Michael W. Jacobs

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities Selected Memberships Member, American Bar Association 1984-2024 Member, California Lawyers Association, 1984-2024 Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1984-2024 Member, American Business Trial Lawyers Association, 1990-2000 Selected Awards and Honors John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award Recipient, American Bar Association, 2024 IP: Patent Litigation, Band 1; Nationwide, Band 2; Chambers USA; 2021-2023 California Lawyer of the Year, California Lawyer, 2003, 2012, 2014 Law Dragon Hall of Fame, 2023 Legal 500 U. S., 2022, 2023 Leader Lawyer, Patent Litigation Recommended, Trade Secrets, 2010-2024 Hall of Fame, Patent Litigation, 2023 Leading Attorney for Intellectual Property, Chambers Global, 2021 Ranked among the worlds leading patent professionals, IAM Patent 1000, 2021-2023 Best Lawyers, 2006-2026 Litigation: Intellectual Property Litigation: Patent Patent Star, LMG Life Sciences, 2020, 2022 Benchmark Litigation 2022-2024 National Practice Area Star California Litigation Star Local Litigation Star Managing Intellectual Propertys World IP Survey, 2018-2021 Copyright, Patent and Trademark Star San Francisco Lawyer of the Year, Intellectual Property, Best Lawyers, 2018 Selected Speaking Engagements Recurring Speaker, Trial by Jury, Practising Law Institute, 2011-2023 Recurring Faculty Member, Annual FJC-BCLT IP Education Program for Federal Judges, 2008-2019 Inter Partes Review Strategy and Trends in the Life Sciences Industry: Implications for Patent Prosecutors and Litigators, Morrison & Foerster Seminar/Webinar, 2015 How to Protect Your Intellectual Property in an Era of Cyber Attacks, Israel IP Seminar, 2015 Important Developing Copyright Issues for Software and the Internet: Oracle v. Google and Beyond, USC Gould School of Law 2015 Intellectual Property Institute, 2015 USPTO Design Day, 2014 Selected Publications The Hidden Power of Mediating Early, The Daily Journal, July 25, 2025 Discovery Special Masters and Referees: A View From Both Sides, JAMS ADR Insights, Feb. 24, 2025 Does Misappropriation Law Still Live?, The Daily Journal, June 12, 2024 Obama Puts Stamp on Patent Litigation with Northern District of California Appointees, The Recorder, Feb. 21, 2017 Breaking Down Four Big Changes In Patent Litigation, New York Law Journal, April 4, 2016 In Practice: The Injunctive Relief Pendulum, The Recorder, Oct. 3, 2013