Michael Schulman concentrates on intellectual property and advertising law. His experience includes clearance of advertising for compliance with legal requirements, trademark selection, searching and registration, trademark oppositions and litigation, unfair competition law, licensing, transfer of intellectual property, e-commerce intellectual property issues, copyright registration, and corporate and financing transactions involving intellectual property. Mr. Schulman has represented a museum in copyright registration, licensing, and other intellectual property and transactional matters and major advertising agencies in trademark selection, clearance and registration, and compliance of their advertising with legal requirements. He has also helped advertising agencies, a major software company, a private label manufacturer and a company publishing hard copy and Internet-based magazines with trademark selection.
Representative Experience
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Represent a museum in copyright registration, licensing and other transactional matters, e-commerce issues, as well as all other intellectual property matters.
- Represent a major advertising agency in trademark selection, clearance and registration and compliance of its advertising with all legal requirements.
- Trademark selection, clearance and registration for a major software company.
- Trademark selection, clearance and registration for a company publishing hard copy and internet based magazines.
- Trademark selection, clearance and registration for a manufacturer of cotton products.
- Trademark selection, clearance and registration for an Internet-based financial institution services company.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Duquesne University School of Law, 1977
- M.A., Duquesne University, 1971
- B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1968
Bar Admissions
Publications & Presentations
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
- Law Clerk, Honorable Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1977 - 1979)
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Member, State Bar of Texas, Administrative and Public Law Section
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, Opportunity Dallas (1983)
- Member, North Central Texas INTERLINK, Inc.
- Board of Directors (1988 - 1990)
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