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Attorney Profile
Michael G. Smith, Esq. practices in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets; litigation, prosecution and transactions.
500+
Cases Handled
45+
Appeals Argued
Forums
Mr. Smith has represented clients in matters before the:
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U.S. Supreme Court
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The C.A.F.C. (appeals court for patents and trademarks) Federal District Courts
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U.S. Court of International Trade Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in prosecution of patent applications
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in prosecution of trademark applications
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Supervision of patent prosecution in PCT (WIPO), Europe (EPO), UK, Germany, India, China, Canada, Hong Kong, Brazil, Australia and Singapore
technologies
Mr. Smith has experience in the following technologies
- displays
- nuclear fusion reactors
- construction materials and techniques
- pharmaceuticals
- food compositions
- driverless vehicles
- clothing
- pet products
- Rocket Engines
- Tools
- medical devices
- thermographic imaging
- ultrasound
- non-invasive vital signs
- MRI
- Glucose Measurements
- software
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- crowd sourcing
- fraud detection firmware
- navigation systems
- Image Processing
- device drivers
- encoding/encryption
- database management serial port
- communications
- Internet-based ecommerce systems
- (compilers/debuggers)
- audio/video encoding
- translation look-aside buffers
- software development tools
- online client/server application systems
- wireless keypad entry
- ecommerce business methods
Career Highlights
- In 4 months, obtained cancelation of registered trademark and withdrawal of trademark application at the TTAB after resignation of previous attorney (Dec 2002 – Mar 2023)
- Obtained issued patent 11/471,853 in 7 months and 14 days (Mar – Oct 2002)
- Prepared patent valuation report for 8 pharmaceuticals (June 2021)
- Obtained 50 issued patents for medical devices company (2014-2020)
- Represented blood pressure measuring device manufacturer plaintiff in patent litigation, focusing on Markman claim charts
- Managed patent portfolio in manufacturing/testing for Blackberry cellphones (2009-2011)
- Co-counsel on U.S. Supreme Court case Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (2007-2008)
- Obtained favorable judgement for multiple clients in the U.S. Court of International Trade under the Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) and prompted change of policy in the TAA at the U.S. Department of Labor (2004-2008)
- Drafted and prosecuted to issuance over 120 patent applications for General Electric Healthcare (2002-2010)
- Worked as Assistant Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1998-1999)
- Worked as Technical Team Leader of one of the first 4 Internet banking transaction systems, for Bank One, now part of J.P. Morgan Chase (1996- 1998)
Turning Caffeine into IP™
Michael G. Smith, Esq. has secured numerous patents, both domestically and internationally, for clients in a variety of technical areas, including material science, biotechnology, and mechanical engineering. He has performed freedom-to-operate and patent validity searches and analyses for clients in the pharmaceutical, automotive, printing, and medical device industries. He has also conducted intellectual property due diligence for clients as part of large transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.
Furthermore, Michael G. Smith, Esq. has experience filing and prosecuting federal trademarks, service marks, and trade dress registration applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has experience in TTAB proceedings, including oppositions and cancelations, and negotiating settlement agreements.
Prior to entering private practice, Michael G. Smith, Esq. was an Assistant Patent Examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Arlington, VA.
Education
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
US Patent and Trademark Office Eastern District of Texas Federal Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court Supreme Court
Michael G. Smith, Esq. earned his J.D. at Capital University Law School which has been accredited by the American Bar Association since the 1920’s. While in law school, Michael G. Smith, Esq. was a member of the Federalist Society and was placed on the Dean’s list for two semesters for academic achievement, and earned a 3.75 g.p.a. in Intellectual Property law courses, and wrote a senior thesis on determining copyright infringement of object-oriented software.
Michael G. Smith, Esq. earned his M.B.A. at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN that included a senior thesis on market analysis of chain-saws.
Michael G. Smith, Esq. earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN that included a senior thesis on computer communication protocols including packet-switching that is used by the Internet.
Publications
Michael G. Smith, Esq., Abstraction,Filtration, and Comparison in Computer Software Copyright Infringement: An Explanation and Update for the Object-Oriented Paradigm, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal (Winter, 1998)
Michael G. Smith, Esq., Protecting and Commercialising University-Developed Software, Manual of the Association of University Technical Managers (Fall, 2001)
Former and Current Clients
- ApoQlar
- ARC Devices/Wellvii
- AT&T/Southern Bell
- Blackberry Smartphones
- eAffirm
- Firewire
- Forgetech
- Garmin
- General Electric Healthcare
- IBM
- Intel
- Maxtor mass storage
- MCI
- Microsoft
- Pointcast
- RP Engineering
- Terracraft
- Times Three Wireless
- Seagate mass storage
- Skyfire
- Wavemax
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