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Michelle Armond has been named in Los Angeles magazine and Super Lawyers magazine as one of Southern California’s “Rising Stars” in intellectual property law every year from 2009 to 2015.
She was also named by Super Lawyers as one of "Top Women Attorneys in Southern California" every year from 2012 to 2015.
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Michelle Armond is a successful litigator and appellate specialist who represents clients in intellectual property disputes. She is a Caltech-trained electrical engineer and registered patent attorney. Michelle’s litigation successes have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Intellectual Property Today, the Daily Journal, and Law360. She is consistently recognized by Los Angeles Magazine as a Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation since 2009 and as one of Southern California’s Top Women Attorneys since 2012.
Michelle’s practice includes patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits, Federal Circuit appeals, inter partes review (IPR), covered business method (CBM) review, and reexamination before the Patent Office. Michelle has handled cases involving a wide array of technologies and products, including consumer electronics, integrated circuits, medical devices, telecommunications, power electronics, computer software, artistic works, home décor, and toys.
Prior to entering private practice, Michelle served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC. She has taught courses in advanced Federal Circuit appellate patent law for the nationally recognized Patent Resources Group.
Michelle received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), and bachelor degrees in electrical engineering and in history from the California Institute of Technology.
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Masimo Corp. v. Philips Electronics (D. Del.): successfully represented plaintiff patent holder in obtaining $466 million jury verdict in patent case involving medical device software and obtaining judgment that plaintiff did not infringe competitor patent.
TiVo v. EchoStar Corp. (E.D. Tex.): in one of the first patent cases to go to trial in the Eastern District of Texas, successfully obtained over $74 million jury verdict for plaintiff patent holder on patent for DVR technology.
Instradent USA, Inc. v. Nobel Biocare Services (Pat. Trial & Appeal Bd.): successfully defended a pioneering medical device patent for dental implants by defeating institution of an IPR petition brought by a competitor that was filed after the patent had been found infringed in a co-pending ITC action.
Kinetic Technologies v. Skyworks Solution (Pat. Trial & Appeal Bd.): successfully defended patent owner by protecting all claims in all challenged patents relating to integrated circuits by defeating three separate IPR petitions.
Broadnet Teleservices v. Shoutpoint and Victory Solutions (D. Colo. & Pat. Trial & Appeal Bd.): successfully represented defendants in patent case relating to teleconferencing technology, case settled soon after defendants filed two CBM petitions challenging the asserted patents in the Patent Office.
Nobel Biocare v. Materialise Dental (C.D. Cal.): successfully represented defendant in obtaining early summary judgment of non-infringement in patent case involving dental implant software.
Affinity Labs of Texas v. Alpine Electronics et al. (E.D. Tex.): successfully represented defendant in patent case involving automobile GPS navigation units; case settled favorably before trial.
Treasure Garden v. Lancer and Loader et al. (C.D. Cal.): successfully represented plaintiff patent holder in obtaining permanent injunction against national retailer and supplier.
Articles and Speeches
Co-Author, “Federal Circuit Patent Law,” Patent Resources Group (2013-2016).
Speaker, Patent Resources Group Advanced Courses: Federal Circuit Law, Tampa, FL (Apr. 2016).
Speaker, Patent Resources Group Advanced Courses: Federal Circuit Law, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM (Oct. 2015).
Speaker, Patent Resources Group Advanced Courses: Federal Circuit Law, Orlando, FL (Apr. 2015).
Armond, Summers, “Recent Trends in Damages and Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases – Overview of the Apple v. Samsung Litigation,” Tokyo Conference Centre Shinagawa, Tokyo (Apr. 2013).
Armond, Adolphs, Caltech in Orange County Lecture Series: “The Final Frontier: Understanding the Human Brain,” Irvine, CA (Apr. 2013).
Armond, Milkovich; Caltech in Orange County Lecture Series: “Mars Science Laboratory: Recent Activities of the Curiosity Rover,” Irvine, CA (Oct. 2012).
Armond, Schneider; Caltech in Orange County Lecture Series: “The Science of Climate: Facts, Physics, Forecasts,” Irvine, CA (May 2012).
Panelist, "I Didn't Do It: Exploring the Landscape of Divided Infringement in Patent Enforcement," UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA (Feb. 2012).
Speaker, Special Session for the Presentation of the Portrait of Circuit Judge Richard Linn, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington D.C., 652 F.3d i (June 10, 2011).
Panelist, "Perspectives on KSR, MedImmune, Seagate, and McKesson," UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA (Feb. 2009)
Panelist, "Medmmune and SanDisk: Seeking a License Without Getting a Lawsuit,” Fourth Annual Federal Circuit Roundtable Discussion, Chicago-Kent School of Law, Chicago (Sept. 2007).
Author, Introducing the Defense of Independent Invention to Motions for Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Infringement Lawsuits, 91 Cal. L. Rev. 117 (2003).
Author, State Internet Regulation and the Dormant Commerce Clause, 17 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 379 (2002).
Professional Memberships
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Corporate Sponsor
Howard T. Markey American Inn of Court
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Caltech Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2011-2016)
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