Bethea, Kenyatta R.

Michael Bevilacqua is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Department. He joined the firm in 1987.

Practice

Mr. Bevilacqua's practice focuses primarily on technology-related agreements, such as license agreements (principally software license agreements and patent license agreements), development agreements, distribution agreements and joint venture agreements.

Mr. Bevilacqua has a considerable trademark practice, which includes the management of several thousand US and foreign trademark and service mark registrations. He has extensive trademark licensing experience, and has handled numerous trademark oppositions and cancelations.

Honors and Awards

• Selected as one of only 25 recipients of the Corporation Service Company’s Trademark Insider Award for achievements in the trademark industry in 2007
• Recognized as a leading intellectual property attorney in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
• Listed in the 2007 and 2011 editions of Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
• Named a "New England Super Lawyer" (formerly "Massachusetts Super Lawyer") in intellectual property law in the November 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2010 issues of Boston Magazine
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of copyright law