Mike specializes in the areas of trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret law. His practice includes trademark and copyright registration, litigation before the courts and the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and licensing of intellectual property.
After practicing criminal law and civil litigation for several years, Mike started taking some trademark counterfeiting cases. Gradually, more of his practice related to intellectual property until it became his full-time activity. Mike was involved in the defense of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and its licensee over the use of the trademark MARCH MADNESS, which the Illinois High School Athletic Association claimed infringed its mark. The case was named Trademark Case of the Year by a leading trademark journal.
- LEGAL EDUCATION
- Washington University, J.D., 1977
- UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
- University of Kansas, B.S. Journalism, 1974
- MEMBERSHIPS
- Missouri Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- BAR ADMISSIONS
- Missouri, 1977
- Kansas, 2007
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th (1996)
and 8th Circuits (1978) - U.S. District Court, Western District of
Missouri, 1977 - U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1998
- Central District of Illinois, 1996
