John P. Rondini

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John P. Rondini — Brooks Kushman P.C. (Royal Oak / Southfield, MI)

Focus and side preference. Rondini's patent practice centers on litigation defense for operating companies, with a technical center of gravity in automotive electronics, telematics, semiconductors, software/electrical and electro-mechanical arts — consistent with roughly a decade as a hardware design and software engineer in the automotive and semiconductor industries before law school, and with his firm bio's emphasis on electrical and electro-mechanical prosecution. His tracked appearance data shows a defense-heavy mix: four of six appearances on the defendant side and two on the plaintiff side (the two plaintiff-side matters are unnamed in the underlying data, so their subject matter can't be characterized). Firm bios describe a dual litigation/prosecution practice, plus a cybersecurity and data privacy component and licensing/settlement negotiation, rather than a plaintiff-oriented NPE enforcement practice.

Firm context. Rondini has spent his entire legal career at Brooks Kushman, joining in 2006 and currently a shareholder. In January 2025 he and Christopher C. Smith were elected the firm's Co-Chairs of Litigation. No prior law-firm affiliations appear in the public sources reviewed; the pre-legal engineering career is his only documented prior professional background.

Notable matters. The most prominent verified result is Ford Motor Company v. Safe Driving Technologies LLC: Brooks Kushman filed four IPRs against patents asserted against Ford in Delaware covering vehicle telematics/driver-distraction safety technology, and the PTAB found 43 of 44 claims across three patents unpatentable, with the fourth patent's challenged claims dedicated to the public; the district court case was stayed, and the Federal Circuit affirmed on November 8, 2024 (Nos. 2023-1798, -1804, -1941). Rondini was back-up counsel on the IPRs and was listed on the Federal Circuit briefing. Other tracked matters include X One, Inc. v. Domino's Pizza, Inc. (E.D. Tex.), where he appears for the defendant against a mobile-ordering/payment patent assertion by X One, a repeat patent plaintiff, and Baby Jogger II, LLC v. Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. (D. Mass.), also on the defense side. Note that the well-publicized Kolcraft/Artsana play-gym verdict ($4.2M, affirmed on appeal) is a different matter; the searchable record does not place Rondini on that trial team.

PTAB/IPR experience. He appears regularly in post-grant proceedings as petitioner-side counsel for operating companies, including the Ford/Safe Driving Technologies IPRs and proceedings involving Current Lighting Solutions and Walmart; his firm bio states he was part of a team that handled 25 IPRs that invalidated hundreds of asserted claims against a single client, and he helped build the firm's post-grant practice group.

Bar and education. Admitted in Michigan (2008); registered patent attorney, USPTO Reg. No. 64,949; J.D., University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (2008). He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Intellectual Property (2026) and was a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2013–2018).