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Michael Wolfe

Of Counsel, Intellectual Property

michaelwolfe@paulhastings.com
Washington, D.C.+1 202 551 1732

Michael Wolfe is of counsel in the Intellectual Property practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. His practice involves patent infringement litigation in district courts, post-grant validity challenges before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also teaches a course on Federal Circuit Practice and Procedure at The George Washington University Law School.

Michael previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kara F. Stoll at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and as Court Law Clerk at the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. During law school, he interned for the Honorable Susan G. Braden at the United States Court of Federal Claims and the Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna at the Federal Circuit.

EDUCATION de

The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2016

University of Hawaii at Manoa, M.S., 2010

University of Tennessee, B.S., 2008

REPRESENTATIONS de

  • Samsung Electronics: Defending at the Federal Circuit an appeal from a successful IPR that effectively terminated related district court patent infringement litigation involving semiconductor technology; in a separate matter, pursuing six, parallel inter-party reviews on five patents involving instant-messaging technology that were asserted by a patent assertion entity in district court, resulting in unpatentability for all challenged claims.

  • Walgreens: Defending at the Federal Circuit multiple, successful Covered Business Method Reviews on patent claims directed to bar code and coupon technology asserted in district court.

RECOGNITION de

  • Legal Lion

    Law360

  • National winning team and best oral argument, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition

PUBLICATIONS de

  • The APA in PTAB Proceedings: Notice and an Opportunity to Be Heard, Landslide® magazine, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Volume 10, Issue 3, Co-author Jan./

    February 2018

  • PTAB Section 315(b) Time-Bar Determinations Reviewable at the Federal Circuit, Lexology, Co-author

    JANUARY 10, 2018

ASSOCIATIONS de

  • Member

    Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court

  • Member

    PTAB Bar Association

Intellectual Property
Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation