Shannon L. Bjorklund

Shannon L. Bjorklund is an intellectual property litigator and a Partner at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis. Her practice focuses on defending companies in complex patent litigation and other IP disputes, including trade secret, trademark, and copyright matters. She has experience across a range of technologies, from computer software and medical devices to cosmetics. The single tracked case, a patent dispute involving ladder technology, shows her representing the defendant, which aligns with her firm's description of her practice.

Ms. Bjorklund has been involved in significant litigation outcomes for her clients. Her firm highlights her success in prevailing at the Federal Circuit on a key claim construction ruling, obtaining a preliminary injunction for a medical device company, and invalidating patent claims in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). A USPTO filing confirms her experience representing clients in IPR proceedings. In the tracked case, Tricam Industries LLC v. Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC, her client Tricam won a summary judgment of non-infringement, a victory that was later affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Ms. Bjorklund has spent her career at Dorsey & Whitney, having joined the firm as an associate in 2011. She is recognized in her field and was named a "Top Lawyer in Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patents" by Minnesota Monthly in 2024.

Ms. Bjorklund earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2009 and is a member of the Minnesota bar.