Michael T. Zoppo

USAA v. Mitek Systems Inc. (W.D. Tex.):  In a landmark case focused on remote deposit capture technology, Michael served as lead patent counsel for USAA, defending against Mitek’s allegations of patent infringement.  Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement for all asserted patents. Also represented USAA on claims of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, defamation, and fraud.

Asghari-Kamrani v. USAA (E.D. Va.):  Serving as lead counsel for USAA, defending against allegations of infringing a patent relating to two-factor authentication.  Obtained order invalidating the patent-in-suit under Alice.

Smart Authentication IP v. USAA (E.D. Tex.): Serving as lead counsel for USAA, defending against allegations of infringing a patent relating to two-factor authentication.

St. Isidore v. USAA (E.D. Tex.):  Served as lead patent counsel for USAA, defending against allegations of infringing patents relating to two-factor authentication.

Annuitek LLC v. USAA Life Insurance Company (E.D. Tex.):  As lead counsel, represented USAA in a patent litigation concerning the pricing of annuity contracts.

Unified Messaging Solutions, LLC v. USAA (N.D. Ill. and W.D. Tex.):  Representing USAA in a patent litigation concerning cross-platform messaging.  Final judgment entered in USAA’s favor, and obtained attorneys’ fees.

Novozymes A/S and Novozymes North America, Inc. v. C T E Global, Inc., (N.D. Ill.):  Represented plaintiff-patentee Novozymes in litigation against U.S. importer of glucoamylase industrial enzymes (used in the manufacture of fuel ethanol) and obtained permanent injunction.

Chicago Board Options Exchange v. International Securities Exchange (N.D. Ill.):  As co-lead counsel, represented the Chicago Board against ISE in a litigation concerning a patent on a fully computerized exchange.  ISE consented to judgment in CBOE’s favor right before opening statements were to begin. Judgment of non-infringement was affirmed by the Federal Circuit, and the district court awarded over six million dollars in attorneys’ fees to CBOE.

Realtime Data v. Chicago Board Options Exchange (S.D.N.Y.):  As lead counsel, represented the Chicago Board against Realtime Data in a litigation concerning patents on data compression, particularly regarding financial data.

C2 Options Exchange v. International Securities Exchange (N.D. Ill.):  Represented the C2 Exchange in a litigation concerning a patent on a fully computerized exchange.

Layne Christensen v. The Purolite Company (D. Kan.):  Represented water purification company in litigation involving allegations of patent infringement and breach of contract.

Certain Disc Drives, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same (USITC 337-TA-516): Represented hard disk drive manufacturer in investigation involving servo technology, magnetic media, and mechanical structures contained in micro-disc drives.

Seagate Technology LLC v. Cornice, Inc. – (D. Del.):  Represented hard disk drive manufacturer in investigation involving servo technology, magnetic media, and mechanical structures contained in micro-disc drives

Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in multiple litigations concerning doping of wide band gap semiconductors, commonly used in light emitting diodes and laser diodes.

Represented a DRAM manufacturer in litigation concerning patents directed to increasing bandwidth.