Services
Education
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2017
University of Windsor School of Law, J.D., 2017
University of Western Ontario, B.S. (honors), 2014
Bar Admissions
- Canada/Province of Ontario
- Michigan
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (limited recognition)
Anita Marinelli is a principal in Miller Canfield's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group who advises clients on complex intellectual property matters in both the United States and Canada. Anita focuses her practice on patent, trademark and copyright litigation, trademark prosecution, due diligence for corporate transactions, and intellectual property licensing. Anita's background managing various complex IP issues allows her to help clients comprehensively manage their copyright and trademark portfolios. Anita has experience in a wide range of technologies, including the biotechnology, software, biomedical devices, and consumer products.
Anita works on issues across all phases of litigation, including pre-suit analysis and strategy, discovery and depositions, claim construction, summary judgment, trial, and appeal. Anita has represented clients before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. District Courts in Michigan, Texas, Massachusetts, and California; the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; and Michigan and Ohio state courts. She also assists with intellectual property due diligence in connection with transactional matters.
Anita is responsible for researching and drafting opinions regarding the patentability of inventions, freedom to operate, infringement, and validity in the biotechnological, chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical arts. Anita conducts research on a wide range of patent, trademark, and copyright issues, and aids in drafting and negotiating business agreements, including confidentiality, joint development, technology transfer, and nondisclosure agreements. Anita also has experience with defending and enforcing intellectual property rights using alternative dispute resolution, including Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) actions, e-commerce complaints (e.g., Amazon Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation), and Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices.
Anita is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Representative Matters
- Obtained a Federal Circuit reversal of inter partes review decision invalidating patent. Virtek Vision Int'l ULC v. Assembly Guidance Sys., Inc., 97 F.4th 882 (Fed. Cir. 2024)
- Obtained successful settlement of trade dress, trademark, and copyright infringement case involving consumer product for pets.
- Assisted lead counsel with drafting summary judgment papers for a defendant in a trade dress and trademark infringement action in the Central District of California.
- Supported lead trial counsel in design patent infringement action in the Northern District of Texas and obtained a jury verdict of willful infringement on 13 design patents, $3 million attorney fee award, all of which was upheld on appeal.
- Independently investigated client's intellectual property portfolio identifying various authorship and ownership issues and strategized actions to be taken to perfect the client's intellectual property rights
Honors
State Bar of Michigan Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020, 2022