Michael Wise

With more than 35 years of patent counseling, procurement, and litigation experience, Michael Wise handles district court patent litigation, inter partes review, and interference matters before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He also assists clients with patent portfolio management and complex contested patent matters in the life sciences industry. Michael litigates a wide variety of technologies, including biologic and small molecule therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, software, and electronics.

An active member of the Southern California Biomedical Council for over two decades, Michael served as the chair of the annual SoCalBio Investor Conference and is the secretary of the board of directors. He also regularly advises academic institutions, research institutions, emerging companies, privately held companies, and publicly traded companies with respect to protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights.