Michael K. Kelly, ESQ.

Michael Kelly has over 35 years of experience in assisting clients with intellectual property-related matters. He has extensive transactional and litigation experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, contract, licensing, and technology transfer disputes, including first-chair jury trial experience in federal district court. 

Michael is well-versed in patent, trademark, and copyright (including software) prosecution and infringement, trade secrets and unfair competition, international dispute resolution, and intellectual property insurance and legal opinions. He is also familiar with the rules and procedures governing United States patent and trademark prosecution, as well as the evolving protocols in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Michael’s technical expertise includes 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, smartphone applications, and consumer electronics.

Michael is a member, and past chair, of the Executive Council for the State Bar of Arizona Intellectual Property Section.