M. Michael Lewis, Partner

Michael Lewis focuses on both obtaining and enforcing the intellectual property of individual and corporate clients, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.  A registered patent attorney, Mr. Lewis has over 15 years of experience assisting his clients in obtaining patents across a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors and related processes, digital electronics, telecommunications, control software, biomedical devices, business methods, and the mechanical arts.

Mr. Lewis also counsels clients in registering their trademarks and copyrights and advises on intellectual property management issues, such as licensing, patent portfolio management strategies, non-infringement opinions, clearance opinions, and the protection of trade secrets.

In addition to securing intellectual property, Mr. Lewis has worked extensively in the enforcement of these rights, having litigated cases involving breach of contract, unfair competition, trade secrets, trademark infringement, and both utility and design patent infringement.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Lewis worked as a programmer in various fields, including the development of guidance software and related systems software for hydrographic surveying operations.

Practice Areas

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Litigation
• Copyright and Anti-Piracy Litigation
• Patent Litigation

Credentials

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D. 2006)
• University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1991)

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Community Service

Mr. Lewis has worked with Start Small Think Big, advising small business owners on various intellectual property issues.  He was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, where he served as a math and physics teacher for two years in a rural high school.

News & Publications

Publications

• Co-author: “Federal Circuit Applies a Reasonableness Standard to the Knowledge of Infringement Prong,” The Intellectual Property Strategist,” July 2016
• Co-Author: “Apple’s iPhone User Interface Held Functional for Trade Dress Infringement, But Not Design Patent Purposes,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, July 2015

Media

• “ITC Judge Details Why Cannabis Cos. Beat IP Investigation,” Law360, 3/6/23
• “An Inventor’s Court Win Over Microsoft Took Years—at What Cost?” Bloomberg Law, 7/29/22
• “Fed. Circ. Upholds Inventor’s $7M Win Against Microsoft,” Law360, 5/20/22
• “Netflix, Hulu, Disney Hit With Video Streaming Patent Suits,” Law360, 10/19/21
• “Failure To Name Interested Parties Sinks PTAB Challenge,” Law360, 2/28/18
• “Part Of Map Patent Survives Google Challenge At PTAB,” Law360, 2/13/18