D. Michael Kelly

I'll research this attorney before writing the summary.

Initial results surface a "Michael K. Kelly" at AddyHart, which may or may not be the same person. Let me disambiguate.

The name "D. Michael Kelly" returns few direct hits. Let me search specifically for his role in the Sampo case and for the distinct name variant.

Attorney Summary: D. Michael Kelly

Note on source verification: Public records for this name are sparse. Searches surfaced an AddyHart member named Michael K. Kelly (a Phoenix-based patent attorney, formerly of Beus Gilbert McGroder) and several unrelated attorneys named David M. Kelly, Michael P. Kelly, and Christopher P. Kelly. I could not confirm that any of these is the same individual as the tracked "D. Michael Kelly," so the background details below are drawn almost entirely from the structured case data unless otherwise stated.

Specialty / focus. The single tracked appearance is Sampo IP, LLC v. Avon Products Inc., in which the asserted patents (U.S. 6,161,149; 6,772,229; and 8,015,495, all titled "Centrifugal Communication and Collaboration Method") covered enterprise communication and collaboration software. The complaint targeted defendants' use of the Jive Software collaboration platform. On this limited record, the visible technical focus is software/enterprise-collaboration technology rather than the Wi-Fi, pharma, or mechanical areas AddyHart handles more broadly. One case is a thin basis for characterizing a practice, so this should be treated as provisional.

Side preference. The tracked data shows 1 plaintiff-side appearance and 0 defendant-side, with Kelly listed as Lead Counsel. That places him on the patent-owner/enforcement side rather than the operating-company defense side. The plaintiff, Sampo IP, LLC, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Patent Group — a well-known patent monetization/NPE (PAE) entity — so the single data point is an NPE assertion campaign rather than a practicing-company suit.

Firm context. AddyHart is an intellectual property boutique founded by former AmLaw 100 attorneys, with a practice spanning patent, trademark, and copyright litigation before U.S. district courts, the PTAB, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Federal Circuit, and stated depth in software, pharma, automotive, and electronics. I could not verify any prior firm history for D. Michael Kelly specifically.

Notable cases, PTAB, and credentials. The 2013 Sampo filing in the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division) was part of a multi-defendant campaign that also named E*Trade, Liberty Mutual, Aetna, Starbucks, Yum! Brands, Hewlett-Packard, and Alcatel-Lucent. I found no verified outcome — verdict, settlement, appeal, or dismissal — for the Avon matter or for Kelly's role in it. I also found no verified IPR, PGR, or other PTAB appearances attributable to D. Michael Kelly, and no reliably sourced bar admissions or education for this name. These should be confirmed against the attorney's own bio or the case docket before being relied on.