Attorneys - Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP

Michael V. Solomita

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Michael V. Solomita has extensive experience handling a broad range of intellectual property rights matters, including litigation, licensing, opinions, and prosecution. Patent litigation and licensing have been a focal point of his practice. He has focused on patent issues in diverse high technology areas, such as DRAMS, lithographic printing plates, electric motors, glass coatings, hard disk drives, medical sensors, analog and digital circuits, cellular phones, nuclear diaphragms, digital cameras, video recorders, batteries, semiconductor manufacturing, laser printers, LEDs, compressors, and axial flow fans.

Mr. Solomita has twice worked in Japan as in-house patent counsel for Panasonic Corporation. There he spearheaded patent licensing programs, directed litigations, and provided client counseling in all areas of patent law. Mr. Solomita has lectured extensively in Japan. He has also been featured as a guest columnist for IP NEXT, writing numerous articles directed to the Japanese IP professional.

Mr. Solomita graduated cum laude from Polytechnic University, with a degree in aerospace engineering. He attended New York Law School where he graduated magna cum laude in 1997. He is admitted to practice in all New York State courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

ARELaw Alerts

ARE Patent Law Alert:
The Supreme Court Denies Cert in favor of First Quality
January 23, 2012
ARE Patent Law Alert:
First Quality Files Brief In Opposition To Cert Petition With The U.S. Supreme Court
December 30, 2011

Published Articles

Brief in Opposition "Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. and Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, Petitioners, v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC and First Quality Retail Sercvices, LLC, Respondents, (December 30, 2011)"
January 3, 2012
法改正「先願主義」移行、弁護士に聞く, 日経産業新聞 (Nikkei) - (ONLY AVAILABLE IN JAPANESE)
November 7, 2011
いよいよ電子ディスカバリ規則が公式に始動(1) (only available in Japanese)
- マイケル V. ソロミタ
いよいよ電子ディスカバリ規則が公式に始動(2) (only available in Japanese)
- マイケル V. ソロミタ

In the Press:
K-C Diaper Patent Wiped Out In First Quality IP Suit
- IP Law360, December 5, 2011
In the Press:
Kimberly-Clark Loses Fed. Circ. Rehearing Bid In IP Row
October 6, 2011

Speaking Engagements

November 11, 2010
Patent Information Fair & Conference 2010
Location: Tokyo, Japan
October 20, 2009
How to Reduce the Costs for U.S. Patent Litigation - Presented for the A.I.P.P.I.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
October 15, 2009
How to Reduce the Costs for U.S. Patent Litigation - Presented in Partnership with the Kikkawa Law Firm
Location: Osaka, Japan

Certification/Specialties

Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Bar Admissions

New York, 1998
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1998
U.S District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1998
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2010
Supreme Court of the United States, 2011

Education

New York Law School, New York, NY, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, B.S.A.E., cum laude, 1992

Representative Cases

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. et al. v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al., (E.D. Wis. (Civil Action Nos. 09cv0916 and 10cv1118 (WCG)) - Patent Litigation (Training Pants)
TSI, Incorporated v. BioVigilant Systems, Inc., (D. Minn.) (Civil Action No. 10cv-04666 (JJK)) -Patent Litigation (Bio-Detection Equipment)
Millennium, L.P. v. Ricoh Americas Corporation, (D. N.J.) (Civil Action No. 11cv1583 (MCA)) - Patent Litigation (Printers)
Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Ricoh Company, Ltd., (E.D. Tex.) (Civil Action No. 11cv39 (DF)) - Patent Litigation (Digital Cameras and Printers)
Orinda Intellectual Properties USA Holdings Group, Inc.,v. Asustek Computer Inc., et al., (N.D. Cal.) (Civil Action No. 11cv2010 (SBA)) - Patent Litigation (DVDs)
Innovus Prime LLC v. LG Electronics Inc., et al., (N.D. Cal.) (Civil Action No. 4223 (HRL)) -Patent Litigation (Televisions)
In the Matter of Certain Laser Imageable Lithographic Printing Plates, U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.) (Investigation No. 337-TA-636) - Patent Litigation (Lithographic Printing Plates)
Digital Security Systems Corporation, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al., (E.D. Tex.) (Civil Action No. 2:08cv-316) - Patent Litigation (Blu-Ray)
Presstek Incorporated v. VIM Technologies Limited, Landgericht Dusseldorf (Civil Action No. ) - German Patent Litigation (Lithographic Printing Plates)
Positive Technologies, Inc. v. Benq America Corp., et al., (E.D. Tex.) (Civil Action No. 2:07cv67 (TJW) - Patent Litigation (LCD/Plasma)
Positive Technologies, Inc. v. Fujitsu America, Inc., et al., (E.D. Tex.) (Civil Action No. 2:06cv22 (TJW) - Patent Litigation (LCD/Plasma)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., (D. N.J.) Civil Action No. 02-336 (WGB) (MCA) - Patent Litigation (DRAM Chips)
Soft Lines Limited, Emjoi, Inc., and Moshe Dolev v. Helen of Troy Limited, et al., (S.D.N.Y.) (Civil Action No. 06-CV-11529 - Patent Litigation (Hair Removers)
Washington Research Foundation v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., et al., (W. D. Wash.) (Civil Action No. 06-cv-1313 (CMP) - Patent Litigation (Bluetooth)
Lectrolarm Custom Systems, Inc. v. Vicon Industries, et al., (WD. Tenn.) (Civil Action No. 2:03cv2330) - Patent Litigation (Security Cameras)
Presstek, Inc. v. Creo, Inc., et al., (D. N.H.) (Civil Action 05-CV-65-PB - Patent Litigation (Lithographic Printing Plates)
Unova, Inc. v. Acer Incorporated, et al., (C.D. C.A.) (Case No. 02-03772)(ER) - Patent Litigation (Smart Batteries and Removable Disc Drives)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, et al. v. Abacus Software, Inc., et al., (E.D. Tex.) (Case No. 501 CV344 - Patent Litigation (Digital Signal Processing and TVs)
Presstek Incorporated v. Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., District Court of Mannheim (Case No. 7 O 325/03) - German Patent Litigation (Lithographic Printing Plates)
Alan Silver, Individually v. Panasonic Corporation of North America., et al., (S.D. Fla.) (Civil Action No. 0:07-cv-60772-WPD - Patent Litigation (Telephone Headsets)
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Pitney Bowes, Inc., (E.D. Ky.) (Civil Action No. 5:01-cv-0237 (JMH) - Patent Litigation (Laser Printers)
Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Epson America, Inc., et al., (D. Conn.) (Civil Action No. 3:01-CV-1551 (PCD) - Patent Litigation (Laser Printers)
Hoechst Celanese Corporation v. Nylon Engineering Resins, Inc., and Thomas Popoli, (M.D. Fla.) Civ. Action No. 94-346-CIV (FTM) 240 - Trademark Litigation
Papst Licensing, GmbH v. Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd., et al., (N.D. Ill.) Civil Action No. 98-C-4709 - Patent Litigation (Hard Disc Drives)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Inverness Medical Technology, Inc., et al., (D. Del.) Civil Action No. 00-143-SLR - Patent Litigation (Glucose Sensors)
Generation X International Corp. v. No Excuses Sportswear, Ltd., (S.D.N.Y.) (Civil Action 98 Civ. 1935 (RPP) - Trademark Litigation
Christian Dior Couture, S.A. v. Pelle Via Roma, (S.D.N.Y.) (Civil Action No. ) - Trademark Litigation
Sandberg and Sikorski Corporation v. Andin International Inc., (S.D.N.Y.) (Civil Action No. 98 CIV 2890 (JSR) - Copyright Litigation