About Michael Edward
Michael Edward Dergosits is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in the State of California. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1985. His license is currently in active status. Mr. Dergosits is a partner at Dergosits & Noah LLP, a law firm specializing in intellectual property law, located in San Francisco, California. He has been practicing law for over 40 years, serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Mr. Dergosits earned his Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1984. Prior to law school, he completed his undergraduate education at Cornell University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering in 1979. During his time at the University of San Francisco, he served as the President of the Student Bar Association from 1983 to 1984.
Mr. Dergosits concentrates his practice in the areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. He represents clients in contested matters in federal courts and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. His practice encompasses all stages of litigation, including initial case evaluation, discovery, mediation, settlement negotiations, and trial proceedings. He has extensive experience in counseling clients concerning potential claims of willful patent infringement.
Throughout his career, Mr. Dergosits has handled cases in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to founding Dergosits & Noah LLP in 1993, he was a partner at Limbach & Limbach LLP from 1983 to 1993.
Mr. Dergosits is an active member of the California State Bar and has held leadership positions in various professional organizations. He served as the President of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association, where he also served as a member of the Board of Governors for five years. He was a member of the Cyberspace Law Committee of the California State Bar and the American Intellectual Property Law Association, a board member of the Federal Circuit Historical Society, and a former member of the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inns of Court. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Since 1993, he has taught patent law as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law and was honored as the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of the Year in 2005.
