Michael P. Vongaramvilai

Specialty / focus areas. Michael P. Vongaramvilai is an intellectual property attorney whose patent work spans litigation, post-grant proceedings, and prosecution. His public PTAB docket skews to mechanical/materials technology — he served as back-up counsel for Puma North America in inter partes reviews challenging Nike patents on shoe cushioning foam (e.g., IPR2019-01043 on U.S. Patent 6,973,746 and a petition directed to U.S. Patent 10,098,411, "Particulate Foam and Other Cushioning"). His scientific background (molecular toxicology) and his later licensing role for Massachusetts General Hospital's Wellman Center for Photomedicine also point to biomedical technology-transfer work, though he has no substantial pharma litigation record in the available sources.

Side preference. In the tracked appearance, Vongaramvilai represented the defendant: Nike, Inc. v. Puma (D. Mass.), where Brown Rudnick defended Puma North America against Nike's infringement suit, with parallel IPR challenges against Nike's patents. That pattern — defense of an operating company and petitioner-side PTAB work in the same dispute — indicates a defense-oriented practice rather than NPE/PAE enforcement work (0 tracked plaintiff-side appearances).

Firm context. He is a registered patent attorney (Reg. No. 71,569) at Brown Rudnick LLP's Boston office, where he appeared alongside lead counsel Vincent Rubino and colleagues in the Puma matters. Per a Mass General Brigham Innovation bio, he previously practiced at multinational law firms in Boston and Austin, TX, handling patent and trade secret litigation, post-grant practice, IP diligence for M&A, and worldwide prosecution. Note: the MGB Innovation bio indicates he may have since moved in-house to manage and license photomedicine technology for Massachusetts General Hospital, but a March 2026 FindLaw profile still lists him at Brown Rudnick — current firm status should be verified directly.

Notable cases. The flagship matter is Nike v. Puma, in which Puma, represented by Brown Rudnick, lost a bid to pare down Nike's footwear-patent suit (Judge Leo Sorokin, D. Mass., Oct. 2018, per Reuters Legal) and pursued parallel IPR challenges against Nike's cushioning patents.

PTAB / IPR experience. Yes — he appears as back-up counsel in the Puma-initiated IPRs, and database listings reflect roughly five PTAB matters in mechanical engineering/manufacturing technologies. This is a genuine component of his practice, though the public record is thin.

Bar / education. JD, University of California, Irvine School of Law; BS in molecular toxicology, UC Berkeley; admitted in Massachusetts and Texas; registered with the USPTO.