Mr. Patiño is a patent trial lawyer who is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice of Foley & Lardner LLP. He represents companies in high-stakes intellectual property disputes. Mr. Patiño has argued before the courts of 20 different states and has extensive experience with patent litigation-specific proceedings, including before the International Trade Commission, and as special intellectual property counsel in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Among prominent representations, he successfully defended Bridge Medical by securing a judgment of unenforceability of the asserted patent at trial and a precedential affirmance on appeal (McKesson Info Solutions v. Bridge Medical, 487 F.3d 897).

Mr. Patiño has represented companies in a variety of industries, including Actiontec, ESET, Huawei Technologies, Instradent USA, Jabil Circuit, Kyocera Corporation, and Mindray Medical International, Ltd.

Mr. Patiño writes and publishes articles and continuing education materials focusing on patent litigation and practice development issues. His most recent article, entitled “When patent ‘pirates’ and ‘trolls’ go to war over enhanced damages,” was published in the April 2016 edition of Intellectual Property Magazine. Mr. Patiño is a Master of the J. Clifford Wallace Chapter of the American Inns of Court.