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Michael R. Ward

Michael R. Ward
Partner
San Francisco, (415) 268-6237
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Education

  • University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1981)
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  • University of California, Davis (M.S., 1984)
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  • University of California, Davis (Ph.D., 1988)
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  • Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D., 1996)

Practices

Patent Counseling + Prosecution
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
Life Sciences

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  • California
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Seed Central
11/14/2013
Patent Counseling + Prosecution
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Intellectual Property
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
9/17/2013
Intellectual Property / Technology Transactions | Japan
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue - 457 Memorial Union
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Legal Framework for IP Protection—Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets
PIPRA Licensing Academy 2013
6/3/2013
Copyright, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Trademark
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Designing and Managing the Developing Venture – Speaking to your Customers’ Needs
Guest Lecture for the Entrepreneurial Management Class at USF School of Management
4/5/2013
Intellectual Property Litigation
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Speaking Engagement
Supreme Court Hears Monsanto Patent Case
3/4/2013
Intellectual Property Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
Podcast
Speaking Engagement
ARPA-E University: Energy Innovation and IP Strategy
12/12/2012
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution
Webinar
Council of Energy Research & Education Leaders (CEREL) - Annual Program Conference
10/16/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Patent Counseling + Prosecution
Energy Biosciences Institute
130 Calvin Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720
Sponsorship
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
9/11/2012
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Updates in Plant Patent Law and Trademark Law
SweeTango® Brand Minneiska Apple Conference
8/27/2012
Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Trademark
University of Minnesota, Office for Technology Commercialization
1000 Westgate Drive, Suite 160
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Speaking Engagement
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
6/25/2012
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Emerging Companies + Venture Capital, Environment + Energy, Intellectual Property Litigation
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Sponsorship
Legal Framework for IP Protection -
Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets
UC Davis Licensing Academy
6/4/2012
Copyright, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets, Trademark
UC Davis Extension
1333 Research Park Dr.
Davis, CA 95618
Speaking Engagement
Food & Health Entrepreneurship Academy
2/6/2012
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
ARPA-E Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO) Meeting
1/19/2012
Patent Counseling + Prosecution
Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa
Marbella-Las Palmas Room
1775 East Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA 92109
Speaking Engagement
Life in Patent Law
10/25/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
University of California, Davis
400 Mrak Hall Drive
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Patent Prosecution Presentation to Law Students
10/18/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
University of California, Davis
400 Mrak Hall Drive
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Opportunities and Risks – Lessons from the Biofuels Industry
Cleantech IP Bootcamp
10/12/2011
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Intellectual Property Litigation
Claremont Hotel
41 Tunnel Road
Berkeley, CA 94705
Seminar
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
9/12/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Biomedical Engineering Entrepreneurship Academy (BMEA)
6/27/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Licensing Academy: Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization
6/6/2011
Copyright, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets, Trademark
UC Davis School of Law
400 Mrak Hall Drive
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Intellectual Property for Early Stage Companies
5/9/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
University of California, Santa Barbara
2400 Bren Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Speaking Engagement
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
1/31/2011
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Protecting, Defending, and Enforcing Plant Variety Intellectual Property Rights
11/19/2010
Patent Counseling + Prosecution
University of Minnesota
Cargill Building for Microbial and
Plant Genomics
Room 105
1500 Gortner Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Seminar
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
Intellectual Property Session
9/13/2010
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Life Sciences, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations, Trade Secrets, Trademark, Venture Intellectual Property
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Sponsorship
GreenTech Entrepreneurship Academy
6/28/2010
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
Hyatt Lake Tahoe
111 Country Club Drive
Incline Village, NV 89451
Sponsorship
Biofuels:
IP Barriers and Protecting the IP Space
5/7/2010
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Patent Counseling + Prosecution
UC Davis Biotechnology Program
One Shields Avenue
301 Life Sciences
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Careers in Patent Prosecution
5/7/2010
Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Speaking Engagement
Global Social Venture Competition Symposium
4/22/2010
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
The David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94709
Sponsorship
UC Davis Food & Health Entrepreneurship Academy
2/1/2010
University of California, Davis
Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center
Davis, CA
Speaking Engagement
Patenting Green Technologies - Crafting Patent Claims for Clean Energy Innovations
01/06/10
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Patent Counseling + Prosecution
Webinar
San Francisco
Speaking Engagement
ASTIA: Doing it Right Cleantech Program
11/5-6/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Cleantech | China
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
Sunset Conference Room
San Francisco, CA
Seminar
SARTA CleanStart – Sacramento CleanTech Showcase
10/16/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
Sacramento, CA
Sponsorship
The UC Entrepreneurship Academy
9/14/2009
Intellectual Property Litigation
UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship
Graduate School of Management
University of California, Davis Conference Center
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Speaking Engagement
It's Not All Medicine: CleanTech Meets BioTech
8/25/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
Stanford University
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
Sponsorship
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy 2009
7/6/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy
Incline Village, Nevada
Sponsorship
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy: Intellectual Property Overview
7/6/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
Incline Village, NV
Speaking Engagement
Realising Value from Under-utilised IP
6/23/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Cleantech | Europe, Environment + Energy, Intellectual Property | Europe, Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Life Sciences, Patent Reexaminations
London
Seminar
Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy: Overview of IP from a Legal Perspective
2/23/2009
Davis, CA
Speaking Engagement
VC Taskforce - Cleantech Forum Emerging Sectors: Next Generation Biofuels
1/28/2009
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
Trader Vic’s at Dinah’s Garden Hotel
4269 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Sponsorship
The Tech Museum Awards: Cleantech Presentation
11/11/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Employment + Labor, Environment + Energy
San Jose, CA
Speaking Engagement
Cleantech Investment Briefing (Sacramento)
9/10/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Corporate, Emerging Companies + Venture Capital, Environment + Energy, Environmental Regulation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Land Use + Development, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations, Technology Transactions
Sacramento, CA
Seminar
Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy 2008
7/7/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences
Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, Nevada
Sponsorship
Cleantech Investment Briefing-San Francisco
6/4/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Corporate, Emerging Companies + Venture Capital, Environment + Energy, Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Land Use + Development, Patent Counseling + Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations, Technology Transactions
San Francisco
Seminar
Therapeutic & Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Bio Informatics & Other Life Science companies
LifeScienceFest 2008 Venture & Growth Strategies Conference
6/3/2008
Life Sciences
Davis, CA
Seminar
2008 Global Social Venture Competition
Social Entreprenuership Symposium
4/19/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Sponsorship
Chinese BioScience Association Cleantech Panel
3/27/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
Palo Alto, CA
Speaking Engagement
The Biology and Business of Biofuels
1/28/2008
Clean Technology + Alternative Energy, Environment + Energy
UCSD Salk Institute
San Diego, CA
Sponsorship
The Biology and Business of Biofuels
1/28/2008
UCSD Salk Institute
San Diego, CA
Speaking Engagement
Willful or Not? Proof of Recklessness and Opinions of Counsel after In re Seagate (Palo Alto Presentation)
9/11/2007
Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Life Sciences, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations
Palo Alto, CA
Seminar
So What's Obvious Now? The Supreme Court's Decision in KSR International v. Teleflex, Inc. (San Francisco Presentation)
5/8/2007
Corporate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Interferences, IP Due Diligence, Life Sciences, Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Reexaminations, Technology Transactions
San Francisco, CA
Seminar
PIPRA's 2007 Annual Meeting and Symposium entitled "Technology Access for International Development"
3/7/2007
San Francisco, CA
Speaking Engagement
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