Background
McCoy, Michael D. was born on April 8, 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, United States.
McCoy, Michael D. was born on April 8, 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with honors, 1972). Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1975). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu.
Sigma Tau.
Worked at The Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group, Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Capital Markets and Investments, Finance and Public Finance, Financial Institution, Trial and Appellate, Health Care, Real Estate, Environmental, Antitrust and Investigations, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Tax and Fiduciary, Labor and Employment, International, Communications and Technology, Intellectual Property Law (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets), Licensing, Antitrust, Unfair Trade Practices, Technology and Computer Law, Trials and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Illinois. 1983, North Carolina.
Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Company-Author: "Cybertheft: Will Copyright Law Prevent Digital Tyranny on the Superhighway?" 30 Wake Forest Law Review 169 (Spring 1995).
Author: "Ex Parte Seizure Order Practice After the Trademark Counterfeiting Acting of 1984," 14 AIPLA Journal 237, 1986 "Intellectual PropertyPatents, Trademarks and Copyrights," 58 Chicago Kent Law Review 479, 1982. "Chip Pirates: Beware the Law," 22 I.E.E.E., Spectrum 74, 1985.
Member, Panel of Patent Dispute Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Licensing Executives Society. On August 1, 1997, Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, established in 1922, merged with Atlanta based Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership, established in 1893, to form the Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group of Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership. The combination of the two firms constitutes one of the largest in the Southeast and brings together the full service capabilities of Alston & Bird with the specialized expertise of Bell Seltzer Park & Gibson in intellectual property law. The new firm"s intellectual property and technology law practice ranks as the largest in the Southeast with more than 75 attorneys, including 30 partners, and has capabilities in all areas of intellectual property practice, including patent prosecution and information technology transactions.
Bell Seltzer Intellectual Property Law Group of Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership now has offices in Charlotte, the Research Triangle area, Atlanta and Washington, District of Columbia
North Carolina and American Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.