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Michael
J.
Wise
| Partner (Shanghai Visiting Partner)
Regional Managing Partner for China; Firmwide Co-Chair, Life Sciences Practice
Michael Wise is Regional Managing Partner for China and the Co-Chair of the firm wide Life Sciences Industry Group. He is well versed in litigating intellectual property matters, including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets in federal and state court and also complex patent interferences before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He has litigated a wide variety of technologies including biologic and small molecule therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, software and electronics. Michael also advises academic institutions, research institutions, emerging companies, private held companies and publicly traded companies respect to protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights. For the last 11 years Michael has been an active member of the Southern California Biomedical Council ("SoCalBio"). He has been the Chair of the annual SoCalBio Investor Conference for the last several years and is the Secretary of the SoCalBio Board of Directors. Michael Wise also leads the firm's expansion into the China market with the Shanghai and Beijing offices. He represents both US and Chinese clients in patent litigation, patent due diligence and patent portfolio management.
Professional Recognition
- Named by the Daily Journal as a "Top 25 Intellectual Property Portfolio Manager" in 2012
- Ranked by Chambers USA, as "America's Leading Life Sciences; IP/Patent Litigation Lawyers", 2011 - 2012
- Ranked by Chambers, Asia Pacific, as "Asia Pacific's Leading Life Sciences Lawyers", 2011
- Named as one of the top 25 IP Portfolio Managers/Patent Prosecutors in the state of California, Daily Journal (2008, 2009 and 2010)
- Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
(AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)
Professional Leadership
- Southern California Biomedical Council, Secretary, 2004 - Present
- Southern California Biomedical Council, Board Member, 2000 - Present
- Southern California Biomedical Council, Mentor, 1999 - 2006
- Southern California Biomedical Council, Selection Committee, 1999 - Present
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- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1989
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., Biology, 1985
- California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
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