Michelle Armond

2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614-3641
Tel: 949-760-0404
Fax: 949-760-9502
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Legal Areas of Emphasis

Intellectual Property Litigation, including Appeals

Client Counseling

Patents

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Electronics

Computers

Medical Devices

Professional Profile

Michelle Armond is an associate in the Orange County office.  Ms. Armond is a registered patent attorney, licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Ms. Armond represents and counsels clients in intellectual property disputes relating to patents, trademarks, and copyrights.  Her practice is primarily focused on handling patent litigation cases relating to the electronics, computer software, and medical device fields.  Ms. Armond frequently handles litigation matters involving copyright and trademark issues. 

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Armond served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Richard Linn of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2003 to 2005 and practiced at Irell & Manella LLP.

Ms. Armond received her law degree from the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) where she was an articles editor for the California Law Review and for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.  She received bachelor degrees with honor in electrical engineering and in history from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Education

University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D. 2003

California Law Review, Articles Editor

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Articles Editor

California Institute of Technology, B.S. with honor 2000, electrical engineering and history

Clerk Experience

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard Linn of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2003-2005

Admissions/Qualifications

State Bar of California

State Bar of Illinois

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Attorney)

U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

Federal Circuit Bar Association

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), corporate sponsor

Articles, Speeches & Seminars

Panelist, "MedImmune 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).

Awards & Honors

In a survey of her peers published in Los Angeles magazine and Super Lawyers magazine, Ms. Armond was named as one of Southern California’s “Rising Stars” in intellectual property law in 2009 and 2010.