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Michael E. Whitham is a principal in the firm. He has represented individuals, non-profit organizations, start up companies, small companies, Fortune 500 companies, and foreign companies on intellectual property matters over a twenty year career. Mr. Whitham has helped craft license agreements involving patented technologies, copyrighted works, natural products, and technologies protected by trade secret. Mr. Whitham's practice includes the preparation and enforcement of a wide variety of contracts required by today's technology companies including but not limited to confidentiality agreements, supply agreements, joint development agreements, materials transfer agreements, trademark licensing agreements, copyright licensing agreements, and agreements involving employees and consultants. Mr. Whitham has prosecuted and defended patent, trademark, and copyright infringement actions, as well as actions involving theft of trade secrets in Federal District Courts and has represented clients in Appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Federal Circuit. The firm and its predecessors averages 200-400 issued patents per year, and Mr. Whitham has worked on patent matters involving a wide range of technology including genetics, medicine, mechanical and electrical devices, and computer technologies. Mr. Whitham assists clients in developing strategies for identifying and acquiring proprietary rights, and for avoiding the patent positions of competitors. Mr. Whitham has been a frequent lecturer on topics such as performing technology audits, pitfalls in royalty stacking issues, best practices in licensing, and patent prosecution. Mr. Whitham has undergraduate and graduate degrees in biochemistry and chemistry, respectively, and received his law degree, with distinction from George Mason University in 1990.