Mike Heafey

Mike Heafey is a first chair litigator with more than 25 years experience in complex patent and trade secret cases in federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission.  A former general counsel of a telecom test equipment company Mr. Heafey has an understanding of client requirements.  Mr. Heafey’s practice focuses on litigating technical cases through trial and appeal.  His cases have required mastering a range of technologies and fields, including integrated circuits packaging, fiber optics, DRAM, packet switch networks, integrated circuit process equipment, and light emitting diodes.  Mr. Heafey’s practice includes all phases of patent disputes; in addition to courtroom litigation, Mr. Heafey has lead inter partes reviews, inter partes reexamintions, reexaminations, and other proceedings in the Patent Office.

Mr. Heafey earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of California, Berkeley.  He then earned a juris doctor degree from Georgetown University.  He is admitted in Massachusetts, California, and with the Patent and Trademark Office.

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

• First chair hearing in International Commission investigation on biosensors for detection of proteins and nucleic acids using silicon photovoltaic
• First chair and lead counsel in cases with more than $2.5 billion at stake over integrated circuit packaging
• Six arguments in the Federal Circuit
• ITC Investigation 474 – rasterizers for flat panel displays. Represented Genesis Microchip
• ITC Investigation 605 – heat transfer through integrated circuit packages
• ITC Investigation 630 – heat transfer through integrated circuit packages. Represented Acer, Nanya, and Powerchip
• Investigation 649 – heat transfer through integrated circuit packages. Represented Silicon Precision Industries
• ITC Investigation 1271 – silicon photovoltaics and biosensors
• ITC Investigation 1352 – pharmaceuticals