Mike Regitz joined the Dallas office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in 2006. His practice focuses on intellectual property law with a special emphasis on patent infringement litigation, which includes cases involving computer software, computer hardware, medical devices and telecommunications. He also has litigation experience in cases involving copyright infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition claims. 

Mike has been registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 2004, and his practice includes both patent preparation and patent prosecution, including appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications involving computer software, industrial automation and control, medical devices, optical fiber applications and renewable/clean energy systems. He is also regularly involved in the preparation of infringement opinions, validity opinions, licensing agreements and intellectual property due diligence assessments. 

As a participant in the Firm's attorney loan program with the City of Plano, Mike served as lead prosecutor in numerous jury trials.

Prior to law school, Mike worked for several years in the electrical automation and telecommunications industries.

• Second chair trial counsel in a one week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in copyright infringement action
• Major telecommunications provider in patent-related indemnification action involving location based services
• Medical device manufacturer in patent and trade dress infringement action involving therapeutic compress technology
• Network security firm in patent infringement actions involving intrusion detection systems
• Global relationship management company in patent-related indemnification action involving speech recognition and natural language processing technologies
• Energy-related technology company in patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation action involving fuel rewards technology and programs
• Patentee in patent infringement actions involving media streaming and downloading technology
• Defendants in qui tam actions alleging the false marking of products with expired patent numbers
• Air conditioner accessory manufacturer in patent infringement suit resulting in the entry of two permanent injunctions

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• The State Bar of Texas
• Texas Aggie Bar Association
  • President-Elect (2011)
  • Secretary (2010)
  • Board Member (2009)
• Dallas Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property and Trial Skills Sections
  • Veterans Assistance Subcommittee, Co-Chair (2010 - 2011)
• St. Thomas More Society

• 2011 Outstanding Clinic Attorney Volunteer - Veterans Clinic (Presented by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program)
• "DVAP's Finest," Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (October 2010)

• Co-author with Dan Scott, "The Veterans Legal Clinic - Helping to Serve Those Who Served," Dallas Bar Association HEADNOTES, November 2010
• "How a 510(K) Submission Can Affect Your Patent," Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry (MDDI) magazine, June 2010
• Co-author with Marc Delflache, "Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Expanded in Patent Cases," Dallas Bar Association HEADNOTES, June 2007
• Co-author with D. Scott Hemingway, "Cost-Shifting Issues Arising in Electronic Discovery," Dallas Bar Association HEADNOTES, November 2005

• Presentations to various organizations on the Veterans Legal Clinic in Dallas and the Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans SBOT initiative
• "How a Disclosure to the FDA Can Render Your Patent Worthless - or Worse," Medical Device Action Alliance, November 2008
• "Inequitable Conduct: Federal Circuit Decision Update," Fulbright & Jaworski Web Seminar, September 2007

2005 - J.D., magna cum laude, Southern Methodist University
1993 - B.S., Texas A&M University

While in law school, Mike was a member of the SMU Law Review, where he served as Staff Editor and Corporate Counsel Symposium Editor, and he is a member of the Order of the Coif.

Mike was licensed to practice law in Texas in 2005, and he is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Federal Circuit.  

• Veterans Pro Bono Legal Clinic (Dallas VA Medical Center), Program Coordinator
• Baylor Research Institute (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee), Member (Non-Affiliated/Legal)
• Nonprofit Legal Clinic, Volunteer Attorney