PHOENIX, Ariz. (January 5, 2015) – Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, a leading Phoenix-based law firm, is
pleased to announce that Michael K. Kelly has joined the firm as Chair of the
Intellectual Property department.
“Michael’s
experience makes him the ideal person to lead our intellectual property
practice,” stated Scott Rhodes, Managing Attorney at Jennings, Strouss &
Salmon. “We are excited to have Michael on the Jennings Strouss team to
expand and enhance the intellectual property services we offer our clients.”
Mr. Kelly has
extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property, including the procurement, enforcement,
and defense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and all aspects of trade
secrets and unfair competition, international dispute resolution, Internet and
new media, and related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic
alliances, and IP asset acquisitions. He is intimately familiar with the rules and procedures of United States patent
and trademark prosecution, as well as the evolving protocols in Europe and
Asia.
Mr. Kelly assists clients in transactional and litigation related
matters, including encryption, cyber security, medical imaging, software
architecture, data cache and database systems, microprocessors, optics,
semiconductor processing and wafer fabrication technologies, cloud computing,
advanced weapons systems, medical devices, supersonic aircraft design,
automotive systems, business methods, avionics, credit and financial services,
mobile devices, smart phone applications, and consumer electronics.
“As one of
Arizona’s pre-eminent business law firms, Jennings
Strouss provides an excellent platform for
advising companies in today’s dynamic patent climate,” Mr. Kelly noted. “Those companies that
navigate successfully are tomorrow’s champions.”
Mr. Kelly
earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Marquette University
(1991), a J.D. from the University of Illinois (1987), and a B.S. in Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois (1983). He is
registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and
admitted to practice in Arizona, where he currently serves on the executive
council of the State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section.
About Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC
Jennings, Strouss &
Salmon, PLC, has been providing legal counsel for over 70 years through its
offices in Phoenix,
Peoria, and Yuma, Arizona; and Washington, D.C.
The firm's primary areas of practice include agribusiness; bankruptcy,
reorganization and creditors’ rights; construction; corporate and securities;
employee benefits and pensions; energy; family law and domestic relations;
health care; intellectual property; labor and employment; legal ethics;
litigation; professional liability defense; real estate; surety and fidelity;
tax; and trust and estates. For additional information please visit www.jsslaw.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
The firm’s affiliate, B3 Strategies,
assists clients with lobbying and public policy strategy at the local, state,
and federal levels. For more information please visit www.b3strategies.com.
~JSS~
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