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John Augelli

Senior Associate

New York

John Augelli is an experienced IP attorney who focuses on complex patent litigation across a variety of industries.

John represents clients in patent infringement lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts, including the Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Central District of California, and Southern District of New York. John also has experience before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. John has experience in all phases of litigation, including fact and expert discovery, motion practice, trial, and appellate proceedings.

John also counsels clients with respect to intellectual property licensing agreements, transactions, and due diligence. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the State of New York. John was named by Super Lawyers as a New York Rising Star for Intellectual Property in 2023 and 2024.

John received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he graduated Cum Laude and served as a member of the Brooklyn Law Review and Moot Court Honor Society, Trial Division. John earned his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Lafayette College. Prior to law school, he worked as a product development engineer for Amphenol Corporation.

    • Representing Grip Mobility, Co. in a trade secret misappropriation case against a large rideshare company.
    • Representing Dentsply Sirona Inc. in patent infringement cases about endodontic tools in the District of Delaware (Connolly, C.J.).
    • Defended Hyland and Hyland UK (f/k/a Alfresco Software, Ltd.) in patent infringement cases about enterprise content management software. Successfully transferred the three Hyland UK cases from the Western District of Texas to the Central District of California and consolidated them with the cases against Hyland Software. Transfer was granted while a petition for mandamus relief was pending at the Federal Circuit when the Western District of Texas (Albright, J.) sua sponte reversed its denial of the motion to transfer. On a Rule 12 motion, two of the asserted patents were recommended ineligible for patenting under Section 101.
    • Defending AngioDynamics through trial and appeal against allegations of patent infringement relating to implantable vascular access medical devices. At trial, Plaintiff Bard (a subsidiary of Becton Dickinson) sought over $100 million in damages. Following a successful Rule 50(a) motion, the Court issued a complete judgment in favor of AngioDynamics finding no infringement (including no willful infringement), invalidity (including under Sections 102 and 112), and ineligibility under Section 101.  That verdict was recently affirmed on appeal in a per curiam opinion.
    • Represented Quantile in the Eastern District of Texas (Gilstrap, J.) against allegations of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. The case was dismissed on Quantile’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Alongside the litigation in the Eastern District of Texas, John was part of the team that represented Quantile in a covered business method review at the PTAB. All claims were found ineligible for patenting under Section 101 at the PTAB during those proceedings.
    • Defended smart ring manufacturer at the ITC and in the Eastern District of Texas against allegations of patent infringement by competitor.
    • Defended Brother International Corporation in multiple patent infringement cases in a different District Courts throughout the country, including the Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Tennessee, and the District of Delaware.
    • Defended Anheuser-Busch InBev at the ITC and in proceedings before the PTAB.
    • Secured a complete victory for a small pharmaceutical company after a 5-day arbitration.