Practice Areas
Intellectual Property + Technology
Appellate
Business Litigation + Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property Litigation
Litigation
Career
John L. Cordani is chair of Robinson+Cole's Intellectual Property + Technology group. He litigates patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and antitrust cases through trial and appeal in federal courts across the United States, obtaining successful results in cases involving a diverse array of technology from specialty chemical products and software to automated pitching machines and wastewater treatment systems.
John maintains a world-wide patent litigation, prosecution, licensing and counseling practice. He is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience handling complex business and scientific disputes before the U.S. District Court nationwide, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
John handles all phases of the patent litigation process, including claim construction, summary judgment, trials, and appeals in infringement matters. He has also tried complex commercial litigations, contract disputes, products liability cases, and land use matters through verdict and appeal.
Prior to attending Cornell Law School, where he was the salutatorian of his class, John worked as a chemist, and is a named inventor on multiple patents covering aspects of his research. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he teaches a course on Patent Litigation and Strategy, and serves as the co-chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section. He has also served as a Special Public Defender in a pro bono capacity providing representation for indigent defendants in criminal matters before the Connecticut Supreme Court and Appellate Court.
Professional Memberships
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Adjunct Faculty
Connecticut Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section, Co-Chair (2019)
Connecticut Bar Foundation
James W. Cooper Fellow
Judge Janet Bond Arterton American Inn of Court
Barrister (2023)