Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1996

Lawyer Overview

Michael Warnecke is a partner in the firm's Patent Litigation practice.  He has focused his practice on major patent litigation cases, including international patent, technology licensing and other intellectual property matters.  He has been first chair on numerous patent litigation cases in which he represented companies such as Caterpillar, Inc., Brunswick Corp., MetLife and Mitsubishi Corp.  In one of the most significant cases of his career, Michael obtained successful damages and injunctive relief for Rockwell International on a major trade secret matter.  The case was later affirmed on appeal where it garnered substantial national media attention for its innovative use of computer graphics to present evidence.

In the 1990s, Michael was selected by the People's Republic of China trade delegation, led by Vice Premier Li Lanqing, to host a two-day seminar for American automotive and after-market companies, as well as the Chinese delegation on the legal aspects of doing business in China.

At the request of the Chinese government, he also provided advice on the redrafting of the 1984 Patent Act. Similarly, in 1993, he provided advice on the Unfair Competition Act, which was adopted in 1994.

Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Michael was the Chair of the Intellectual Property practice at Mayer, Brown, Rowe &; Maw in Chicago.  Michael has been retained as an expert witness in many litigation matters, including the following:   Enprotech v. Autotech ? Recora v. Faier ? Aureo Rivera Davilla and Aureo E. Rivera v. Asset Construction ? Aureo Rivera Davilla and Aureo E. Rivera v. Chapman ? Gillette v. Butler ? C&;F Packing v. IBP ? Concept Design v. Duplitronics ? Ciena v. Corvis ? FireGear v. Morning Pride ?  Margaritis v. Hercules Painting Co. ? Schreiber Foods, Inc. v. Beatrice Cheese Inc. and NATEC ? Illinois National Insurance Co. v. Marchon ? Schreiber Foods, Inc. v. Beatrice Cheese Inc. and Kustner Industries ? KCJ Corp. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and KCI Therapeutic Services, Inc. ? Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. and Guidant Corp. ? Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. v. Rion Co. ? VDO North America, L.L.C. v. TI Group Automotive Systems (North America), Inc. ? eSpeed, Inc. v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange  ? NTP, Inc. v. Research In Motion, Ltd. ? 1995 Syndicate Members of Industrial Risk Insurers v. Interface, Inc. ? Optivus Technology, Inc. v. ION Beam Applications ? Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt &; Litton v. Annuity Investors Life Insurance Co. ? M. D. Connell and Hi-Tech Bed Systems Corp. v. KLN Steel Products Co.

Areas of Practice

• Patent Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Trademark Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• Copyright Litigation
• Arbitration
• Intellectual Property

West Practice Categories

Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Arbitration

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1967
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1971
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1967
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1967
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1967
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1967

Classes and Seminars

• Seminar, Trade Secret Protection for Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Osaka, Japan, 1996
• Roundtable Participant, Current Matters in Intellectual Property Litigation, Illinois Legal Times, Chicago, 1995
• Meeting, Seeing is Believing: Animation on Trial, American Bar Association, General Practice Section, Chicago, 1995
• Seminar, China: The New Driving Force in Asia - Overview of Doing Business and Protecting Technology in China, Keck, Mahin & Cate/People's Republic of China, Chicago, 1994
• Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Damages Part I: Evolving Theories, Strategies, and Outcomes, Licensing Executives Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 1994
• Use of Computer Graphics at Trial, Coopers & Lybrand, Chicago, 1994
• Use of Computer Animation at Trial, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1994
• Winning Through Technology: Tomorrow's Tools Today, American Bar Association, Chicago, 1993
• Seminar on Trade Secret Law, Anatomy of a Trade Secret Lawsuit: A Discussion of Rockwell Graphics, Inc. v. DEV Industries, Inc., International Association For the Protection of Industrial Property, Tokyo, 1993
• Seminar on Patent Litigation in the United States, Some Critical Aspects of the Litigation of Patents in the United States and How to Cope With Them, Institute of Intellectual Property in Japan, Tokyo and Osaka, 1990
• Fiberoptics and the Patent and Antitrust Problems Associated Therewith, Kessler Marketing Institute, Newport Beach, Rhode Island, 1983
• Patent Arbitration, American Arbitration Association, Chicago, 1983
• Selected Aspects of Drafting Patent & Know-How License Agreements, Patent Resources Group, Inc., New York, Miami and Los Angeles
• Review of Recent Supreme Court Patent Decisions, Including Patentability of Life Forms in Chakrabarsy & the Limitation on Patent Misuse in Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas, Illinois Institute for CLE, Loyola University, Chicago, 1980
• Using Technology in a Business Torts Trial, American Legal Seminars, Inc., 1995
• Third Annual Conference, Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Had a Positive Effect on the United States Patent System? You're Damn Right!, Intellectual & Industrial Property Society, Melbourne, 1989

Past Employment Positions

• Keck, Mahin & Cate, Managing Partner, 1991 - 1996
• Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Managing Partner, 1967 - 1991

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1967
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1963
  M.E., Mechanical Engineer
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1963
  B.S., Bachelor of Science

Published Works

• Using Technology in a Business Torts Trial, The Business Torts Reporter, Chicago, 1995
• Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Had a Positive Effect on the United States Patent System? You're Damn Right! Third Annual Intellectual & Industrial Property Society Conference, Melbourne, 1989

Address

131 South Dearborn Street
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60603-5559

Phones

(312) 324-8549

Faxes

(312) 324-9549

Emails

mwarnecke@perkinscoie.com

Websites

http://www.perkinscoie.com