Professional Experience
Michael K. O'Neill has extensive experience in licensing transactions, client counseling, and preparation and prosecution of patent applications. His technological areas focus on internet, computer and software related inventions, and also include electrical circuits, facsimile devices, printers and electronic devices.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. O'Neill was Engineering Manager at a defense industry contractor where his duties included research and development of inertial guidance and weapon delivery systems.
Awards and Recognition
Mr. O'Neill was listed in Legal 500 2010 for Patent Prosecution: utility and design patents. He was also selected by Patent Buddy as one of the Top Patent Prosecutors nationally in the Computer, Electrical, Software and Business Methods areas for 2011.
Professional Activities
American Bar Association; California Bar Association; Licensing Executives Society; Orange County Bar Association
Representative Cases
Allergan v. Bausch & Lomb and Alcon
C.D. Cal., 2002
Publications
Treatment of "Hybrid" Claims in the Courts
Bloomberg Law Reports: Intellectual Property
July 2011
Doctrine of Inherent Anticipation is Clarified
The National Law Journal
December 8, 2003
Events
Staying Ahead of the Curve: The Coming Changes to Inter Partes Procedures Before the USPTO
IP Law & Management Institute
November 6-8, 2011
Counsel to Counsel Roundtable
Martindale Hubbell
October 18, 2011
Examining Reexaminations: Promises and Pitfalls of Reexamination as a Litigation Tactic
IP Law & Management Institute
November 7-9, 2010
IP Issues and Recent Cases in Standard Setting
5th Annual IP Counsel Forum
March 24, 2009