Experience

Michael Mangelson assists clients in protecting and enforcing their business IP, including trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, and in commercializing their IP through licensing and other IP transactions. Mike routinely consults clients on branding and marketing law and long-term IP strategies that help secure and protect market positioning and competitive advantages in the U.S. and abroad. Mike is the former Chair of the firm's Salt Lake City Technology & Intellectual Property group.

VanCott Bagley, Salt Lake City, 1997-1998; Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Taipei, Taiwan, 1994-1997; Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, 1990-1994; Huang & Partners, Taipei, Taiwan, Summer 1989.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2009
• Recognized as one of Utah's top intellectual property attorneys in Chambers USA: Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007-2009
• Recognized as one of Utah's top intellectual property attorneys in Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2007-2009
• Recognized as one of Utah's top intellectual property attorneys in Utah Business magazine's "Utah Legal Elite," 2004-2009
• Founding Organizer and Chair, Nutritional Law Symposium, 2005-2009
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Licensing classes, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 2002-2009
• Guest Lecturer, Trademark Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, 2005-2007

Presentations

• Co-Presenter, "What Every Dietary Supplement Business Should Know About Protecting Brands and Managing Trademark Concerns," Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009
• Co-Presenter, "Strategies for Sharing and Protecting Your IP: Patents, Trademarks, and Licensing," Calibration Optical Research Lab, Logan, Utah, 2009
• Presenter, "Protecting Brands and Managing Trademark Concerns in Marketing Supplements," In-House Counsel Forum on Manufacturing, Marketing and Distributing Dietary Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, American Conference Institute, San Francisco, California, 2007
• Presenter, "Strategies for Negotiating International Technology License Agreements," TerraLex Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007
• Presenter, "Intellectual Property: Adding Credibility and Value to Dietary Supplement Companies," Focus on the Future Executive Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2007
• Presenter, "International Brand Protection," International Commercial Transactions and the Law Seminar, US Department of Commerce, Boise, Idaho, 2007
• Presenter, "Trademark Traps," IP Law Seminars, Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, 2006

Civic Activities

• Chair, Intellectual Property Section of the Utah State Bar, 2007-2008
• Intellectual Property, Business and International Law sections of Utah, California and American Bar associations, 1991-2009
• International Trademark Association, 2001-2009
• Licensing Executives Society, 2003-2009
• Pro bono counsel, Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2007
• Pro bono counsel, The Road Home, 2001-2009
• Board of Trustees, Utah Technology Council, 2003-2006
• Pro bono counsel, Utah Technology Council, 2005-2009
• Board of Trustees, Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, 2000-2006
• American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan, 1994-1997
• Pro bono counsel, Alliance for Children's Rights, 1992-1994
• American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, 1993

Publications

• "Dietary Supplements Law Alert: Legislative Changes In The Works In Canada And Important Reminder For Internet Marketing," Stoel Rives, Apr. 30, 2008
• Nutritional Law Supplement Alert: "New FDA Rule Regarding Manufacturing Process," Stoel Rives, Aug. 24, 2007
• "Deep Linking," The Enterprise, Oct. 24, 2007
• "Blogging For Trouble," Utah Business magazine, Jan. 2006

Education

• Brigham Young University, J.D., 1991, cum laude
  Editorial Board, BYU Law Review; Board of Directors, International Comparative Law Annual; International Law Society
• Brigham Young University, B.A., 1988, cum laude
• Director, Asian Outreach Society, Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1986-1988

Admissions

• Utah
• California

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