Tom Fitzpatrick, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Patent Litigation Group, focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property, including litigating patent, trade secret, trademark, technology licensing and other related disputes. He has represented both patent owners and patent defendants in federal courts throughout the country, including in the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California, the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of Georgia and the District of Arizona. Most recently, Mr. Fitzpatrick has successfully represented internationally based and publicly traded companies in the computer database, telecommunications, semiconductor and internet industries. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2007.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the San Mateo Bar Association and a past-member of the California District Attorneys Association.
MEDIA
Mr. Fitzpatrick has written numerous articles on patent law and patent litigation. He has spoken on recent developments in patent law to various organizations in the United States and Korea.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Fitzpatrick was a partner in the Palo Alto office of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. Before that, he was a Deputy District Attorney at the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. As a prosecutor, Mr. Fitzpatrick obtained convictions through bench and jury trials.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Fitzpatrick is admitted to practice in California, and before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Fitzpatrick was the Research Editor for the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal.