Michael McCue

Career

Michael McCue is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Michael provides trademark services from clearance through registration, enforcement, and litigation. As both a litigator and trademark prosecution lawyer, Michael has the perspective and knowledge to ensure that his clients’ trademark portfolios are developed, managed, and enforced in a manner that maximizes their value and strength in the United States and around the world. Michael takes a pragmatic and cost-effective approach to trademark work and provides a high level of client service. He has litigated hundreds of trademark cases in federal courts throughout the United States and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including cases involving some of the most famous trademarks in the world. He has a near perfect record in obtaining summary judgment for clients in even highly complex cases. He also has extensive experience with brand protection, trade show seizures, and domain name recovery.

In addition to trademark services, Michael also counsels clients on related rights, including copyright, trade dress, design patents, trade secrets, and rights of publicity. Michael has particular experience in the technology, retail, fashion, hospitality, and entertainment sectors and has represented clients such as Visa, MGM Resorts International, ByteDance (TikTok), RH (Restoration Hardware), NBCUniversal, E! Entertainment Television, Warner Bros., NIKE, Lucky Brand, HDMI Licensing, Las Vegas Sands, and Electronic Arts.