Senior Patent Attorney, Electrical Engineer
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MICHAEL J. MEHRMAN
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EDUCATION 1995 JD, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia (high honors)
1986 MSEE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
1985 BSEE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (high honors)
BAR ADMISSIONS 1994 US Patent & Trademark Office
1995 State of Georgia
EXPERIENCE Fifteen plus years of intellectual property experience. Experience includes first-chair litigation, expert witness as engineer and attorney, preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in a wide variety of electrical, computer and mechanical arts, invention disclosure and development, licensing, acquisitions, due diligence, trademark, copyright, trade secret, financial analysis, contracts, portfolio evaluation and management.
REPRESENTATIVE ARTS Electric power systems, antennas, industrial power plant equipment, telecommunications; electronic medical records; computer software; avionics; automotive; medical devices; Internet companies, power conditioning equipment, electric vehicles, electric circuit design, combustion technologies, image processing, reconfigurable hardware, amusement park rides, package handling systems, vending machines, machines for manufacturing corrugated cardboard and a wide variety of other technologies, designs and business models.
EMPLOYERS Mehrman Law Office, Atlanta, Georgia 2003 to Present
All aspects of IP law and small business operation
First chair litigation including appellate representation
Patent prosecution, evaluation, licensing, domestic and international
Copyright, trademark, trade secret experience
Partner 2000-2002
Gardner, Groff & Mehrman, Marietta, Georgia
Of Counsel 2000
Morris Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Georgia
Associate 1994-1999
Jones & Askew, Atlanta, Georgia
SAMPLE PATENTS 7,078,647 – Electric Power Systems
7,239,285 –Antennas
6,892,679 – Industrial Power Plant Equipment
7,865,477 – Telecommunications
7,424,437 – Electronic Medical Records System
7,280,988 – Computer Software
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS Southern States; ProBrand International; Clyde Bergemann
LifeNexus; Netuitive; Automotive Technologies International
References Available
Expert Testimony – Patent Attorney
2009 Expert witness on the subject of patent law in Civil Action No. 2008RCCV01519, Dewey v. Powergroup International, Inc. in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia. Subject matter of expert testimony concerned corporate invention development and disclosure practices, specific inventions and patent applications.
2003 Expert witness on the subject of patent law in Civil Action No. 8:01-cv-2092-T-26TGW, Mercury Enterprises, Inc. v. Ventlab Corporation, in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. Subject matter of expert testimony concerned claim interpretation, infringement and validity of Ratner, U.S. Patent No. 5,557,049, Disposable Manometer For Use With a CPR Bag.
1986 - 1994 Southern Engineering Company Atlanta, Georgia
Engineer and consultant for electric utilities in areas of contract analysis, regulatory affairs, economic studies, accounting procedures and business practices. Experience in litigation, arbitration, rate cases, administrative proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, contract negotiation and analysis, damage computation, and legislative and rulemaking proceedings.
• Expert witness before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Hydroelectric Projects Nos. 432 and 2784 including direct testimony and cross examination.
• Preparation of direct testimony as expert witness on contract and damages analysis on behalf of North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation in arbitration and legal proceedings relating to electric power contracts.
• Speaker and advisor for the United States Agency for International Development in Eastern Europe on matters related to electric utilities.
• Advisor for the Transmission Task Force of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association charged with developing legislative and regulatory proposals culminating in the Electricity Title of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
• Author or co-author of comments written on behalf of electric utility clients in over a dozen administrative rulemaking proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Rural Electrification Administration.
EDUCATION:
Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 1995, Class Rank: 7 of 167
Honors: Dean's Scholarship; West Publishing Scholastic Achievement Award; College of Law Community Award; Mendes Hershman Writing Contest; American Jurisprudence Award Litigation Workshop, American Jurisprudence Award - Corporations
Georgia institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1986
GPA: 3.5
Power Engineering Program; Graduate Research Assistantship
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, High Honors, 1985
GPA: 3.4
Co-operative Program; Certificate in Business Communication
Honors: Daniel Scholarship; Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
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