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Michael Parks

Partner

Chicago
312 580 2237 312 580 2237 direct


Michael counsels clients on patent and trademark issues and represents them in federal courts across the United States.

He has significant experience litigating patents in a wide variety of technical disciplines, and has successfully handled matters related to the litigation of complex electrical engineering and software based technologies such as mobile computing, cellular communications, global positioning, and interactive television applications.

He has litigated patents in numerous federal courts, including the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware and Northern District of Illinois.

Michael also has significant experience with patent reexaminations and with counseling clients on proposed technologies. On the trademark side, Michael's experience includes trademark clearance, as well as representing clients in trademark litigation and in adversarial proceedings within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Michael also has significant copyright and right of publicity experience, both on the litigation and counseling side. Michael is Technology Committee Chair of the Firm's AI Task Force.

Blogs

Judge Rules AI-Generated Art Is Not Copyrightable

Thompson Coburn Publications

Intellectual property and other legal priorities during COVID-19

Participate in standard-setting bodies? The enforceability of your patents could be affected

Publications

Quoted, "IPO-bound Reddit discloses patent infringement complaint from Nokia,"
Reuters, March 19, 2024

Presentations

"Litigation Amid a Cloud of Crisis: Aligning Legal Strategy with Reputation Management";
Association of Corporate Counsel Chicago, December 2015

ACC STL CLE: IP Issues with GenAI - Ownership and Enforcement
Association of Corporate Counsel, July 2024

News

Implications for Digital Lending and Copyright in Landmark Fair Use Case

Michael Parks Speaks to Bloomberg Law on News Outlets and AI

Thompson Coburn Shuts Down Fraudulent Website for Marymount California University

Michael Parks Speaks to Reuters on IPO-Bound Reddit’s Patent Dispute

Michael Parks Speaks on Key AI Trends for 2024

Michael Parks on US Supreme Court's Decision: Apple and Broadcom to Face Jury Trial Without Patent Invalidity Defense

Summary judgment win for Canadian Standards Association

Michael Parks and Diona Rogers participate on panels at the 2023 Midwest BLSA 55th Annual Regional convention

Living our values in 2020

Thompson Coburn again named best copyright firm in the nation

New Thompson Coburn blog In Focus covers photo copyright cases