Julian G. Pymento

Julian G. Pymento is a patent litigation attorney with a practice focused on complex intellectual property disputes in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Leveraging his M.S. in Electrical Engineering, he handles a range of technologies, including location-aware wireless communication, smart home, IoT, mobile station monitoring, video codecs, cloud-based security solutions, and 4G LTE/5G NR wireless telecommunications. His experience spans both plaintiff and defendant representation, with tracked cases showing a balanced practice (4 plaintiff-side, 3 defendant-side). He frequently represents Avant Location Technologies LLC as both an enforcer of its patents and a defender against validity challenges.

Pymento is currently an attorney at Fabricant Rubino Lambrianakos LLP, having previously practiced under the firm's prior name, Fabricant LLP. His notable cases include representing Avant Location Technologies LLC in infringement actions against Apple Inc., Fibar Group S.A., and Ecobee Techs. ULC. One such case, Avant Location Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., involved five location patents and was dismissed voluntarily one day after filing. In Avant Location Technologies LLC v. Fibar Group S.A., a seven-patent smart home assertion was resolved by a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice. He also appears in cases where Avant Location Technologies LLC is a defendant, such as those initiated by Unified Patents.

He possesses significant experience in PTAB proceedings, encompassing inter partes reviews (IPRs), where he has defended the validity of patents for various technology companies. Pymento has been involved in numerous IPRs, including those for Advanced Coding Technologies LLC and Apex Beam Technologies LLC. He is also the author of academic work on PTAB claim construction standards, including "Let's Be Reasonable! The Broadest Reasonable Interpretation in the PTAB".

Pymento is admitted to practice in New York, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and in multiple U.S. District Courts, including the Southern District of New York, Central District of California, and Eastern District of Texas. He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2017, and holds both an M.S. (2014) and B.S. (summa cum laude, 2014) in Electrical Engineering from New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering.