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Michael M. Murray is a partner in the firm's Litigation Department and is in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Murray is a member of the federal and state bars in both New York and Massachusetts and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is also an electrical engineer with extensive experience in highly complex technology, including semiconductors, digital electronics, software and the Internet.
Mr. Murray's intellectual property experience dates from 1984 when he was a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Since 1985, Mr. Murray has worked with clients in a wide variety of intellectual property matters. His patent litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury matters in a number of Federal Courts throughout the U.S. and in matters before the International Trade Commission. Mr. Murray has written and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications on a wide variety of inventions. He counsels clients on issues such as the licensing and patentability of technology, the infringement and validity of U.S. patents, patent infringement avoidance, and strategies for developing and exploiting intellectual property assets.
Mr. Murray is a frequent author and lecturer on a variety of intellectual property issues. Representative publications and presentations include: Preventing Third Parties From Gaining Rights in Your Intellectual Property, The IP Litigator, Oct. 2002; Instructor, American Intellectual Property Law Association Basic Training Program in Patent Law, August 2002 and August 2003, Arlington, Virginia; Guest Lecturer, Japanese Intellectual Property Association, Sept. 2002 and Sept. 2003, Tokyo Japan; A Practical Guide to E-Commerce Inventions, Presentation in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2000; The Best Defense is a Good Offense - Better Results in Intellectual Property Disputes With Aggressive Action, International Legal Strategy, Volume IV-12, Dec. 1995; Techniques for Obtaining a Strong U.S. Patent, Journal of the Japanese Group A.I.P.P.I., Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 16-22, Jan. 1993.
Mr. Murray is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Mr. Murray received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. | 