Micky Minhas is Senior Vice President for Marconi. As part of the Marconi management team, he plays a vital role supporting Marconi’s vision of transforming the fundamentals of patent licensing through providing better ways to share patented technology.

Before joining Marconi in March 2020, Micky was Chief Patent Counsel for Microsoft, managing the Microsoft patent group since 2012. Primarily responsible for outbound and inbound intellectual property licensing, patent strategy, patent acquisitions and divestitures, he also managed patent preparation and prosecution of patents and was responsible for Microsoft’s conflicts, indemnification and prelitigation practice. Prior to Microsoft, Micky served as Vice President of Patent Strategy at Qualcomm in San Diego, California.

Micky holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University and a JD and LLM from the University of New Hampshire, where he continues to work as the Franklin Pierce Distinguished Professor of Intellectual Property Practice.