Speaking Engagements

Seoul Asia Pacific Conference for ABA

Mike Speaking on Avoiding Sanctions at the USPTO at ABA International Law Section Fall Conference in South Korea

Mike will be moderating a panel of expert patent attorneys from the United States and Korea on developing issues at the USPTO regarding foreign associate practices and sanctions that have been imposed on owners of trademark and patent rights.  Featuring speakers Thomas J. Kowalski (Duane Morris), William Park (WPA Law Firm), and Kyle J. Choi […]

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Mike Co-Authored Dibble Dabble Double Trouble: Mitigating the Risks of Dabbling in Your Law Practice

Mike co-authored Dibble Dabble Double Trouble: Mitigating the Risks of Dabbling in Your Law Practice, published by In Practice . . . With CNA – A Practitioner’s Perspective on Emerging Legal Trends (Issue 3, June 2023).  Co-authored with Tracy L. Kepler, Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA’s Lawyer Professional Liability program. This work presents the

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Mike Presented Risk, Regulation & Resilience: Sound Strategies for Your IP Practice

Mike presented on a panel discussion on risk management strategies for protecting intellectual property practitioners from ethics and malpractice risks.  The two-hour webinar was a joint presentation of Continental Casualty Company (CNA) and Herbert L. Jamison and Company (Jamison).

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Mike Presented Recent Ethics Enforcement Trends in Patent and Trademark Matters Before the USPTO to Boston IPLA 3rd Annual Symposium

Mike presented on ethics and disciplinary trends for patent and trademark attorneys for the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association 3rd Annual Symposium.  Mike addressed multiple topics of interest including: Conflicts of interest in IP Knowing your IP client Duties of pre-filing investigations under 37 CFR 11.18 Unauthorized practice of law and the U.S. Counsel Rule

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Mike Presented Signing Away Your License: USPTO’s Vigorous Enforcement of “Personal” Signature Rules and Pre-Filing Duties Under Rule 11.18

Mike presented an in-house CLE to Leydig, Voit & Mayer on the USPTO’s ethics and disciplinary enforcement trends relating to 37 C.F.R. 11.18 and compliance with the “personal” signature rules in 37 C.F.R. 1.4 and 37 C.F.R. 2.193.

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