Hansen IP Law provides intellectual property services of the type and caliber found at typical "Big Law" firms using a small firm platform. This allows us to deliver legal services at a value that cannot be matched by other firms. We do not operate on a "leveraged" model. Our clients' matters are handled exclusively by an attorney with over 25 years of experience, including years at major law firms. We strategically employ the best practices learned from "Big Law" without saddling clients with the burdens of a leveraged practice.
Short, plain-English videos on TikTok about what makes a patent strong or weak, from Steve Hansen.
Watch on TikTokWhen AI does the inventing: the invalidation risk
Steve Hansen's book "Your Patent Sucks" comes out October 30, 2026 on Amazon. The book draws on Steve's decades of experience in patent prosecution and litigation to explain — in plain terms — how to tell the difference between a patent that is good and valuable versus one that, well, "sucks." The book also provides strategies for obtaining enforceable patents that are not easily designed around.
On September 1, 2026, the American Bar Association's Landslide magazine published Steve Hansen's article "Thirty Years After Markman." The article revisits the Supreme Court's April 1996 decision in Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996), and the promise that came with it – that the meaning of patent claims would be settled exclusively by judges rather than juries. The article looks at whether the decision has lived up to that promise in the three decades since.
Read the article (PDF)Hansen IP Law is pleased to announce that Steve Hansen has been named a Michigan "Super Lawyer" in intellectual property for 2026. The Super Lawyers publication is put out annually by Thomson Reuters and recognizes top attorneys across a variety of practice areas nationwide based on a peer-nomination process. "It is an honor to be nominated by my peers again this year. I'm grateful and feel fortunate to get to do the work I love for a great group of clients," said Mr. Hansen.
