Marketing Health Care

MICHAEL A. BLOOM, ESQ.

P.O. Box ****** Dallas, TX 75380-2826

972-***-**** ******@*********.***

LEGAL ANALYST • LITIGATOR • POLICY DEVELOPER

COMPETITION, COMPETITIVE MARKETING, IP PRACTICES SPECIALIST

A seasoned, critically & strategically thinking, creative, tenacious, licensed attorney. A legal

analyst with insight & rectitude. A published author, successful litigator, educator & mentor of

legal talent. A proven ability to analyze complex legal matters, write lucidly, self start, function

independently & as a team member & perform beyond expectations in high value situations.

Formal training in U.S. antitrust law (Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Robinson-Patman Act,

FTC Act & Regulated Industries), EU (Treaty of Rome) Competition Law, Patent Act, Lanham

Trademark Act including federal (§§43 & 44) unfair competition law, common law trademarks and

unfair competition & M&A. Also skilled in trade secret & marketing disputes, state regulation

of business, state deceptive business & trade practices, unfair methods of competition under §337 of

the Tariff Act of 1930 & the anti-competitive implications of trade association standard setting.

Core areas of strength include:

Antitrust Law Unfair Methods of Competition Unfair Competition

Business Standards & Ethics Non-Competition Agreements Industrial Standard Setting

Legal Analysis & Writing Unfair & Deceptive Acts & Practices Trials & Appeals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Litigation & Litigation Related Highlights Include:

U.S. District Court judicial clerkship.

Litigation staff for a major slogan trademark infringement suit and a major DOJ monopolization suit.

First Chair trial responsibility for antitrust, trade secret, copyright, trademark, unfair competition,

misappropriation and other commercial matters.

First Chair responsibility for criminal trials and appeals.

Primary responsibility for a comprehensive analysis of the Noerr-Pennington Antitrust Doctrine as

applied to the activities of standard setting organizations with and without government involvement.

Structured the relationships and drafted the documentation for the protection of trade secrets involving

chemicals, data and processes for the recovery and delivery of heavy oil and gas and to initiate a new

regional service industry.

Designed a health care industry framework for the competitive systemic delivery of comprehensive

national health care called Vital Care™ .

POSITIONS

MICHAEL A. BLOOM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dallas, TX, 1973 - Present

Provide litigation, evaluation, document and counseling services across a wide range of legal

areas. Litigation services include both trials and appeals and embrace antitrust, business tort,

securities and intellectual property matters. Trial services involved case evaluation, strategic

planning, drafting pleadings and motions, investigation, discovery and trials. Other services

include identifying, protecting, developing, commercializing, marketing and licensing ideas,

inventions, systems, trade secrets, confidential information and other forms of intellectual

property and related products domestically and internationally.

Michael A. Bloom, Esq.

P. O. Box 802826

Dallas, Texas 75380-2826

972/934-9500 ******@*********.***

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Trial Attorney - Antitrust Division

VON MALTITZ, DARENBERG, KUNIN & JANSSEN: Associate

Trademarks, Copyrights & Unfair Competition Specialists

U.S. JUDGE WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, JR., Northern District of Texas: Judicial Clerkship

Independently determined and prepared judicial opinions, subject to judicial approval, for

disputed matters, e.g., SEC v. Computronics Industries Corp., 294 Fed. Supp. 1136 (N.D.

Texas, 1968)

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

LL.M., Corporations and Trade Regulation – NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - NY, NY

LL.B., Honors Graduate – BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - Boston, MA

B.A. – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Ann Arbor, MI

BAR ADMISSIONS

TEXAS & NEW YORK

UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

UNITED STATE COURT OF CLAIMS

UNITED STATE COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

LECTURESHIPS

BUSINESS TORTS - Southern Methodist University Law School

BUSINESS LAW - University of Texas at Dallas

UNFAIR COMPETITION - Patent Law Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation

PUBLICATIONS & LEGAL WRITINGS

1.“The Lanham Trademark Act, Section 43(a) - Tripartite System of Competitive Self-regulation,” 15

Patent Law Annual 217 (1977).

2. “A Clarifying Look at Federal Unfair Trade Competition Law: The Overlooked Business Ethic,” Texas

Bar Journal, Volume 44, Number 607, June 1981.

3.“The Interrelationship Between Antitrust Laws of the European Economic Community and the

Industrial Property Laws of the Member States - A Conflict Without Cause.”

4.The Vital Care Universal Health System - An Industrial Framework (copyright 1993, revised 1994,

2008).

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