Mr. Zito is a registered patent attorney with over thirty years of Intellectual property experience. Mr. Zito has participated as lead counsel in numerous bench trials and hearings, over a dozen jury trials and seven ITC Investigations. His experience includes patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation before Federal District Courts (Maryland; the District of Columbia; New York; New Jersey; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Virginia; Indiana; Delaware; Wisconsin; Texas; California; North Carolina; Illinois; Michigan; Florida; Ohio; Nebraska; Louisiana; and Alabama.) He has over 40 reported decisions, including several precedential decisions from the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit. His practice includes Federal District and Appellate Courts; The United States Supreme Court and The International Trade Commission.
His practice also includes corporate counseling, opinions, due diligence studies; licensing; trademark and patent prosecution; representation in matters before The USPTO, PTAB, ITC and other governmental agencies. His technical areas of experience include: pharmaceuticals, software, semiconductor structure, computers, telecommunications, VOIP, electronic circuit design, electro-mechanical, mechanical, Chemical and optical devices.
Tulane Law - JD 1985
North Carolina State University - BS 1982 Economics/Physics
Maryland State Bar - 1986
The District of Columbia Bar -1986
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
United States Supreme Court - 2009
Federal Bars:
US District Courts for Maryland - District of Columbia - Northern District of Florida - Southern, Northern, Eastern District of Texas - Southern District of Indiana - Nebraska - Alabama - Western District of New York - Western District of Wisconsin, Northern District of Illinois, Western District of Arkansas, Eastern District of Michigan, Colorado, Eastern District of Missouri
US Court of Federal Claims
Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals - 4th Cir.
Court of Appeals - 7th Cir.
Court of Appeals - 6th Cir.