John Picone, leader of the Spencer Fane Intellectual Property team, specializes in complex cases that deviate from standard practices and require meticulous research, comprehensive knowledge, and high-level creativity to protect clients’ interests. An innovator in strategy development and execution, he blends his extensive mission planning, training, organization, situational awareness, and tactical skills acquired over his decades-long career as a Naval Aviator with his industry insight and courtroom experience to obtain the best possible outcomes.

With an emphasis on intricate litigation cases, John represents clients navigating patent, trademark, and copyright claims; trade secrets; antitrust violations; labor and employment matters; and complex contractual disputes in state and federal courts. He also specializes in technology-centric civil and criminal litigation, armed with an extensive background in semiconductors, software and programming languages, encryption, cellular / wireless technology, mining equipment and processes, avionics, optics, and e-commerce models.