About

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Miller Canfield’s team of intellectual property attorneys have the technical and legal knowledge and the business acumen to help clients obtain, protect and license their intellectual property assets and ensure the advice we provide and programs we develop fit our clients’ individual business strategies.  

Our team of attorneys, engineers, patent agents, and a former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiner have real-world experience that allows us to provide comprehensive intellectual property services, fair use, licensing infringement, patent and trademark prosecution, and assistance with developing global IP strategies, including trademark selection and global brand management, and management of global patent and trademark portfolios. We offer competitive intellectual property analyses to help clients develop their strategies and conduct IP audits to ensure that those strategies maximize the value of our clients’ IP. 

We assist clients in a wide range of industries – inventors, entrepreneurs and startups, to middle-market companies, multinational conglomerates, academic institutions and nonprofits, technology and software, Internet retail and publishing.

We have a dedicated IP team in our Shanghai office specifically to assist clients with Chinese intellectual property laws.

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Intellectual Property - Michigan

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What the Team is Known For

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone has a respected IP practice advising on a wide range of trademark, patent and copyright issues, from filing and brand protection to licensing and enforcement. The firm is well placed to assist clients with US-China cross-border work in conjunction with the firm's Shanghai office.

Work Highlights

  • Miller Canfield assisted Virtek Vision International with an Inter Partes Review at the PTAB brought by Aligned Vision.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Kimberly Berger
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Kimberly Berger
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Kimberly Berger is well-regarded for her specialist trademark expertise. She assists clients with the management, prosecution and enforcement of their trademark portfolios as well as advising on other forms of IP.

Kimberly is thorough, conscientious, diligent and responsive. She also has very good issue perception.

Michael Palizzi
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Michael Palizzi
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Michael Palizzi serves as CEO of Miller Canfield. His wide-ranging IP expertise includes trademark infringement, counterfeiting and unfair competition cases, as well as portfolio management.

Michael is a great lawyer. He's a true IP litigator.

Mike Palizzi has strong issue perception and a sensitivity towards the economics of litigation. He knows what and what not to make issues out of.

Mike is the most responsive lawyer I've ever worked with. He's also extremely practical and pragmatic, and he understands the pressures that general counsel operate under.

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Robin W Asher
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Robin Asher frequently assists clients with the development and prosecution of patents and wider portfolio management. He is deputy leader of the intellectual property group at Miller Canfield.

Robin is focused on being as pragmatic as possible.

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Anita C. Marinelli
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Anita Marinelli ably assists clients with trademark infringement, patent prosecution and wider portfolio management matters.

Anita is excellent to work with. She is competent, intelligent, patient and exceedingly kind. She is a deeply hard worker and works tirelessly to meet tight deadlines.

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Kimberly Berger
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Kimberly Berger
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Michael Palizzi
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Michael Palizzi
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Robin W Asher
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Anita C. Marinelli
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Members

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A, Michael Palizzi

Head of Department

Andrew Warnecke

Anita Marinelli

Carson Veach

Gregory DeGrazia

Jacob Koering

Kimberly Berger

Marina Saito

Mark Maki

Robin Asher

Clients

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Carter Fuel Systems

Comerica Bank

Eagle Industries

LMP Worldwide Inc.

Publications International

Skiaky Inc.

Ziebart International Corp.

Industries

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Aerospace and Defense

Autmotive

Banking/Financial Services

Chemicals

Construction

Higher Education

Industrial Engineering

Manufacturing

Mining/Metals

Nonprofits

Technology, Hardware & Electronics