Exhibit 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATION
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     I, John B. Nano, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Interim
Chief Financial Officer and Director, certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this Report on Form 10-Q of Competitive
          Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ending January 31,
          2009;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
          financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
          material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
          cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in
          this report;

     4.   I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
          controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
          and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and have:

          (a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
               such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
               supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
               Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
               to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
               period in which this report is being prepared;

          (b)  designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
               caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
               designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
               regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
               preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
               accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

          (c)  evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
               controls and procedures and presented in this report our
               conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
               and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
               report based on such evaluation; and

          (d)  disclosed in this report any change in the Company's
               internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
               the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the Company's fourth
               fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
               materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

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     5.   I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal
          control over financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the
          audit committee of the Company's Board of Directors (or persons
          performing the equivalent functions):

          (a)  all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's
               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
               information; and

          (b)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
               or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
               internal control over financial reporting.

                              Date: March 17, 2009

                              /s/ John B. Nano
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                              John B. Nano
                              Chairman, President Chief Executive Officer,
                              Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief
                              Accounting Officer
































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