPPI-Mexico Division, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2015
Marijuana and IP Law”, Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute, speaker. May 2015
Tips for Using Hague to Obtain Your Design Protection Colorado Bar Association, IP Section, Denver, Colorado, June 2015
To Hague or Not to Hague, and Trade Dress Overlap, AIPLA CLE Webinar, January 2016
3D Printing and US IP law, Mexican Group of AMPPI, Guadalajara, Mexico, March 2016
Design Law Update, Rocky Mountain IP Institute, June 2016
Functionality and Design Patents, AIPLA, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2016
Design Law Update, Utah IP Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2017
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp, Denver, Colorado, February 2018
AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp, Washington DC, April 2018, founding chair
Design Patents Oklahoma Bar IP Section meeting, Shangri-La Resort, Oklahoma, June 2018
The Hague Agreement: International Experience, Perspectives and Challenges for Mexico, US
Perspective, Mexico City, Mexico, September 2018
Domestic Procedure in Designated Countries under the Hague Agreement: US, FICPI-Japan, November 2018
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2019
Design Patents: Practical Tips to Maximize Future Damages, AIPLA Spring Meeting Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, May 2019
Design Patents Update, Boulder County Bar Associate, IP section, Boulder, CO, April 2019
Design Patents Oklahoma Bar IP Section meeting, Shangri-La Resort, Oklahoma, June 2019
AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp, Chicago, Illinois, August 2019, founding chair
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp, Seattle, Washington, February 2020
Overview of Design patents for Software Related Inventions Elevate Your Prosecution, Salt Lake City, UT September 2021
Design Patents Oklahoma Bar IP Section meeting, Shangri-La Resort, Oklahoma, June 2022
NAPP Annual meeting, Your Drawing are Your Claim, Doing Better Design Patent, Denver, CO July 2022
Protecting Fitness Related Products, a wholistic approach to IP. AIPLA Midwinter Institute, San Diego, CA, January 2023
Utility vs Design, USPTO Design Day, Washington DC, April 2023
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp, San Diego, CA, February 2024
Year in Review AIPLA Spring Meeting, Austin, Texas May 2024
Design Patents and Prior Art Denver IP Inns of Court , CLE session May 2024
Design Patent Update NAPP Annual meeting, , Minneapolis, MN July 2024
IP ownership issue for law firm owners, COWOLF Summit, Breckenridge, September 2024
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp, Washington, DC, February 2025
Ethics and AI and US Design portfolio strategy AIPLA-European Delegation June 2025
Rocky Mountain IP Institute, Death By Design Patent: Ignore At Your Own Risk May 2025
International Claim Scope panel AIPLA Design Rights Summit, Washing DC, 2025
Introduction to Design Patents, AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp Washington, DC February 2026
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