Practice Expertise

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Profile

Michael Shenker has more than 20 years of experience in patenting software and hardware inventions for high technology companies. A former software engineer with a thorough background in mathematics, his recent work spans the areas of:

Colorimetry
Cryptography
Remote management of vending machines
Content adaptation for multimedia
Social networking services
Packaging of integrated circuits (through-silicon vias)
Flash memories (cell architecture and methods of fabrication)
Liquid crystal displays
Laser-diode assemblies

Michael's work emphasizes thorough understanding of the invention and prior art, careful drafting, and attention to law of pertinent jurisdiction (U.S., foreign or international).

Bar Admissions
California

Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Law, J.D.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.), Ph.D. Candidate, Mathematics (completed all Ph.D. requirements except dissertation)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.), M.S., Computer, Information and Control Engineering

Moscow State University, Undergraduate, Qualification of Mathematician

Areas of Practice

  • Intellectual Property

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Representative present and former clients include: Dell; DOCOMO; Cantaloupe Systems; KWE International and Unified Color Technologies; ALLVIA (Tru-Si Technologies); MMC Networks and AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits Corporation); Mosel Vitelic and ProMOS Technologies; Samsung; Sun Microsystems; SwitchSoft Systems; NetDynamics; Fujitsu Software Corporation; Alantec Corporation; Phone.com; AMD (Advanced Micro Devices).



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