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Michael V. Risch

Michael V. Risch

Work in Computerlaw Group LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Palo Alto, CA
Copyrights, Business Law, Intellectual Property
401 Florence Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301

    About Michael V. Risch

    Practice Areas
    • Copyrights
    • Business Law
    • Intellectual Property
    Education
    • University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1998
      J.D.
      • Honors: With High Honors
      • Honors: Olin Student Fellow in Law and Economics
      • Honors: Bradley Student Fellow in Law and Economics
      • Honors: Order of the Coif
    • Stanford University
      A.B.
      • Honors: With Honors and Distinction in Public Policy
      • Honors: With Distinction in Quantitative Economics
      • Honors: Received Official National Merit Scholarship
    Classes and Seminars
    • Patent Troll Myths, IP Scholars Conference (August), 2011
    • An Empirical Look at Trade Secret Law's Shift from Common to Statutory Law, Villanova Law School Junior Faculty Workshop (June), 2011
    • An Empirical Look at Trade Secret Law's Shift from Common to Statutory Law, Penn. Law Colloquium on the IP and Common Law, (May), 2011
    • IP and Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Economy: A Case Study, Texas Wesleyan Colloquium on The Role of Law in an Evolving Economy (April), 2011
    • Patent Troll Myths, Cyberlaw Colloquium (hosted by Rutgers – Camden), February, 2011
    • Life After Bilski, Practicing Law Institute, 5th Annual Patent Law Institute, February, 2011
    • Life After Bilski, Moderator, Stanford Law Review symposium (Co-Author Presented Paper), January, 2011
    • New Uses for Patent Utility, Saint Louis University School Faculty Workshop, November, 2010
    • Bilski v. Kappos, Indiana University (Indianapolis) College of Law, October, 2010
    • Bilski v. Kappos, Ohio State University College of Law, October, 2010
    • Bilski v. Kappos, Indiana University College of Law, October, 2010
    • Panel Chair, Law and Literature Symposium, Villanova University School of Law, October, 2010
    • New Uses for Patent Utility, University of Missouri Law School Faculty Workshop, September, 2010
    • New Uses for Patent Utility, IP Scholars Conference, August, 2010
    • New Uses for Patent Utility, Villanova Junior Faculty Workshop, June, 2010
    • Empirical Study of Litigious Non-Practicing Entities, Law & Society Conference, May, 2010
    • A Failure of Public Notice?, Hamline Law Review Symposium on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, April, 2010
    • Bilski and Software Patents, Memphis Law School, April, 2009
    • Patent Challenges and Royalty Inflation, Villanova University School of Law, Jan., 2010
    • Patent Challenges and Royalty Inflation, DePaul University School of Law, Dec., 2009
    • Updates in Intellectual Property Law, WV CLE presentation, Oct., 2009
    • Patent Utility as a Policy Lever, Santa Clara Work-in-Progress Roundtable, Sept., 2009
    • Patent Challenges and Royalty Inflation, University of Utah College of Law, Sept., 2009
    • Patent Challenges and Royalty Inflation, IP Scholars Conference, Aug., 2009
    • Patentable Subject Matter after Bilski, SEALS conference, Aug., 2009
    • Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, WV Biometrics Initiative Forum, June, 2009
    • Patentable Subject Matter, George Washington University conference on Patents and Entrepreneurship in Business and Information Technologies, Invited Commentator, June, 2009
    • Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, Eastern Panhandle Entrepreneurship Forum, June, 2009
    • Virtual Rule of Law, Digital Entrepreneurship Symposium, WVU College of Law, Mar., 2009
    • Trade Secret Law and Information Development Incentives, NYU Law School, Feb., 2009
    • Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, WV Cheat Lake Rotary Club, Dec., 2008
    • Everything is Patentable, Bauer Lecture Series workshop, Cardozo Law School, Nov., 2008
    • Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, WV Young Entrepreneur Support Network, Nov., 2008
    • Work/Life Balance, Panel Speaker, WVU College of Law, Oct., 2008
    • Cyberlaw Update: How the Law is Changing, WV CLE Presentation, Oct., 2008
    • Understanding the Current Financial Crisis, Panel Speaker, WVU College of Law, Oct., 2008
    • Virtual Third Parties, Faculty Colloquia, WVU College of Law, Sept., 2008
    • West Virginia Computer Crimes, WV Homeland Security Summit, June, 2008
    • Everything is Patentable, Faculty Colloquia, WVU College of Law, Feb., 2008
    • Orientation Address, High School Minority Law Day, WVU College of Law, Feb., 2008
    • Trade Secrets in High Velocity Labor Markets, AALS Conferences, Section of Law & Economics, Invited Commentator, January, 2008
    • Everything is Patentable, WIPIP Conference, American U. Law School, Sept., 2007
    • Everything is Patentable, IP Scholars Conference, DePaul Law School, August, 2007
    • "What If's" Conference, Michigan State University, Conference Fellow, March, 2007
    • Trade Secret Roundtable, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Invited Participant, October, 2006
    • Why Do We Have Trade Secrets?, Santa Clara University Law School, October, 2006
    • American Inns of Court, Bay Area Intellectual Property, 1998 - 2007
    • Law of the Internet, National Business Institute, 2001
    • New Legal Problems for the Internet Age, Alameda County Bar Association Intellectual Property & Computer Law Committee, 2001
    • Wireless Law Offices, TechLaw Institute, 2001
    • Economics of Copyright and Computer Software, Santa Clara University Law School, 2000
    • Cyberspace Law School, Co-presented trade secret session for Glasser Legal Works, 2000 - 2001
    • Associate Professor, Patent Law, Cyberlaw, IP Survey, Villanova University School of Law
    • Associate Professor of Law and Project Director- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Law Program, West Virginia University College of Law

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • California
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
    Other Affiliations
    • California State Bar, IP Section
    • West Virginia State Bar (IP Committee)
    • U.S. Supreme Court Bar
    • Ninth Circuit Bar (Member)
    • American Bar Association, IP Section (Member)
    • American Association of Law Schools, Intellectual Property (Member)
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
    • San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inns of Court, 2007 (Member)
    • Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse (Member, Trade Secrets Working Group Public Justice)
    Past Positions
    • West Virginia University College of Law, Associate Professor
    • Russo & Hale LLP, Of Counsel, 2006, Of Counsel, 2006 - 2009
    • Russo & Hale LLP, Partner, 2003 - 2006
    • Russo & Hale LLP, Associate, 1998 - 2002

    Fees

    • Offers Free Initial Consultation
    • Accepts Credit Cards

    Office Info

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    Michael V. Risch
    Phone:
    (650) 327-9800
    Website:
    https://www.computerlaw.com
    Address:
    401 Florence Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
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