Mike Swope represents and has represented clients for more than 25 years in the acquisition, enforcement and licensing of their intellectual property rights. Mike represents U.S. and international clients in technologies such as internet-based communications, machine learning, data analytics, cloud computing, semiconductor manufacturing and various aspects of computer software such as database technology, computer graphics and security. He has also been involved in several high-tech litigation matters.
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.