Mike Oropallo

Partner @Barclay Damon Llp

US

Serves as lead first-chair trial counsel on patent, copyright, and trademark infringement cases, including for jury trials, Markman hearings, and on preliminary injunction, summary judgment, and additional hearings and motions.• Obtained a precedent-setting trial verdict upheld on appeal regarding the copyrightability of “useful articles” and realistic depictions of animals in three-dimensional sculptural works.• Serves as lead coordinating and IP due-diligence counsel for numerous acquisitions and mergers and on multi-million deals for individual companies and private equity.• Served as the lead member of a team in litigation regarding the Endangered Species Act listing of the polar bear and related appeals.• Successfully obtained copyright protection for sculptural work and restoration of the last Galapagos Tortoise that was on display at the American Museum of Natural History and now in Ecuador. • Successfully obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a former archery-equipment designer related to proprietary cam and related technologies.• Successfully defended a glove manufacturer at trial on the claim that the mark caused the likelihood of confusion with the registered mark for ski gloves and related merchandise. The proximity of the house mark eliminated the likelihood of confusion.• Successfully moved for a finding of civil contempt for the violation of an injunction in a copyright infringement case involving wearable art in the form of pewter wildlife-art pins.• Obtained a finding of infringement at trial involving design and utility patents for snow plows and material-moving devices.•Obtained numerous permits for the importation, possession, and transfer of various wildlife specimens for natural history museums.

Ohio Northern University—Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Juris Doctor

State University of New York College at Oswego

Bachelor of Arts