Michael Kelly Intellectual Property

nsive experience in all areas of intellectual property, including the procurement, enforcement, and defense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and all aspects of trade secrets and unfair competition, international dispute resolution, Internet and new media, and related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and IP asset acquisitions. He is intimately familiar with the rules and procedures of United States patent and trademark prosecution, as well as the evolving protocols in Europe and Asia. Kelly assists clients in transactional and litigation related matters, including encryption, cyber security, medical imaging, software architecture, data cache and database systems, microprocessors, optics, semiconductor processing and wafer fabrication technologies, cloud computing, advanced weapons systems, medical devices, supersonic aircraft design, automotive systems, business methods, avionics, credit and financial services, mobile devices, smart phone applications, and consumer electronics.
“As one of Arizona’s pre-eminent business law firms, Jennings Strouss provides an excellent platform for advising companies in today’s dynamic patent climate,” Kelly noted. “Those companies that navigate successfully are tomorrow’s champions.”
Mr. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Marquette University (1991), a J.D. from the University of Illinois (1987), and a B.S. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois (1983). He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and admitted to practice in Arizona, where he currently serves on the executive council of the State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section.