Background
Zimmerman, C. Michael was born on July 16, 1938 in Butte, Montana, United States.
Zimmerman, C. Michael was born on July 16, 1938 in Butte, Montana, United States.
Montana State University (Bachelor of Science, Engineering Physics, 1960). San Francisco Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Worked at Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert (San Francisco, California) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Electronics and Computer Law. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1966, California, United States. District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Member: Palo Alto Area (President, 1978-1979) and American (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
San Francisco Patent Law Association. Peninsula Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1975-1976). (Resident, Palo Alto Office).
The firm was founded in 1947 by Paul Doctorate. Flehr, who commenced practicing law in 1927.
The firm has an office in the heart of San Francisco"s financial and commercial center as well as in Palo Alto, the center of California"s "Silicon Valley." Its practice is intellectual property which includes litigation in Federal and State courts involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark matters in the United States and throughout the world, patent and trademark investigations and copyright matters. An international department is maintained which deals specifically with patent and trademark matters outside the United States.
The firm"s attorneys handle the major technical fields including mechanical and chemical engineering, electronics, computer and data storage systems and components, drilling and mining equipment, food processing and products, nuclear and other energy production, medical equipment and prostheses, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and therapeutics, biological and genetic engineering including patenting of genetically engineered plants and animals.
Member: Palo Alto Area (President, 1978-1979) and American (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California. San Francisco Patent Law Association.
Peninsula Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1975-1976).
(Resident, Palo Alto Office).