Actually, ModelBreaker in post #26 pointed out that there is more to IP law than patents. Since not enough is known to draw a solid conclusion, Michelle doing IP and marketing plus mentoring Barack strongly suggests to me that Barack was also doing IP and marketing, otherwise, he would have been mentored by someone in an area he would be working in.
Interesting! So Sidley didn’t peg OBOZO has a Legal Megagiant that might actually prove successful in Law, so they put him away for safe keeping as well? Reports are that in any cases in which he went to Court on the rare occassion, Obozo layed back and did none of the arguments or presentations before the Bench, but rather LODTW!*
* Let Others Do The Work!