Michael Swope represents clients in the acquisition, enforcement, and licensing of their intellectual property rights, representing U.S. and foreign clients in technologies such as telecommunications, wireless communications, medical devices, electronics, and various aspects of computer software such as database technology, computer graphics, and security. He has also been involved in several high-tech patent litigations.
Michael earned a master's degree in computer science and concentrated in digital systems design, and subsequently worked for several years for well-known companies in the high technology industry. While working for General Electric's Astro-Space Division, he was part of a team that developed the Mars Observer spacecraft, and he developed Data Warehousing technology when he worked at Apple Computer. Michael is a frequent lecturer at the University of Washington's Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP).