Partner
Joseph J. Zito focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent and trademark litigation and licensing.
Mr. Zito has over 30 years of trial experience in numerous bench trials, jury trials and appeals, he has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and preserved markets for numerous corporations. He is a member of sixteen Federal District Courts, three Federal Appellate Courts, the International Trade Commission and The United States Supreme Court. Mr. Zito represents Fortune 500 corporations, mid-size businesses, start-ups and individual inventors in patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress, design patent, software, trade secret, unfair competition litigation, mediation and arbitration, actively defending accused infringers and enforcing the rights of intellectual property owners in a broad range of technology, including: pharmaceuticals, computers, software, semiconductors, parallel processors, telecommunications, VOIP, internet packet transport, distributed computing, electronic circuit design, electro-mechanical, mechanical, chemical, business method, internet data and media systems, automotive, medical, music, movies, agriculture and optical devices. including 337 actions before. Mr. Zito has also prosecuted hundreds of patent applications from initial preparation through issuance as US Patents.
Education
- JD, Tulane University Law School, 1985
- MS, Physics / Economics, North Carolina State University, 1982
Admissions
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office – 1985
- Maryland State Bar – 1986
- The District of Columbia Bar -1986
- The United States Supreme Court Bar – 2009
- The International Trade Commission – 1989
- United States Court of Federal Claims – 1993
- Court of Appeal for The Federal Circuit – 1986
- Court of Appeals for The 4th Circuit – 1986
- Court of Appeals for The 7th Circuit – 2004
- US District Court of Maryland – 1986
- US District Court for the District of Columbia – 1988
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas – 1995
- US District Court for the Southern District of Texas – 2003
- US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana – 2004
- US District Court for the Northern District of Florida – 2005
- US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama – 2005
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas – 2007
- US District Court for the US District Court of Nebraska – 2008
- US District Court for the Western District of New York – 2015
- US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin – 2015
- US District Court for the Western District of Texas – 2022
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – 2022
Areas of Practice
- Patent Litigation
- Trademark Litigation
- Tradesecret and Copyright Litigation
- Patent and Trademark Licensing & Counseling