Michael Malinzak

Mr. Malinzak’s practice centers around the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, business methods, control systems, biomedical, and computer arts. He prepares freedom to practice, due diligence, and patent validity opinions, and negotiates agreements for dispute settlement and licensing matters. He has extensive experience assessing intellectual property portfolio strength and value, including the planning of protection and exploitation; and in advising dispute resolution and litigating claims and defenses. 

Mr. Malinzak also devotes a considerable share of his practice to the counseling of clients in a broad range of intellectual property matters including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, antitrust, and cyberpiracy law.

In addition to his practice at Harness Dickey, Mr. Malinzak is an Adjunct Professor at University of Detroit School of Law. He teaches a third-year course covering intellectual property due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.

Representative Cases

• Town & Country Cedar Homes, Inc. v. Donald Henry, Barbara Henry, and Kerry Smith Read More »

Education

Honors & Distinctions

• Chicago-Kent Law Review, Executive Editor 
• Order of the Coif
• Tau Beta Pi

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Michigan Bar Association
• Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association