Van Lindberg practices intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law. He has experience with both computer hardware and software, including digital circuit design, operating system design and implementation, application programming, and networked and distributed systems. Mr. Lindberg also has experience with virtualization, wireless networking, high-availability web-based systems and programming languages.

Mr. Lindberg has particular expertise in the Open Source licensing model. He helps analyze the risks and benefits of using and creating Open Source software and advises on compliance with Open Source licenses.

Before joining Haynes and Boone, Mr. Lindberg was a research and development engineer at a multinational telecom and IP (Internet Protocol) services provider.

Recent Client Representations

• Prepare reexamination requests and advise on the use of patent reexamination in high-stakes litigation

• Analyze multiple patent portfolios comprising thousands of patents; advise senior in-house intellectual property counsel concerning strategic coverage, claim strength, and patent value

• Prepare patent applications and Office Action responses in the computer arts

• Provide intellectual property advice and patent prosecution services to early-stage startups

• Advise open source groups on intellectual property concerns

Speeches and Publications

• "Patent Reexamination: Letting Open Source Companies Play Offense," Corporate Counsel’s Licensing Letter, Issue No. 97, April 2009.
  
• "Intellectual Property and Open Source," O’Reilly Media, July 15, 2008.
  
• "Legal Rules for the New Open Source Project," OSCON 2008, July 2008.
  
• "Economics, Intellectual Property, and Open Source," keynote address at PyCon 2008
  
• "The Absolute Minimum an Open Source Developer Needs to Know About Intellectual Property," PyCon 2007, OSCON 2007.

Memberships
State Bar of Texas