Michael C Petock Esquire

Michael C. Petock focuses his practice on trademark, copyright and business matters.

Michael is a life long resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Episcopal Academy in 1995. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000, graduating Cum Laude and earned his Juris Doctorate from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2004 with distinguished performance in Taxation, Trusts & Estates and Trial Advocacy.

Michael is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Michael is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Chester County Bar Associations and the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Michael is the current and past chair of the Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Committee of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association and also currently serves on the Council of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

Chair, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Committee of Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association (2008-2009)
Chair, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Committee of Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association (2009-2010)
Council Member and Chair of Membership Committee, Intellectual Property Section of Pennsylvania Bar Association (2009-2010)
Chair, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Committee of Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association (2008-2009)
Vice Chairman and Member, Phoenixville Zoning Hearing Board (2007-2008)
Member, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Chester County Bar Associations

Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
President- Renaissance West Condominium Association Board

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted in Pennsylvania since 2004
Also admitted in the following Courts:
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

Moderator for panel discussion for Continuing Legal Education program hosted by Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association on February 19, 2009: “Practice and Procedure Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board”

Expert Panelist for Continuing Legal Education program hosted by Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association on July 15, 2009: “IP Due Diligence: Avoiding the Pitfalls”

Author of “The Benefits of Federal Trademark Registration” February 2009 Issue of the Route 422 Business Adviser.

EDUCATION:

Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J.D., May 2004

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.A., cum laude, Political Science, May 2000