Mike Gross

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Prosecution and Counseling; Intellectual Property Litigation

Career

Mike is co-chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. His primary practice is counseling clients in all areas of intellectual property. He represents numerous national clients in this capacity, including such companies as Microsoft Corporation, Sprint, Cerner Innovation, Inc., and Nike, Inc. Mike conducts numerous infringement and validity analyses for major national clients in such diverse areas as computer software, telecommunications, structured mass transfer packing, soil sampling devices, athletic shoes and other sports items, heat treating processes and electronic gaming devices. He also conducts numerous due diligence analyses of intellectual property portfolios as part of mergers and acquisitions teams. He also assists clients in evaluating third- party intellectual property for acquisition. Further, Mike assists clients in monetizing their own patent portfolios. He represents numerous clients in the procurement of U.S. and international patents, conducts national and international licensing negotiations involving all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and technology know-how and represents numerous clients in trademark and copyright procurement programs.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Owners Association; Kansas Bar Association