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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 includes all aspects of patent-related work, including litigation before U.S. district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission, post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and client counseling.

EDUCATION

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

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

University of Tennessee, B.S., 2008

REPRESENTATIONS

  • 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.

RECOGNITIONS

  • Legal Lion

    Law360

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

PUBLICATIONS

  • 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

  • Member

    Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court

  • Member

    PTAB Bar Association