Thomas Tatonetti

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Thomas J. Tatonetti — Tatonetti IP (Brooklyn, NY)

Specialty / focus. Tatonetti is primarily a patent procurement attorney rather than a career litigator. Firm and directory descriptions place his preparation and prosecution work in the mechanical, electrical, and software fields, with design patents, trademarks (including TTAB inter partes disputes), and freedom-to-operate, non-infringement, and invalidity opinions as adjacent services. His USPTO filing history is consistent with that profile: the bulk of his recent applications are for mechanical and consumer-product clients — Crossford International, Black Horse Off Road of GA (automotive accessories), KB Racking (solar racking), TSC International Products, Phinge, ExtoLabs, and the logistics company Delhivery. There is no indication of Wi-Fi/standards-essential patent, pharmaceutical, or life-sciences work in his docket.

Side preference. The tracked data show a single appearance, on the defense side (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant), which is too thin a sample to establish a side preference. Firm marketing describes both enforcement against infringers and defense against infringement claims, so the better reading is a mixed practice with a defense lean, driven by a small-firm client base rather than an NPE/PAE plaintiff model.

Firm context and tracked case. Tatonetti is the founder and named partner of Tatonetti IP, a Brooklyn-based IP boutique; he has practiced under that banner throughout the tracked period, with no prior firm noted in the data or in public profiles. His only tracked litigation appearance is Klipsta Pty Limited v. Lindsay Albanese, in which he is listed as backup counsel for the defendant. That case appears to involve competing consumer hat-clip/accessory products, but I was unable to retrieve a docket, opinion, verdict, or settlement through web search; the outcome and procedural posture should be confirmed directly against the docket before relying on it. I found no verified verdicts, Federal Circuit appeals, or reported settlements attributable to him.

PTAB / IPR and credentials. Firm materials state that Tatonetti IP has handled USPTO contested proceedings including inter partes review, and the firm advertises experience before the Federal Circuit, but I found no IPR or PGR docket entries naming Tatonetti himself, so regular PTAB appearances are unconfirmed. On credentials: J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (cum laude); B.S., Computer Information Systems, St. Joseph's College (NY); admitted in New Jersey (2013) and registered with the USPTO (Reg. No. 73,779). Note the name is common enough that any additional litigation history should be verified against the specific USPTO registration number rather than by name alone.