Michael Kelber > Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Offices
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Michael Kelber
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner & Chair
Career
Michael, chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, provides strategic counsel to established enterprises and entrepreneurs concerning the development and protection of extensive global intellectual property portfolios. He represents clients from a wide range of industries, including consumer electronics, restaurants, retail housewares, beverage manufacturing, software, entertainment and a variety of technology-focused industries.
Michael has served as lead counsel in trials before state and federal courts throughout the country, and he represents clients in all phases of complex copyright, trademark and patent disputes. Michael also develops proactive risk management strategies that enable brand portfolios to successfully launch and evolve, avoid costly litigation, and overcome intellectual property attacks with a pre-designed litigation strategy.
Michael has prepared and prosecuted thousands of successful U.S. and foreign patent and trademark applications covering numerous brands, products and designs. He frequently negotiates and prepares critical agreements connected to his clients’ portfolios, including patent, trademark and software development licenses, information technology and development agreements, music and book publishing agreements, and film production and distribution agreements.
Before his legal career, Michael worked for a large communications company for six years managing all of its Midwest and Northwest internal office telecommunications needs. This practical business experience has given him valuable insight into how concise communication, risk assessment and pooling resources are critical to enabling clients to make sound business and legal decisions.
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1996)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1989)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Michael Kelber heads up Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP‘s offering, powering the practice with his considerable experience across the sectors of consumer electronics, software and beverage manufacturing industries, among others. The team is well-positioned to advise on a diverse array of trademark mandates, with particular regard to portfolio management, and counts names such as Duracell and Chicago White Sox among its key roster of clients. Other key names to note include litigator Lee Eulgen, Anthony McShane, who is capable in relation to strategic issues arising from a variety of traditional and digital IP assets, and Andrea Stein Fuelleman, a practitioner who routinely manages clearance, portfolio management and transactional work. The team is praised for its ‘excellent technical skills’. All listed attorneys are based in the firm’s Chicago office.