Exhibit 5.1

                                CUTLER LAW GROUP
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M. RICHARD CUTLER, ESQ       Corporate Securities Law     M GREGORY CUTLER, ESQ.
Admitted in California                                       Admitted in Florida
 & Texas

                                  May 25, 2011

Competitive Technologies, Inc.
1375 Kings Highway East, Suite 400
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     You have requested our opinion as counsel for Competitive Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") in connection with the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the public offering by the Company of up to
1,050,000 shares of Company common stock issuable in connection with legal
service agreements.

     We have examined the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 in the
form to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about May 25,
2011 (the "Registration Statement").  We further have examined the Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws, and applicable minutes of the Company as a basis for
the opinion hereafter expressed.

     Based on the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that, upon
issuance and sale in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the
shares of common stock covered by the Registration Statement will be legally
issues, fully paid, and nonassessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

                              Very truly yours,

                              \s\ M. Richard Cutler
                              Cutler Law Group