Michael J. Nieberding

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Emerging Technologies

Professional Experience

Mike is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group and is a registered patent attorney. He focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property law including patent preparation and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; international and foreign patent prosecution; patent, trademark and copyright infringement matters; domain name disputes; patent, software and technology licensing; and web related agreements. Mike is admitted to practice in Ohio and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Technical Experience
Computer software and systems relating to business processes and eCommerce, telephone systems, artificial neural networks, control systems, lasers and laser processes, analog and digital circuitry, printers, food machines, machine tools, product merchandising equipment, extrusion heads, pneumatic systems, and gas turbine engine systems and components.

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1994
• University of Dayton, B.S.E.E., 1990, cum laude

• Advising companies in obtaining U.S. and foreign patent protection in emerging technology fields.
• Preparation of product development guidelines for manufacturers based upon analysis of competitive patent portfolios.
• Representation of businesses in patent and trademark infringement matters.
• Advising businesses in connection with intellectual property issues arising in the context of asset purchases, mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions.
• Representation of businesses in patent and technology licensing arrangements.
• Developing intellectual property protection programs and strategies for businesses.

• "Willful Infringement After In Re Seagate", Cincinnati Bar Association Intellectual Property Litigation Section, November 2007
• "Intellectual Property- Is the Foundation Crumbling", Business Courier Panel Discussion, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2006
• "Conflict Issues In Intellectual Property", Best Patent Practices for 2006 Seminar sponsored by Thompson Hine LLP, December 2005
• "Festo-Estoppel by Amendment", Best Patent Prosecution Practices for 2005 Seminar sponsored by Thompson Hine LLP; Cincinnati, Ohio, December 2004
• "Patent Prosecution in View of Festo", The Eleventh All-Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property, October 2001
• "Preparing and Prosecuting Patent Applications for Computer-Related Inventions", 1998

• Selected for inclusion in Rising Stars by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2005