Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP


Michael D. Powell Michael D. Powell Quinn Emanuel 555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor Redwood Shores California 94065 work(650) 801 5000 mikepowell@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard Silicon Valley Office Tel: 650-801-5000 Fax: 650-801-5100 mikepowell@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Intellectual Property Litigation International Trade Commission Proceedings Life Sciences Litigation Education University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1999) Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1998) University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., Chemistry & English, 1994) Prior Associations Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Associate, 2004-2006 Thoits Love Hershberger & McLean Associate, 1999-2004 Pitchware, Inc., Founder and President, 1999-2001 MyMovieIdea.com, Co-Founder, Chairman & CFO, 2000-2001 Law Clerk and Judicial Extern to the Hon. Arthur S. Weissbrodt, United States Bankruptcy Court, 1995-1996 Admissions Member, The State Bar of California; United States District Court, Central District of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of Texas	Send to a friend Biography Before joining the firm in 2006, Michael D. Powell was an intellectual property litigator in the Silicon Valley offices of Weil Gotshal & Manges and Thoits Love Hershberger & McLean. Mr. Powell’s practice focuses on patent infringement and related complex commercial litigation. Mr. Powell has considerable experience in both state and federal courts. Representative Clients Broadcom Corporation Business Objects (now SAP) Cisco Systems, Inc. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Fry’s Electronics Google, Inc. International Business Machines Corporation Kraft Foods MediaTek STMicroelectronics Unilever Notable Representations Represented Broadcom, Mediatek, STMicroelectronics and others in an ITC patent infringement investigation concerning memory controllers. Represented IBM in a patent infringement suit concerning blade server computer systems. Represented Google in a trademark infringement and unfair competition action concerning Google’s AdWords. Represented IBM in a patent infringement indemnity suit concerning automated telephony systems. Represented Business Objects Americas and IBM in a patent infringement suit concerning database reporting software. Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. in a patent infringement suit involving customer support systems software. Represented Kraft Foods in a patent infringement suit concerning plastic coffee cans. Represented Fry’s Electronics, Inc. in connection with a complex discovery dispute. Represented MediaTek, Inc. in defending against a third-party indemnity claim arising out of underlying patent infringement case involving digital television chip technology. Advised Unilever concerning California state law claims arising out of a joint development agreement for the development of personal care products.