Michael Zinna

Experience

Mike Zinna’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation, patent licensing, due diligence, patent clearance, design around strategies, and managing domestic and international patent portfolios. He litigates IP cases in federal courts around the country.

Mike also represents patent holders and challengers in post-grant review proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His ability to take complex technical concepts and translate them into compelling and understandable narratives provides his clients with strategic advantages in litigation, during prosecution, and beyond.

In litigation, Mike is known for efficiency and precision. He is the author of “Techniques for Expediting and Streamlining Litigation” in the Thomson Reuters treatise Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts.

In addition to his patent docket, Mike brings his robust advocacy skills to trademark, trade dress, copyright, and unfair competition litigation. He advises clients on branding strategy, evaluates trademark searches, and procures trademarks domestically and internationally. Mike’s trademark experience includes the management of opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also oversees U.S. copyright filings and drafts IP-related agreements.

Clients from a wide range of industries rely on Mike’s counsel, including media and entertainment, medical devices, fashion, luxury goods, beauty, consumer products, transportation and logistics, energy, and hospitality. He also has extensive experience negotiating against patent non-practicing entities (NPEs).