Michael Turgeon

Shareholder @ Vedder

About

As a trusted advisor to small, mid-sized and large companies with over 25 years of experience, I work cooperatively with clients to facilitate business strategies, enhance value and manage legal risks in intellectual property and general business matters, transactions, litigation and USPTO proceedings. My custom-tailored legal strategies prioritize business goals and maximize intellectual property assets while maintaining awareness of potential risks by efficiently protecting intellectual property rights, enforcing and litigating intellectual property rights, avoiding infringement liability, and counseling inventors and executives about the patentability of inventions, trademark clearance, brand development, portfolio management, monetization opportunities, litigation advantages and risks and new business venture strategies. Business and intellectual property transaction experience includes drafting, negotiating and closing numerous agreements related to the licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, software, trade secrets, know-how, content, name and likeness, music, indexes, and other rights, due diligence investigations and the transfer of ownership of intellectual property rights, and other transactions related material transfer, information technology, cloud computing, private label, research, royalty, sales and distribution, consulting and professional services and other technology transactions for a wide variety of business organizations. Technical background in mechanical apparatus and systems, medical devices and systems, electro-mechanical systems, chemical process systems, computer software, vehicle and engine control systems, computer software, chemical process systems, business methods, and other technologies. If you would like to learn more about how I can help your company, please contact me via email (mturgeon@vedderprice.com) or phone (312-609-7716).

Country

United States

City

Greater Chicago Area

Industry

Legal Services

Skill

Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Licensing, Invention, Patentability, Copyright Law, Litigation, Corporate Law, Unfair Competition, Commercial Litigation, Appeals, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Due Diligence, Patent Prosecution, Trials, Patent Litigation, Trademark Infringement

Experience

Shareholder

Vedder

2000-3 - Present · 26 yrs 7 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Counsels clients on a broad range of intellectual property and business matters, primarily including:  Patent Prosecution - prepared and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. patent applications, managed prosecution of foreign patent applications, and managed the combined portfolios;   Trademark Prosecution - cleared and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. trademark applications, managed prosecution of  foreign patent applications, and managed the combined portfolios;   Licensing - drafted, negotiated and closed numerous revenue generating patent, trademark, copyright, software,  trade secret, know-how, content, end-user, name and likeness, music, enterprise, index, and other licenses;   Infringement Assertion and Defense - successfully resolved numerous critical intellectual property disputes;   Litigation - appeared in Federal Court and USPTO proceedings; and   Business Agreements - drafting and/or negotiating various agreements, such as, asset or stock purchase, assignment, branding, confidentiality or non-disclosure, consulting or professional services, development, information technology or cloud related, maintenance and service level, purchase or supply, private label, research, royalty, sales and distribution, sponsorship, and subscription.   Technical and patent experience in mechanical apparatus and systems, medical devices and systems, electro- mechanical devices and systems, vehicle and engine control systems, computer software, chemical process systems, business methods, and other technologies.

Intellectual Property Attorney

Panduit

1996-10 - 1999-12 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Comprehensive corporate intellectual property practice handling a full range of intellectual property matters and business decision counseling, including all phases of procurement, enforcement and licensing of patent, trademark and copyright rights. Representative technology: fiber optics, communications connectors, thermal printers, circuits, power and hand tools, network connectivity, banding devices, supports and racks.

Patent Examiner

USPTO

1995-9 - 1996-10 · 1 yr 2 mos

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Examine patent applications for compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Search for relevant prior art in the field of the inventions and any analogous fields of endeavor. Determine the patentability of the invention based upon the prior art.