<p>  <br>  Cliff Michel, of counsel in the New York office, is a member of the Intellectual Property Group.  Mr. Michel concentrates his practice on litigation and licensing for technology companies.  He regularly represents clients in matters concerning patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets litigation, technology licensing, Internet domain name disputes, securitization of intellectual property, privacy, document retention and information security. 
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Mr. Michel has particular experience with Internet technologies (including e-commerce and Internet advertising technologies), computer software, data warehousing, computer networking, and information technology.  He also has litigation, licensing, and counseling experience in the fields of petrochemicals, energy, biotechnology, nanotechnology, telecommunications, IT outsourcing, insurance, finance, banking, motion pictures, music, fine art, fashion, modeling, and construction.  He has also has experience with claims brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFFA), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).  In addition, Mr. Michel was one of the first attorneys to represent clients in Internet domain name arbitration proceedings under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).