LSIPR 50 2016: Mike Young

Name: Mike Young

Organisation: Roche

Position: Vice president and chief intellectual property counsel

Mike Young graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in science. Following his graduation, he worked from 1978 to 1986 as a research chemist in medical diagnostics and then in the pharmaceutical industry from 1986 to 1988.

Young’s career as a lawyer began in 1988 when he worked at Faegre Baker Daniels (formerly Baker & Daniels). While there, his practice included intellectual property law. In 1990 he joined Boehringer Mannheim as assistant patent counsel after the company was acquired by Roche. He was promoted to chief patent counsel and has worked as vice president and chief intellectual property counsel since 2006.