J. Michael Hurst Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp

J. Michael Hurst joins Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK) as Of Counsel in the intellectual property practice area.

Mr. Hurst has extensive experience in trademark prosecution and protection as well as in intellectual property licensing areas, both in the U.S. and internationally. Prior to joining KMK, Mr. Hurst served as Corporate Counsel-IP at Caterpillar, Inc. in Peoria, Illinois. He received his J.D. from The University of Cincinnati College of Law (1998) and his B.S. from Duke University (1995).

KMK’s Intellectual Property Team assists clients in securing and maintaining their intellectual property in the U.S. and abroad. This includes trademark services as well as prosecution of applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our state-of-the-art docketing system provides docketing capacity for thousands of trademarks. We advise clients on intellectual property asset management issues, helping clients protect intellectual property innovations and to maximize the value of existing intellectual property portfolios. Our intellectual property clients range from small start-up companies to large international corporations.

KMK, a full-service Cincinnati law firm, was founded in 1954. We have approximately 115 lawyers and a support staff of more than 150 employees. For more than 50 years, we have contributed to the success of many businesses from Fortune 500 corporations and small start-up companies to non-profit organizations and government entities. Our mission is to provide high quality legal counsel to clients by meeting their identified needs and developing appropriate solutions. Our vision is to excel as a law firm by recruiting and retaining the highest quality attorneys and personnel in order to deliver outstanding legal services.