Michael V. Risch Palo Alto, California
| Of Counsel | |
| phone | (650) 327-9800 |
| fax | (650) 327-3737 |
| Email Me | |
Mr. Risch specializes in complex business litigation, with interests in copyrights and trade secrets, as well as other intellectual property matters. In addition, Mr. Risch handles intellectual property licensing and conducts intellectual property and development process audits.
Mr. Risch is Of Counsel at Russo & Hale LLP, and Associate Professor at West Virginia University College of Law. Prior to his professorship, Mr. Risch was an Olin Fellow in Law at Stanford Law School.
The Law of the Internet in California "An Internet Primer"
"Trade Secrets on the Internet and in Cyberspace"
- Areas of Practice:
- Complex Business Litigation
- Copyrights
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual Property Licensing
- Conducts Intellectual Property
- Development Process Audits
- Bar Admissions:
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- Education:
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois,
1998
J.D.
Honors: With High Honors
Honors: Olin Student Fellow in Law and Economics
Honors: Bradley Student Fellow in Law and Economics
Honors: Order of the Coif - Stanford University
A.B.
Honors: With Honors and Distinction in Public Policy
Honors: With Distinction in Quantitative Economics
Honors: Received Official National Merit Scholarship
- Published Works:
- The Failure of Public Notice in Patent Prosecution, 21 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 179, 2007
- Why Do We Have Trade Secrets?, 11Marquette Int. Prop. L. Rev. 1, 2007
- How Can Whelan v. Jaslow and Lotus v. Borland Both be Right? Re-Examining the Economics of Computer Software Reuse, 17 J. Marshall J. Comp. & Info. Law 511, 1999
- Virtual Reality - A Legal Overview, (Co-Author with Jack Russo), 1995
- Amicus Curiae Brief of 22 Law and Business Professors in Support of Appellants: In Re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw, (Co-Author with John Allison, Mark A. Lemley, R. Polk Wagner), No. 08/833, 892 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, April, 7, 2008
- Advanced Programming for Novell Groupwise (Technical Manual), Novell, Inc., 2002
- Law of the Internet in California, (Co-Author with Jack Russo and John Kelley), National Business Institute Seminar, 2001
- "Copyright Protection for Virtual Realities: Brave New World Emerges", (Co-Author with Jack Russo), National Law Journal, October, 17, 1994
- Federal Anti-Poverty Job Training: Problems in the Past and Hope for the Future, Public Policy Departmental Honors Thesis, 1992
- Juvenile Crime in San Mateo County: 1989 Report, Criminal Justice Council of San Mateo County, 1990
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Everything is Patentable, Faculty Colloquia, WVU College of Law, 2008
- Orientation Address, High School Minority Law Day, WVU College of Law , 2008
- Trade Secrets in High Velocity Labor Markets, Section of Law & Economics, 2008 AALS Conferences, 2008
- Everything is Patentable, WIPIP Conference, American U. Law School, 2007
- Everything is Patentable, IP Scholars Conference, DePaul Law School, 2007
- "What If's" Conference Fellow, Michigan State Univeristy, 2007
- Trade Secret Roundtable, Intited Participant, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, 2006
- Why Do We Have Trade Secrets?, Santa Clara University Law School, 2006
- Mock Hearing, and Panel Discussions on Intellectual Property Issues, American Inns of Court – Bay Area Intellectual Property Chapter, 1998 - 2007
- Law of the Internet - Seminar for National Business Intitute, 2001
- New Legal Problems for the Internet Age, Alameda County Bar Association Intellectual Property & Computer Law Committee, 2001
- Wireless Law Offices - TechLaw Institute, 2001
- Economics of Copuright and Computer Software - Lunch, Santa Clara University Law School, 2000
- Co-presented Trade Secret Session for Glasser Legal Works, Cyberspace Law School , 2000 - 2001
- Past Employment Positions:
- West Virginia University College of Law, Associate Professor
- Russo & Hale LLP, Of Counsel, 2006 - Present
- Russo & Hale LLP, Partner, 2003 - 2006
- Russo & Hale LLP, Associate, 1998 - 2002
