Troupis Law Office

Troupis Law Office is a small, regional legal practice based in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. The firm does not appear in major legal rankings such as AmLaw or Chambers for its intellectual property practice, indicating it is not a BigLaw firm or a large IP boutique.

The firm's patent litigation practice focuses on intellectual property matters, including what is described as "International Patent Litigation." Based on its single tracked appearance, the firm appears to primarily represent plaintiffs in patent infringement actions. The tracked case, Shipping and Transit, LLC v. Neptune Cigars, Inc., involved a plaintiff identified as a patent assertion entity (PAE), focusing on patents related to tracking and transit, which often fall into the software or business method patent categories.

The firm's most notable tracked case is Shipping and Transit, LLC v. Neptune Cigars, Inc. In this matter, the plaintiff issued a covenant not to sue, resulting in the case's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after the defendant challenged the patents' eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 following the Alice decision. Public records indicate that similar actions brought by Shipping and Transit, LLC, often face patent invalidity challenges and have sometimes led to orders for the plaintiff to pay defendants' attorney fees due to "exploitative litigation." There is no publicly available information to suggest that Troupis Law Office has a significant practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) or other post-grant proceedings.

James R. Troupis serves as the principal attorney for Troupis Law Office and was lead counsel in the firm's tracked patent litigation. While Michael J. Tuteur was listed as Of Counsel in the aforementioned patent case, his primary professional affiliation is as a litigation partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, where his practice emphasizes healthcare litigation and government enforcement defense.