Alfred Fabricant

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Alfred R. ("Fred") Fabricant — Partner, Fabricant Rubino & Lambrianakos LLP (New York)

Specialty / focus. Fabricant is a first-chair patent trial lawyer whose practice spans a broad technology set rather than a single vertical: audio processing and microphone-array/beamforming technology, wireless and consumer electronics (smart speakers, smartphone handsets, universal remotes, LED displays and lighting), RFID/NFC, automotive infotainment, semiconductors, memory and storage, medical devices, robotics, pharmacy-automation systems, payments, GPS tracking, and software/internet method claims. Recent filings in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas confirm an active consumer-electronics and communications-heavy docket. Firm and IAM profiles describe him as litigating in the most active patent venues (E.D. Tex., D. Del., N.D. Cal., N.D. Ill., S.D. Fla., S.D.N.Y., D.N.J.) plus the ITC.

Side preference. He works both sides — patent owners and accused infringers — and his public record is genuinely mixed. The tracked case list here is thin (one plaintiff-side appearance as lead counsel at his current firm), so it understates his volume; independently verifiable dockets show recent representation of patent-owner/NPE-side plaintiffs (Vocalife, Jawbone Innovations, Active Wireless Technologies, BrowserKey, Valtrus/Key Patent Innovations) alongside defense work. Firm materials also market a long-running litigation-finance practice, representing claimants in funder-backed patent suits, which skews the portfolio toward the patent-owner side.

Firm context. He founded Fabricant LLP in 2020 after more than 30 years in larger firms; it is now Fabricant Rubino & Lambrianakos LLP. Prior firms: Dickstein Shapiro (partner; lead trial counsel in the Swisslog matter below), Winston & Strawn (head of the New York IP practice, joined 2011), and Brown Rudnick (head of U.S. IP litigation and co-chair of global IP litigation). No in-house affiliation.

Notable cases and outcomes. McKesson Automation v. Swisslog Italia/Translogic (D. Del.) — jury verdict of non-infringement for Swisslog's PillPick automated pharmacy system; this is the "victory against McKesson" cited in his firm bio. Vocalife LLC v. Amazon.com (E.D. Tex.) — a six-day jury trial in 2020 returned a verdict of induced infringement against Amazon over the '049 beamforming patent, but the Federal Circuit reversed and vacated the jury verdict on July 28, 2022 (Nos. 2021-1937, -1984), holding no substantial evidence supported the "plurality of configurations" limitation; Fabricant argued the appeal. The firm's bio still describes the Amazon result as a "multimillion-dollar jury verdict," which is no longer accurate after that reversal — worth flagging. He also has an active Jawbone Innovations docket against Amazon, Google, Samsung, and Apple.

PTAB / IPR experience. Extensive. IAM and firm profiles state he has appeared in more than 250 inter partes review proceedings, and PTAB filings confirm current activity (e.g., the IPR2025-00983/-984/-991/-1070/-1103/-1158/-1221 family, where he is on the patent-owner side). He has argued numerous Federal Circuit appeals and also appears in Second and Fourth Circuit matters.

Bar / education. B.A., University of Miami; J.D., John Marshall Law School (now UIC School of Law), per a 2011 Brown Rudnick announcement reported by the JD Journal. Specific bar admissions were not independently confirmed in my searches and should be verified before reliance.