Thomas R. DeSimone

Thomas R. DeSimone concentrates his practice in the area of litigation in relation to patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret disputes. In addition to his intellectual property litigation experience, prior to joining Gibbons P.C. Mr. DeSimone practiced maritime law at a boutique admiralty law firm where he was responsible for conducting all aspects of pre-trial discovery and gained experience litigating cases before the federal courts of New York and New Jersey.

Mr. DeSimone was employed as a biotechnician at Merck & Company prior to enrolling in law school. At Merck, Mr. DeSimone was responsible for overseeing and carrying out a complex, multi-step process required to produce Merck's chickenpox vaccine, Varivax.

Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2005)
Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal

University of Florida (B.S., Microbiology, 1999)

State of New York

State of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 60,755)

Member, New York State Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section

Member, New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

"Recent Developments in False Marking Litigation," IP Law Alert, July 20, 2010

"Trademark Rights and Domain Name Overhaul," Law 360, April 26, 2010 (Thomas R. DeSimone, Nancy J. Mertzel)

"CONSUMERS FAIL TO MAKE THEIR MARK: Pro Se Plaintiffs Initiating Qui Tam Suits Under The False Marking Statute Face Uphill Battle," IP Law Alert, January 15, 2010

"Copy Machine or Copy Service? "Volitional Conduct" and Direct Copyright Infringement," IP Law Alert, January 6, 2010 (Thomas R. DeSimone, Nancy J. Mertzel)

"Federal Circuit Reverses Standard For Fraud on the Trademark Office," New York Law Journal, September 14, 2009 (Thomas R. DeSimone, Nancy J. Mertzel)

"E-Books and 'Text-to-Speech' Technology," The Legal Intelligencer, June 30, 2009 (Charles A. Gaglia, Jr., Thomas R. DeSimone)

"Internet & The Law: VoIP Telephony: Keeping A Lid On Pandora's Box," New York Law Journal, June 30, 2008 (Michael Cukor, Thomas R. DeSimone)

"Seamen, Not as "Friendless and Poor" as They Used To Be: Ammar v. United States," Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Summer, 2004