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Michael T. Hopkins
Tel/Fax: 866-735-0515- email: mth@hmclaw.com
Mike Hopkins has tried more than 60 cases, with over 50 of those to a jury. He has litigated cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He has represented corporations, businesses, advertising agencies, inventors, authors, artists, architects, software developers, photographers, and others. He has written and lectured extensively on various intellectual property law topics.
Mike practices in all courts throughout Wisconsin, and in various Federal Courts throughout the United States. He has briefed and argued numerous federal and state court appeals. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (formerly the National Board of Trial Advocacy), which is accredited by the American Bar Association. Mike Hopkins is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, published by Martindale-Hubbell.®
Mike has practiced law since 1981. He lives in the Milwaukee area with his family.
Education
Carthage College, B.A., magna cum laude - 1978
Marquette University Law School, J.D. - 1981
John Marshall Law School, LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, with honors - 2000
Bar Admissions
State Supreme Courts
- Wisconsin
U.S.District Courts
- Northern District of California
- Northern District of Illinois
- Southern District of Iowa
- Western District of Michigan
- Eastern District of New York
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Appellate Courts
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Publications
When a Lack of Equivalence Can Still Be Equivalent: Litigating Infringement of Means Plus Function Claims, IDEA: The Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 40, No. 4 (2000), Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire.
Software Licensing & Copyright Misuse, IPL Newsletter, American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 17, No. 4; Summer 1999
Resolving Coverage Disputes and the Duty of Defense: Perils & Pitfalls, Milwaukee Bar Association Messenger, March 1999.
Criminal Charges and the Professional Athlete: Responding to Pretrial Publicity, For The Record, The National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School, Vol. 10, No. 4; Aug/Sept 1999
Seminars Presented
Copyright Basics, Lorman Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2002
Introduction to Trademarks and Copyrights, Washington County Bar Association, West Bend, Wisconsin, February 2001
Basics of Trademark Litigation, Milwaukee Bar Association, February 2001.
Analyzing Claims of Copyright Infringement of Literary Works, CPI, Inc., May 2002.
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
- Domnitz, Mawicke & Goisman, S.C.; April 2000
- Honorable Robert J. Parins Inns of Court, Green Bay, Wisconsin; September 2000
- Juneau County Bar Association, Mauston, Wisconsin; October 2000
- Lafayette County Bar Association, Darlington, Wisconsin; November 2001
- Appleton, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Janesville, LaCrosse, Sheboygan, and Waupaca, Wisconsin; Fall 2005
5 Minute - No Fault - Trust Accounting, Milwaukee Bar Association, 1995
U.S. Obscenity Law, St. Thomas More Lawyers' Society, 1985