Michael has extensive experience in many areas of Intellectual Property with an emphasis on Global Trademark Clearance, Prosecution, Licensing, Enforcement, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, including Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Domain Names, Copyrights and Advertising.  He understands the value of IP and ways to use it to allow informed business decisions, to assess and maximize an IP portfolio’s value, and to avoid potential costly litigation.  Michael also has significant experience with respect to educating and advising about trademark searching, review, proper use and enforcement – skillsets garnered in his private practice, as interim in-house corporate counsel at The Coca-Cola Company and other companies, and at the US Patent and Trademark Office.