Douglas J. Sorocco

Douglas J. Sorocco is an attorney-director at Dunlap Codding in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His practice covers intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, technology, e-commerce, licensing, and IP litigation. Sorocco advises individual inventors, universities, startups, and established companies on acquiring, commercializing, managing, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property assets. His work also includes complex transactions and disputes involving domestic and international IP rights across a range of technical and commercial industries.

Sorocco earned his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1996 and was a visiting student at Northwestern University School of Law. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Butler University in 1993. His scientific background includes biotechnology, life sciences, medical devices, chemistry, and chemical engineering. Before law school, he worked as an MIS and IT consultant with Ernst & Young, experience that also supports his work with software and internet-enabled technology companies.

Sorocco represents plaintiffs and defendants in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, and related commercial disputes in jurisdictions across the country. His representative work includes patent proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, copyright litigation, technology licensing, medical-device patent analysis, and matters involving blockchain and financial software. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted in Oklahoma, Illinois, and several federal trial and appellate courts.

Douglas J. Sorocco is ranked in Band 1 for intellectual property by Chambers USA and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Managing Intellectual Property, and Oklahoma Super Lawyers. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Oklahoma City University School of Law and has taught within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. His professional and community leadership includes service with arts, technology, disability, and civic organizations in Oklahoma City.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney–Director, Dunlap Codding, P.C.
• Member, Oklahoma Bar Association

Licensed State

• Oklahoma

Education

• University of Dayton School of Law
  Juris Doctorate (JD)
• Butler University
  BS in Chemistry

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