Keyes, J. Michael

J. Michael Keyes Adjunct Professor mike.keyes@klgates.com Office: 509-624-2100 B.M., Loyola University, 1993 J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, 1998; magna cum laude LL.M., Columbia University, 1999.

Biographical Information

Mike Keyes is a partner at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP ("K&L Gates"). His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and he has represented clients in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent infringement actions in the U.S. District Courts of Eastern and Western Washington, Idaho, Alaska, California, Illinois, Oregon, Tennessee, and Florida. Prof. Keyes advises clients on the licensing and protection of intellectual property and on securing copyright and trademark registrations.

Prof. Keyes lectures and publishes frequently on matters involving the protection and licensing of intellectual property.

Teaching Areas

• Internet and the Law
• Legal Research and Writing

Publications

• "Has The Duration of Copyright Turned Wrong?" Washington State Bar News, June, 2003
• "Whatever Happens To Works Deferred?  Reflections On The Ill-Given Deferments Of The Copyright Term Extension Act," 26 Sea L. Rev. 97 (2002)
• "Internet Copyright Law Resembles The Wild West," by J. Michael Keyes & David K. Daggett, Puget Sound Business Journal, August 2001
• "State v. Rose:  The Re-emergence of Colonial Writs?" 32 Gonz. L.Rev. 177 (1996).