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Michael L. Leetzow | Of Counsel

Michael L. Leetzow focuses his practice on intellectual property including trademarks, patents, copyrights and trade secrets.

Practice Areas:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Copyrights
  • Trade Secrets
  • Confidentiality Agreements
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • Non-Compete Agreements
  • Real Estate Law
  • Intellectual Property Litigation

Bar Admissions:

  • State Courts of Florida and Georgia (Inactive in GA)
  • United States District Court For The Middle District Of Florida
  • District of Columbia, including U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Legal Experience

Michael L. Leetzow, P.A., Sanford and Lake Mary, FL

  • Intellectual Property Attorney: August 2002 – Present
  • Advising clients in all intellectual property matters.
  • Drafting and prosecuting patent and trademark applications world-wide.
  • Counseling clients on all matters related to intellectual property issues, including confidentiality agreements, licensing issues and agreements, and strategy on filing and maintaining IP portfolios.
  • Expert witness for infringement, misappropriation, and royalty issues in medical device patent litigation; jury awarded client in excess of $500 million and later settled for $1.35 billion.

Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, NC

  • Patent Counsel: June 1998 – September 2002
  • Responsible for enforcement and licensing of IP company wide.
  • Responsible for Intellectual Property issues for the Hardware and Equipment Division: all aspects of patent portfolio, litigation, non-disclosure agreements, clearance opinions, and managing other attorneys and outside counsel. Assimilating about 250 patent families into portfolio during corporate acquisition.

Pennie & Edmonds LLP, Washington, DC

  • Senior Associate: July 1997 – June 1998
  • Broad intellectual property litigation and prosecution experience in a large New York-based firm of 190 attorneys.
  • Responsible for updating and maintaining large client's patent portfolio; directing day-to-day activities in litigation, including document discovery, third-party depositions, writing motions, and corresponding with opposing counsel.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Washington, DC

  • Associate: May 1991 – July 1997; Summer Associate & Law Clerk: 1989 – 1991
  • Broad experience in all phases of intellectual property practice at a 150+ attorney firm specializing in intellectual property.
  • Litigation experience in drafting briefs, motions, validity and infringement opinions, discovery requests and legal memoranda.
  • Prepare and prosecute patent and trademark applications in the areas of medical devices, ultrasound, MRI, CT scanners, other xray devices, flour milling technology, and golf club technology.
  • Participate in all aspects of client counseling, discovery, and pro bono program activities.

Technical Experience:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Department of Environmental Health & Safety: Radiation Control

  • Public Health Physicist: 1987-1988
  • Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory
  • Graduate Research Assistant: 1986

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

  • Department of Diagnostic Radiology
  • Summer Research Assistant: 1986

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

  • Georgia Tech Research Reactor
  • Student Health Physicist: 1984-1986

Education:

Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington. DC

  • Juris Doctorate, May 1991 Order of Barristers, 1991

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

  • Masters Degree, concentration in Medical Physics, December 1988
  • Thesis: "Inhomogeneity Delineation with Computed Tomography for Radiation Treatment Planning"

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

  • Bachelors Degree in Health Physics, Minor in German, June 1986
  • 3.7 GPA, Highest Honors

Moot Court:

  • Director Upperclass Moot Court Competition, 1990-1991
  • Member Giles S. Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, 1991, National Quarterfinalist
  • Member ABA National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Team, 1990
  • Semifinalist Upperclass Moot Court Competition, 1989, Best Brief for Petitioner
  • Participant First Year Moot Court Competition, 1988

Publications and Presentations:

  • “You Have the Idea, How to Protect It” – 2004 TiE Florida (Entrepreneur Group)
  • 1996 Federal Circuit Review; American University Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 6, 1997, Co-author.
  • "So You Want To Be An Expert Witness?" 1996 AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
  • "Patent Pending An Overview of U.S. Patent Law" 1995 AAPM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
  • "Estimated Fatal Radiation Dose From Multislice CT Studies," AJR 154:185-190, January 1990 Coauthor

Associations:

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • American Bar Association; Section of Intellectual Property Law
  • Seminole County (FL) Bar Association

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