Margaret Polson
Founder & Principal
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.
“I have worked with Mararet for more than twenty years. She has been an excellent Intellectual Property attorney that has consistently helped me to protect hundreds of IP assets. She is very personable and professional. Her capability as an attorney is at the top of the game. One of her best assets is that she is proactive in my favor and in defense of my IP assets, without excessive legal aggression or billing. With great enthusiasm, I have recommended her many times to my various friends.”
Brian Kelleghan, Bison Designs LLC
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
2026
Patent Prosecution Boot Camp
Arlington, VA
March 4–6, 2026
Introduction to Design Patents
AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp — Washington, DC
February 2026
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 — Washington, DC
2025
2024
IP Ownership Issues for Law Firm Owners
COWOLF Summit — Breckenridge, CO
September 2024
Design Patent Update
NAPP Annual Meeting — Minneapolis, MN
July 2024
Year in Review
AIPLA Spring Meeting — Austin, TX
May 2024
Design Patents and Prior Art
Denver IP Inns of Court, CLE Session
May 2024
Introduction to Design Patents
AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp — San Diego, CA
February 2024
2023
Utility vs. Design
USPTO Design Day — Washington, DC
April 2023
Protecting Fitness-Related Products: A Holistic Approach to IP
AIPLA Midwinter Institute — San Diego, CA
January 2023
2022
NAPP Annual Meeting: Your Drawings Are Your Claim, Doing Better Design Patents
Denver, CO
July 2022
Design Patents
Oklahoma Bar IP Section Meeting, Shangri-La Resort — Oklahoma
June 2022
2021
Overview of Design Patents for Software-Related Inventions
Elevate Your Prosecution — Salt Lake City, UT
September 2021
2020
Introduction to Design Patents
AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp — Seattle, WA
February 2020
2019
AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp
Chicago, IL
August 2019 · Founding Chair
Design Patents
Oklahoma Bar IP Section Meeting, Shangri-La Resort — Oklahoma
June 2019
Introduction to Design Patents
AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp — Philadelphia, PA
May 2019
Design Patents: Practical Tips to Maximize Future Damages
AIPLA Spring Meeting — Philadelphia, PA
May 2019
Design Patents Update
Boulder County Bar Association, IP Section — Boulder, CO
April 2019
2018
Domestic Procedure in Designated Countries Under the Hague Agreement: US
FICPI-Japan
November 2018
The Hague Agreement: International Experience, Perspectives and Challenges for Mexico — US Perspective
Mexico City, Mexico
September 2018
Design Patents
Oklahoma Bar IP Section Meeting, Shangri-La Resort — Oklahoma
June 2018
AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp
Washington, DC
April 2018 · Founding Chair
Introduction to Design Patents
AIPLA Patent Prosecution Bootcamp — Denver, CO
February 2018
2017
Design Law Update
Utah IP Summit — Salt Lake City, UT
February 2017
2016
Functionality and Design Patents
AIPLA Annual Meeting — Washington, DC
October 2016
Design Law Update
Rocky Mountain IP Institute
June 2016
3D Printing and US IP Law
Mexican Group of AMPPI — Guadalajara, Mexico
March 2016
To Hague or Not to Hague, and Trade Dress Overlap
AIPLA CLE Webinar
January 2016
2015
Tips for Using Hague to Obtain Your Design Protection
Colorado Bar Association, IP Section — Denver, CO
June 2015
Marijuana and IP Law
Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute
May 2015
US Design Patents for Graphic User Interfaces in the US
AIPPI-Mexico Division — Mexico City, Mexico
March 2015
2014
The Case Law Year in Review
USPTO Design Day — Washington, DC
April 2014
2013
Hague Agreement
Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute — Denver, CO
May 2013
2012
Intellectual Property Issues for Small Business Owners
FastTrac Growth Venture, sponsored by the Denver Small Business Development Center
October 2012 (also presented in 2010 and 2009)
2011
Introduction to The Hague Agreement
AIPLA Annual Meeting — Washington, DC
October 2011
Design Patents Internationally
Boulder County Bar Association — Boulder, CO
October 2011
2009
Design Patents
Boulder County Bar Association — Boulder, CO
November 12, 2009
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Westminster, CO 80234