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Related Practices

• Litigation
• Patents
• Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
• Interferences
• Pharmaceutical and Chemical Technologies
• Electrical, Computer and Software Technologies
• Mechanical Technologies
• Business Methods
• Intellectual Property Transactions

Education

H. Michael Hartmann

Member

Mr. Hartmann is active in all phases of intellectual property law with an emphasis in intellectual property litigation and technology protection and transfer in the United States and internationally. He has acted as trial counsel in jury and bench trials, ITC proceedings, and related pre-trial and appellate proceedings in diverse technical fields including software; machine vision and semiconductor manufacturing; polymeric soft contact lenses; molecular sieve zeolites; polymeric membranes; ethylene oxide catalysts; x-ray film emulsions; and gypsum wall board manufacture. His international experience includes directing legal proceedings in courts in England, Germany, and France, as well as before the European and Japanese Patent Offices.

Mr. Hartmann was born in Frankfurt, Germany and is fluent in German. Prior to joining the firm, he served on the engineering staff of Mobil Oil Corporation (now ExxonMobil) and worked as an intern with a German patent firm. He has lectured before several groups, including the Practicing Law Institute and the Chicago International Trade Association. He is a member of a number of national and international professional organizations.  Mr. Hartmann presently serves as the president of the firm.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• Association Internationale Pour La Protection De La Propriété Industrielle
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) (Board of Managers, 2009)
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)
• Richard Linn Inn of Court
• U.S. Bar-EPO Liaison Council (former Chair)
• Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Articles and Publications

• Profiled in, "Mike Hartmann: Understanding the People Behind Patent Litigation," Leading Lawyers Network Magazine--Business Edition 2009

Honors

• AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated (Highest Rating) – Martindale-Hubbell
• Named in the Illinois Super Lawyers list, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2005-2010
• Named among “The Top 100” Illinois Super Lawyers, 2010
• Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law – Leading Lawyers Network
• Listed among the Top Lawyers in Illinois in Intellectual Property Law – Chicago Lawyer
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® in the area of Intellectual Property Law, 2008-Present
• Listed in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA 2007, 2008

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

• Speaker on "Mock Direct and Cross-Examination of an Expert in a Patent Case," Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC),  Patent Law Symposium 2009, September 25, 2009
• Participated as an emcee during the 2009 Inside Counsel SuperConference, Chicago, IL,        May 5-6, 2009

Bar Admissions and Registrations

• Illinois, 1976
• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Languages

• German