Over his more than three decades of practicing law, Michael has represented and acted as an advisor to numerous multinational technology companies in industries ranging from medical devices to wind power systems. In transactional matters, Michael acts as both legal counsel and as a strategic advisor to his clients, and he has negotiated numerous agreements relating to the acquisition, licensing and monetization of intellectual property. He has appeared as trial counsel in more than 100 patent infringement, trade secret, licensing and patent-antitrust lawsuits in the United States federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, representing, among other clients, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd.; Boston Scientific Corporation; Daimler AG; Hewlett Packard; Intel Corp.; Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC; Siemens AG; and the Robert Bosch Group and Volkswagen Group companies.

Michael’s accomplishments and experience as a leading IP litigation attorney and strategic advisor have been recognized by Managing Intellectual Property (a New York “IP Star”), The US Legal 500 (a “leading lawyer,” “hugely experienced,” “first-rate trial lawyer,” and an elite "Leading Lawyer"), Chambers & Partners USA (“universally recommended as ‘a professional of high standing in the IP world’”), U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers in America^®, IAM 250: The World’s Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers, and IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, as well as IAM 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists. 

Michael is the author of many articles on the subject of intellectual property licensing and litigation and the development and implementation of IP strategies, and the treatise Drafting Technology Patent License Agreements published by Wolters Kluwer. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the Licensing Executives Society, among others.

Representative Experience

• West View Research, LLC v. Audi AG et al. (3:14-cv-02668, 3:16-cv-2643, S.D. CA 2014, 2016)
• Signal IP, Inc. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. d/b/a Audi of America, Inc., et al. (2-14-cv-03113, C.D. CA 2014)
• Beacon Navigation GmbH v. Volkswagen AG, et al. (2-13-cv-11389, 11 405, 11511, 11512, E.D. MI 2013)
• Norman IP Holdings, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Infineon Technologies North America Corporation, ST Microelectronics, Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and RPX Corporation (6-12-cv-00523, E.D. TX 2012)
• Effectively Illuminated Pathways LLC v. Aston Martin Lagonda of North America, Inc., et. al. (6-11-cv-00034, E.D. TX 2011)
• Light Transformation Technologies LLC v. Anderson Custom Electronics, Inc., et al. (2-09-cv-00354, E.D. TX 2009)
• Service Reminder, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (2-10-cv-12201, E.D. MI 2012

• MHL Tek, LLC v. Nissan Motor Co., et al. (2-07-cv-00289, E.D. TX 2010)
• Cloud Farm Associates LP v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc., et. al. (1-10-cv-00502 D DE 2010)
• Donaldson Company, Inc. v. Mann+Hummel USA, Inc., et al. (0-07-cv-04136, DMN 2007)
• Goss International Americas, Inc. v. MAN Roland, Inc. and MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG (1-03-cv-00513, D. NH 2006)
• Thebaud v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, (1:06-cv-11199, D. MA 2007)
• DaimlerChrysler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. v. Feuling Advanced Technologies, Inc., (3:00-cv-01541, S.D. CA 2000, 2003, reported at 276 F. Supp. 2d 1054, 295 F. Supp. 2d 729, and 313 F. Supp. 2d 703)
• Feuling Advanced Technologies, Inc. v. Penske Motorcars, Inc., et al. (2:00-cv-05314, C.D. Cal. 2000)
• Keith Taylor v. DaimlerChrysler AG (2-00-cv-75350, E.D. MI 2002, 2003, reported at 237 F. Supp. 2d 789 and 295 F. Supp. 2d 729)
• Robert Bosch Gmbh v. Japan Storage Battery Company (2-00-cv-12590, C.D. CA 2002)
• In transactional matters, Michael has advised a wide range of clients (among others, Robert Bosch GmbH, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, and the former General Electric, p.l.c.) regarding the intellectual property issues relating to patent licensing and acquisitions.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Fordham University School of Law, 1974BS, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1969