Overview
Michael Cummings is a partner in our New York office where he leads CMDA’s intellectual property litigation practice. Mr. Cummings provides cost-efficient representation, focusing on clients’ business interests and using technology and appropriate staffing to litigate effectively while driving down costs.
Mr. Cummings has over twenty years of experience litigating patent and intellectual property cases in U.S. District Courts throughout the country, including appeals to the Federal Circuit Court and investigations in the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has successfully represented numerous Fortune 100 companies. He has previously litigated for Am Law 100 firms and for one of the U.S.’s premier intellectual property boutiques. His cases have involved patents in the areas of computer hardware, software, telecommunications, consumer electronics, semiconductor design and manufacture, standards, microprocessor design, e-commerce, electro-mechanical controls, lasers, optics and storage technology. Mr. Cummings’ practice includes counseling clients in strategic planning and in complex licensing transactions. He has prosecuted patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Practice Groups
Business LawEducation
Juris Doctor
Columbia University Law School, Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Michigan State University, Tau Beta Pi
Memberships and Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Representative Cases
Represented plastic bottle manufacturer in the U.S. International Trade Commission in a case involving patents related to preforms
Represented consumer electronics company in the Eastern District of Texas involving patents related to HD TV technology
Represented cell phone manufacturer in an action before the International Trade Commission alleging infringement of patents related to cellular telephone technology.
Represented computer memory company in a patent infringement action in the Western District of Texas involving patents related to RAID storage technology
Represented computer manufacturer in a patent infringement and antitrust case in the Eastern District of Michigan and Southern District of New York involving patents related to mainframe computers and user interfaces
Represented recreational vehicle manufacturer in action before International Trade Commission involving patents directed to personal watercraft technology.
Jurisdiction and Court Admissions
New York (1995)
New Jersey (1995)
United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 40575)
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Practice Groups
Business LawEducation
Juris Doctor
Columbia University Law School, Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Michigan State University, Tau Beta Pi