Michael P. Adams

Member


Mike Adams knows that clients' patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets can be their most important and valuable assets. But he also recognizes that those assets do not protect or monetize themselves.

A business-savvy IP practitioner with an extraordinary depth and breadth of technical and legal experience, Mike helps businesses of all stripes protect and obtain the most out of their IP portfolios while also parrying any threats from IP rights asserted by others.

From established businesses with complex and multifaceted IP assets to start-ups and early-stage companies looking to launch their innovations or build their brands, Mike serves as go-to counsel for any matter that intersects with IP.

Accessible and responsive, Mike helps clients understand the value of their IP and provides guidance that helps them make smart, strategic choices and seize lucrative opportunities while managing any risks from third-party IP rights.

Mike's practice includes patent and trademark prosecution, strategic patent and trademark counseling and portfolio management, licensing and other IP transactions, patent litigation and other IP litigation, patent opinions, and due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions.

He prides himself on developing close working relationships with his clients to fully understand their business priorities and objectives and develop the best approaches to achieve them. In turn, clients appreciate Mike's ability to translate and distill often-dense intellectual property law concepts into understandable, actionable advice.

His three decades of experience and electrical engineering background form the foundation of an IP practice that is particularly well-suited to the prosecution, management, licensing, litigation, and leveraging of IP in the technology sector, including computer, semiconductor, electronics, software, e-commerce, and internet-related technology.

A seasoned IP litigator with trial experience, Mike aggressively yet strategically defends his clients from claims of IP infringement or misappropriation in federal and state court litigation and also protects and vindicates clients' patent, trademark, and other rights in litigation as well as proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

Consistently recognized by his peers for his professional success in intellectual property matters, Mike has established himself as one of the top IP lawyers in the country.

Lawyers are in the service industry. In my practice, that service means more than doing whatever it takes to achieve my clients' IP objectives. It also includes alleviating risks, promptly and clearly addressing questions, and instilling confidence in the soundness of my counsel.
    • ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D.
    • Purdue University, B.S., Electrical Engineering
  • Bar Admissions

    • Texas, 1989
    • Illinois, 1988
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Litigation - Patent, and Trademark Law, 2011-2024

    • Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property, 2014-2024

    • Named "Lawyer of the Year," Trademark Law, Austin, Texas, by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2022

    • Named "Lawyer of the Year," Patent Law, by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2021
    • Austin Bar Association - Technology Section, Computer Law Section

    • American Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Austin Intellectual Property Law Association - Outstanding Inventor Award Committee, Past Chairman

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Intellectual Property Update and Year in Review | January 2024

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