Attorney profile
Westman, Champlin, and Koehler, PA
The short version
Minneapolis intellectual property law firm focused on patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and related domestic and foreign IP matters.
Strengths
- Concentrates on patent, trademark, and copyright law, licensing, and related intellectual property matters.
- Founded more than 30 years ago and staffed by attorneys with diversified science and engineering backgrounds.
- Handles patent prosecution, searching services, patentability and infringement opinions, and trademark protection, searching, and trial work.
- Regularly files patent applications in multiple foreign jurisdictions, including Canada, China, Japan, Germany, Singapore, and the European Union.
- Reviews repeatedly cite responsiveness, technical depth, clear communication, and predictable billing.
Considerations
- Long-term clients describe Westman Champlin & Koehler's technical depth and ongoing IP assistance over a decade or more.
- Written accounts praise patent and trademark prosecution rather than repeated complaints about attorney communication or the handling of filings.
About Westman, Champlin, and Koehler, PA
Westman, Champlin & Koehler, PA is an intellectual property law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded more than 30 years ago by experienced attorneys. The firm concentrates on patent, trademark, and copyright law, licensing, and related matters, with substantial experience in foreign patent and trademark practice. Its stated aim is to provide top-quality service to clients for reasonable fees.
The practice covers patents, trademarks and service marks, copyrights, patent prosecution, searching services, and patentability and infringement opinions. Attorneys prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications domestically and internationally, and the firm regularly files applications in Canada, China, Japan, Germany, Singapore, and the European Union. Its professionals have diversified backgrounds in science and engineering, with representative client technologies including medical imaging and surgical devices, computer hardware and software, security circuitry, automobile test equipment, and food processing. Trademark services include trademark protection, searching, trial work, and related brand protection. Copyright services address creative works such as literature, computer programs, and integrated circuit mask works.
The firm serves businesses and inventors seeking to build and manage intellectual property portfolios. Reviews repeatedly describe long-term relationships, with clients reporting engagements spanning a decade or more. Reviewers commonly praise the firm’s technical depth, responsiveness, clear communication, and timely advice. Several note that invoices have been predictable and within quoted amounts. Others highlight strategic guidance that connects IP decisions to business goals and cost considerations. The overall tone of the feedback is that of a stable, detail-oriented practice trusted for complex patent and trademark work over many years.
The office is at 121 S 8th St Unit 1100, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Its listed telephone number is +1612-334-3222. The practice website is wck.com.
Long-term clients describe Westman Champlin & Koehler’s technical depth and ongoing IP assistance over a decade or more. Written accounts praise patent and trademark prosecution rather than repeated complaints about attorney communication or the handling of filings.
One professional client describes working with several of the firm’s attorneys for more than 15 years on utility and design patent applications. The reviewer also mentions Track One prioritized examination and praises clear, timely advice, with charges staying within quoted amounts and no unexpected invoices.
Recurring feedback
What clients consistently mention
- Long-term client relationships recur, with engagements often described as spanning a decade or more.
- Patent and trademark expertise is a frequent theme, including technical depth and successful prosecution outcomes.
- Responsiveness, clear communication, and timely service are repeatedly highlighted.
- Billing predictability is noted, with clients reporting no unexpected invoices and charges within quoted amounts.
- Strategic IP guidance connected to business goals and cost management is a recurring point of praise.
All reviews
5 out of five stars based on 12 reviews.
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