H. Michael Hartmann Named to IPLAC Board of Managers

Leydig, Voit & Mayer, a Chicago-based, full-service intellectual property law firm, is pleased to announce that H. Michael Hartmann is named to the Board of Managers for the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC). IPLAC, which was founded in 1884 and has more than 1,000 members, identified new officers and board members the week of May 8.

The officers are:

Patrick G. Burns of Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd. – president
Edward D. Manzo of Cook Alex Ltd. – president-elect
Janet M. Garetto of Nixon Peabody LLP – vice president
Stacy Pappas Chronopoulos of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Law Department) – secretary
Nina H. Borders of Reed Smith LLP – treasurer

The Board of Managers are:

David S. Fleming of Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione
Frank J. Kozak of Navteq Corporation
H. Michael Hartmann of Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Sharon R. Barner of Foley & Lardner LLP
Garret A. Leach of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Christina L. Martini of DLA Piper
Sailesh K. Patel of Schiff Hardin LLP
Laura R. Wanek of Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

Mr. Hartmann focuses his practice on 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 has lectured before several groups, including the Practicing Law Institute and the Chicago International Trade Association. He is a member of numerous national and international professional organizations.

Mr. Hartmann has been named in the Illinois Super Lawyers list since 2005. He is selected by his peers as a “Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law” by Leading Lawyers Network. He is listed among the “Top Lawyers in Illinois in Intellectual Property Law” in Chicago Lawyer. He has been listed in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Intellectual Property and in Chambers USA for “America's Leading Lawyers for Business.”

Mr. Hartmann received a B.S. in Engineering in 1970 from the Colorado School of Mines and a J.D., magna cum laude, from DePaul University in 1976.

For more than a century, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. has assisted clients - from large corporations to individual inventors - with intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and prosecution services worldwide. The firm prides itself on its ability to meet the most demanding intellectual property needs of its clients.

Leydig, Voit & Mayer provides advice and counsel in IP litigation, licensing, and prosecution services worldwide, encompassing the full range of patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright and Internet issues. Leydig's technical expertise covers such diverse fields as biotechnology, business methods, chemicals, computer hardware and software, consumer household products, electronics, filtration technologies, financial services, heavy industry, machinery, manufacturing processes, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.

The firm's culture focuses on creating stable, long-term, supportive relationships with each client, and many of the firm's clients have looked to Leydig for IP counsel for decades. Widely accredited as leaders in professional listings and directories, Leydig, Voit & Mayer has been named as a Go-To Law Firm® in intellectual property in Fortune 500 magazine.