Daniel J. "Dan" Lueders

Daniel J. "Dan" Lueders


Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner LLP

Recognized since 2020

Indianapolis, Indiana

Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

Patent Law

Trade Secrets Law

Trademark Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Trade Secrets Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Intellectual Property
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Dan focuses primarily in litigation and licensing, as well as IP portfolio evaluation and clearance. As a patent and trademark attorney, Dan helps clients protect their ideas and market share in the U.S. and internationally. He has represented clients in a variety of matters, including those involving industrial, medical, surgical and pharmaceutical technologies, automotive and trucking devices, wireless phone technology, computerized systems, website content, industrial chemicals, and packaging technologies. His experience includes drafting patent opinions, advice regarding lawfully designing around patents, license drafting and negotiation, merger and acquisition due diligence regarding intellectual property, and trademark searching and opinions.

Dan has served as lead trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in both bench trials as well as jury trials. To protect their interests in multi-million dollar cases, clients rely on Dan to build and manage their litigation teams. He has served as lead counsel for appeals of intellectual property cases and/or given oral argument before the Indiana Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal, Seventh and Ninth Circuits. Dan has also served as an expert witness in patent and trade secret lawsuits.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 111 Monument Circle, Suite 3700
    Indianapolis, IN 46204-5137
Education
  • Indiana University Bloomington, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Northwestern University, B.S. Civil Engineering, graduated 1983
Bar Admissions
  • Indiana, 1986
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Trade Secrets Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Trade Secrets Law, Indianapolis (2024)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Indianapolis (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
Awards:
  • America’s Top 100 LLC America`s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators®, 2018-2021
  • Indiana Super Lawyers®, 2004-2021
  • Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS, 2016-2021
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent
  • Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, Class XIV
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Copyright Law

Publications

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