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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