| EXPERIENCE: Since joining the firm in 1993, Michael Barclay has specialized in the fields of patent and intellectual property litigation, with a particular focus on electronics-related areas. Michael has litigated patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark cases in a wide variety of fields, including semiconductors, computer software, graphics, disk drives, cable TV descramblers, ink jet printers, photocopier sorters, and "bootleg" records. Among other cases, he worked on the successful First Circuit and Supreme Court appeal in Lotus v. Borland. Beyond litigation, he provides clients with pre-litigation counseling and opinions in intellectual property matters. Among other activities, he served for five years as a judge pro tem in the small claims division of the Los Angeles Municipal Court and, before entering the legal field, was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft and Intel Corporation. He presently serves as an ENE evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
SELECT CASES: - Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International
Represented successful defendant/appellant Borland in computer software copyright infringement action regarding the copyrightability of spreadsheet menu command hierarchies - McData Corp. v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Represented accused infringer in suit concerning a patent directed to apparatus and methods for counting how many times certain types of data packets are transferred through a network switch - Hilgraeve Corp. v. Network (McAfee) Associates, Inc.
Represented Network (McAfee) Associates in defense of patent case involving a virus detection patent - Novadigm, Inc. v. Marimba, Inc.
Represented patent owner in case involving patent for differential software distribution over a network - Oak Industries, Inc. v. Zenith Electronics Corp.
Represented accused infringer in cable TV patent cases involving important decisions regarding contributory and inducing infringement, and the damages available for reexamined patent claims - More cases
- Please see wsgr.com for a complete list of cases.
EDUCATION: - J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1979
Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, UCLA Law Review  Michael Barclay
continued | - M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974
- B.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
Graduated with Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS: - Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
HONORS: - AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
ADMISSIONS: - State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Supreme Court
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