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Our Attorneys

Joseph J. Zito

 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.

Education

Tulane Law - JD 1985

North Carolina State University - BS 1982 Economics/Physics

Bar Admissions

 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.

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