Parks & Associates, P.C. has assisted clients in navigating the complex world of intellectual property (IP) law for 21 years. With experience in the United States and internationally, Michael Parks and his associates are a trusted source for patent searches and applications, trademark searches and applications, licenses, and intellectual property due diligence.

Parks and his associates approach every case from a litigators’ point-of-view, having been litigators, by asking themselves “if this case goes to trial how would it hold up in a court of law?” Their focus is protecting their clients’ inventions and ideas at every step of the process, from searches and initial filings to prosecution to the issuance of a patent, trademark or copyright.

About Michael L. Parks

Born: Dallas, Texas, January 23, 1943

Admitted to Bar: 1969, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Claims Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1966); San Angelo University; University of Houston (J.D., 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Chief Pollution Division of District Attorney's Office for Harris County, 1973-1974. Chairman, Soviet Exchange Committee.

Member: Houston (Co-Chairman, Environmental Committee, 1976-1978) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: Intellectual Property Section; Computer & Technology Section; Litigation Section; International Law Section); Texas Patent Law Association

Languages: Russian, Spanish, and French

Practice Areas
• Patent
• Design Patents
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Protection
• Patent Applications
• International Patents
• Patent Licensing
• Chemical Patents
• Computer and Software Patents
• Electrical Patents
• Electro-Mechanical Patents
• Mechanical Patents
• Medical Patents
• Metallurgical Patents
• Trademark Registration
• Trademark Protection
• Trademark Prosecution
• Internet Trademark Law
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Industrial Models and Designs
• Copyright Prosecution
• Copyright Protection
• Copyright Registration

To discuss representation by the firm for your patent and trademark needs, please contact us at 713.523.1788 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .